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FF Meta Serif
FF Meta Serif is a licensed font from FontFont: Complete family of 12 fonts: $460.99 USD, as printed on the foundry or reseller’s page on 2026-09-05. The 4 open-licence families below are suggested in its place, each with the basis for the substitution.
The name above is set in a fallback face. FF Meta Serif is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Christian Schwartz, Erik Spiekermann, Ralph du Carrois, Kris Sowersby, Botio Nikoltchev
- Released
- 2007
- Styles
- 12
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- Complete family of 12 fonts: $460.99 USD (Individual Styles from $108.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
The serif companion to FF Meta, drawn in 2007 by Erik Spiekermann, Christian Schwartz and Kris Sowersby with later work by Ralph du Carrois and Botio Nikoltchev; 12 styles with tabular figures.
Free alternatives to FF Meta Serif
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. FF Meta Serif is not on this machine, so these were chosen by what is known about it — classification, lineage, common use — and each is labelled with that basis. Open one to see its measured character and neighbours.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Merriweather webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Merriweather.
same classification
A sturdy, low-contrast text serif with a large x-height; matches FF Meta Serif's robust editorial texture.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Source Serif 4 webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Source Serif 4.
same classification
A transitional text serif built to pair with a sans, as Meta Serif pairs with FF Meta.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Bitter webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Bitter.
same classification
A slab-flavoured text serif for screens; similar warmth and sturdiness.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Lora webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Lora.
same classification
A moderate-contrast text serif with calligraphic roots; softer than Meta Serif.
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