Google Fonts

How did Google Sans Flex evolve from an internal design solution to a beloved global resource?

We’re sharing the years-long journey behind the font. And now, that evolution is in your hands, with the typeface going open-source! 🎉

From smartwatches to VR, Google Sans Flex intelligently adapts to any display. ⌚️✨

Our typeface gives you granular control over weight, width, and optical size. Plus, it’s now open-source!

Learn all about it → https://design.google/library/google-sans-flex-font

We're still looking for a Program Manager for the Google Fonts team to manage our font release process for our open source library and Google's own brand fonts.

If you're one of the wonderful people with expertise in both software lifecycle and release management as well as the inner workings of type, you should consider applying!

Apply here: https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/125492269292626630

Google Fonts is hiring a Program Manager for our Font Development & Release program!

This role combines the need for deep expertise in type with experience and skill in stakeholder management, process coordination and relationship building. You’ll be responsible for managing the development, execution and release of Google’s brand fonts based on the given design requirements.

Apply here: https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/87203212448146118

TikTok Sans is a font inspired by and made for online creators, visionaries, and storytellers.

It’s a variable font with weight, width, slant, and optical size axes, supporting 460+ languages across Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek, optimized for stylish captions and mobile UI typesetting.

Now available on Google Fonts: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/TikTok+Sans

#TikTokFont by @TikTokComms @grillitype @contrastfoundry@typo.social @typenetwork@typo.social

Playwrite Guides by @typetogether@bird.makeup is the new variant that adds guideline markers to all 51 Playwrite models, plus a key 'underscore' character that allows you to create only guides to build worksheets for handwriting practice! 

It's the perfect companion for educational purposes!

https://fonts.google.com/?query=Playwrite+Guides

Parkinsans is a geometric sans serif created for Parkinson’s UK by London-based agency Red Stone. It combines energetic, approachable design with unique typographic quirks, reflecting Parkinson’s journeys. 

With 6 weights, it’s built for attention at display sizes and easy readability. Adapted from Indian Type Foundry’s Poppins. 

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Parkinsans

The Monserrat Underline family, a sibling of Monserrat family, celebrates a special style of underlining integrated into the letterforms found in signs and posters of the Montserrat neighborhood in Buenos Aires.

A variable font with nine weights plus italics, it supports Cyrillic and Latin African. Design led by @JulietUlanovsky@typo.social.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat+Underline

Doto is a bit-map inspired, open-source, variable, monospace and geometric typeface family, designed for display purposes.

Each glyph is built using a 6x10 reference matrix, and the typeface supports two variable axes: one controlling the size of the dots and another controlling the roundness of the dots.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Doto

We just added a 'Holidays' tag to our Appearance tag category, for fonts useful for 3 upcoming holidays – Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa – and also individual tags for each in the Seasonal category at the bottom of the Filters sidebar.

Happy holidays!

Host Grotesk, a variable font designed by https://elementtype.co/ for modern user interfaces.

It ensures uniform letter width and spacing across its weights and corresponding italics, aiming for seamless adaptability without compromising layout consistency.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Host+Grotesk

We all know fonts can be serif or sans-serif... but did you know fonts can also be Happy, Wacky, or Awkward too?

Today we're launching a new tag and category filter UI on http://fonts.google.com

Every font family has been evaluated for every tag and given a score from 0 to 100

The 2024 Web Almanach by the HTTP Archive is out!

"Web fonts are now used on around 87% of all websites, whether alone or in combination with self-hosted fonts. [...] the Google Fonts service continues to deliver the majority of fonts seen on the web. Around 57% of websites observed on the HTTP Archive’s desktop crawl and 48% on its mobile crawl use Google Fonts, whether alone or alongside another hosting option."

Read about the state of web typography here:

https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/fonts

The past, present, and future of personal expression through fonts by @googledesign

In the future, everyone will be a typographer,” says @tobestobs@typo.social . This is part of the beauty of variable fonts. They aren’t inflexible, static files. “We made it software,” Kunisch says of typographic design.

https://design.google/library/variable-fonts-type

Matemasie is an ultra-bold display typeface characterized by rounded edges and a distinctive feature where the shapes widen towards the top.

It draws inspiration from the Adinkra symbol "Mate Masie," meaning "what I hear, I keep." This symbolizes interconnected ears, emphasizing the importance of listening and communication in oral traditions and cultures.

Designed by Adam Yeo, it features the Google Fonts GF Latin Core character set: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Matemasie

Sankofa Display is a captivating African typeface by Batsi Madzonga that draws inspiration from a rich tapestry of African art styles, with a particular focus on straight-line geometric designs.

This typeface embodies the essence of Africa's diverse cultural heritage, blending elements from various artistic traditions.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sankofa+Display