An editorial voice
Merriweather's sturdy serifs and generous x-height lend headings the authority of a well-set title page — no imagery required.
Nimbus · Set in Merriweather
Classic serif,
built for the modern screen.
Nimbus pairs Merriweather's bookish warmth with screen-tuned metrics, fluid scales, and themeable tokens — so every paragraph reads beautifully, from phone to widescreen.
Features
Why Nimbus reads differently
Crisp at every size
Screen-tuned hinting and a fluid modular scale keep strokes clean from a 320px phone to a 5K display.
Tokens, not overrides
Color, spacing, and rhythm live in CSS variables. Retheme the whole product by editing one file — never the markup.
Method
Three steps to a typeset page
01
Pick your scale
Choose from six modular type scales, from the intimate Folio to the billboard Atlas.
02
Bind the tokens
Drop in the variables — fonts, leading, tracking, spacing. Semantic HTML does the rest.
03
Ship, then retheme
Toggle light and dark, adjust the palette, and publish. The structure never changes.
Praise
What the editors say
Nimbus gave our longform the feel of a well-set book. Readers scroll slower, and stay longer.Mira ChenDesign Editor, The Ledger
We rethemed the entire product by editing one CSS file. The brand team still talks about that afternoon.Daniel OkaforProduct Lead, Folio & Frame
The serif does the persuading for us. Sign-ups rose eighteen percent the month we switched.Sofia MarekPublisher, Meridian Press
Pricing
Simple plans, set fair
Leaflet
For a single project and the curious.
$0 / forever
- One project
- Two type scales
- Community support
Folio
For teams shipping longform weekly.
$12 / month
- Unlimited projects
- All six type scales
- Dark-mode token pairs
- Priority email support
Atlas
For publishers with a house style.
$49 / month
- Everything in Folio
- Variable-font subsets
- Annual design review
- SSO & invoicing
Questions
Frequently asked
Why Merriweather?
It is an open-licensed serif drawn specifically for screens — warm on the page, crisp at small sizes, and free forever under the SIL Open Font License.
Can I use Nimbus with my framework?
Yes. The system is plain CSS variables and semantic class names, so it drops into React, Vue, Rails, or static HTML without a build step.
Does dark mode cost extra?
No. Every token ships as a matched pair tuned for contrast in both directions — cream on cocoa, cocoa on cream.
How does it affect performance?
Merriweather loads as subsetted woff2 files with font-display: swap. The full token system adds under 40KB of CSS.
What if it is not for us?
Paid plans carry a 30-day, no-questions refund. Cancel from the dashboard in two clicks.
Can I self-host the fonts?
Please do. Download the family from Google Fonts or npm and serve it from your own origin.
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