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 Prompt,[1] aThai typeface from Google Fonts | |
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| Launch date | 2010 (2010) |
| Website | fonts |
Google Fonts (formerly known asGoogle Web Fonts) is acomputer font andweb font service owned byGoogle. This includesfree and open source font families, an interactive web directory for browsing the library, andAPIs for using the fonts viaCSS[2] andAndroid.[3] Google Fonts is also used withGoogle Workspace software such asDocs,Sheets,Drawings andSlides.
Popular fonts in the Google Fonts library includeRoboto,Open Sans,Lato,Oswald andMontserrat.[4]National Fonts andPT Fonts are also available in the Google Fonts library.
Google Fonts was launched in 2010[5] and revamped in 2011,[6] 2016,[7] 2020[8] and 2023.[9]
On March 3, 2020, Google updated the catalog website with support forvariable fonts.[citation needed] On March 2, 2021, the Google Fonts team announced they were adding support for open source icons.[10]
As of February 2026[update], Google Fonts had 1911 font families, including 525 variable font families.[11]
The library is maintained through Google Fonts'GitHub repository, where all font files can be obtained directly. Source files for many of the fonts are available fromgit repositories within the Google Fonts' GitHub organization, along withlibre software tools used by the Google Fonts community.
Most of the fonts are released under theSIL Open Font License 1.1, while some are released under theApache License;[12] both arelibre licenses.
The font library is also distributed byMonotype's SkyFonts andAdobe'sEdge Web Fonts andAdobe Fonts (formerly Typekit) services.
In February 2022, a German court ruled that a website using the Google Fonts API violated the European UnionGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by passing personally identifiable information (IP address) to Google without the user's consent or a legitimate interest in doing so. Website operators can avoid this privacy violation by self-hosting the fonts instead.[13][14]
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