Miriam Libre
Type with Purpose
Good typography guides attention, improves understanding, and makes communication effortless.
The Anatomy of a Typeface
By FontSide · June 2026
Every typeface is a system of decisions — about stroke contrast, x-height, spacing, and rhythm. The best ones feel invisible: you stop seeing the letters and start hearing the voice behind them. That transparency is the hardest thing to design.
A high x-height opens up the counters and makes small text breathe. Tight tracking pulls a headline together; loose tracking gives a caption room to exhale. None of these choices are accidents — they are arguments about how reading should feel.
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Package Manager
The recommended way to use fonts in modern web projects.
1. Install Package
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/miriam-libre 2. Import in App
import '@fontsource-variable/miriam-libre/wght.css'; 3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "Miriam Libre Variable", sans-serif;
} Google Fonts CDN
Use Google's CDN to embed the fonts directly via HTML.
HTML <head>
<!-- Please select at least one weight and style --> Fontsource CDN
Skip the build step by adding this directly to your global CSS file.
Global CSS
/* miriam-libre-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
font-family: "Miriam Libre Variable";
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
font-weight: 100 900;
src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/miriam-libre:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
format("woff2-variations");
} Background & Story
Miriam Libre is a mono-linear Hebrew and Latin sans serif font family with two weights, Regular and Bold. The Hebrew design is a revival of the original Miriam typeface published in 1908 by Raphael Frank. Miriam Libre brings this design into the 21st century: proportions are redesigned; unnnecessary elements were removed for a more clean appearance, while keeping the original unique personality; more soft curves replace some of the “square” mechanical ones. The Latin design is original and made to fit the Hebrew and meet the contemporary needs of a bi-lingual font family.
This updated version expands Miriam Libre to be a variable font.
The Miriam Libre project is led by Michal Sahar, a type designer based in Tel Aviv, Israel. To contribute, see github.com/simoncozens/Miriam-Libre
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/miriam-libre Designed by
Michal Sahar
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License
OFL-1.1