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Font files available from Google Fonts, and a public issue tracker for all things Google Fonts

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Font files available from Google Fonts, and a public issue tracker for all things Google Fonts

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Observed mentions: 2015-03-09 17:29:15 UTC to 2025-09-15 18:17:36 UTC.

0369122015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 2 submissions, 2 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 12 mentions; 0 submissions, 12 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2025

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20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC422
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC12012
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303

From the project README

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Google Fonts Files This project mainly contains the binary font files served by Google Fonts (fonts.google.com) The top-level directories indicate the license of all files found within them. Subdirectories are named according to the family name of the fonts within. Each family subdirectory contains the .ttf font files served by Google Fonts, plus a METADATA.pb file with metadata for the family (such as information on the project designer(s), genre category, and license - learn more) and a DESCRIPTION.en_us.html with a description of the family in US English. The /catalog subdirectory contains additional metadata, such as profile texts and portrait/avatar images of font designers, and this is open for contributions and corrections from anyone via GitHub. The /axisregistry subtree contains metadata for the GF Axis Registry, containing information on variable font axes that can be found in the collection, including experimental axes. As a subtree, no changes should be made directly to this repo, instead please use the upstream, github.com/googlefonts/axisregistry The /lang subtree contains language support data, and should also not be changed here but instead upstream. github.com/googlefonts/lang Bug Reports and Improvement Requests If you find a problem with a font file or have a request for the future development of a font project, please create a new issue in this project's issue tracker. Contribute Fonts If you need more context on how to create issues in a GitHub issue tracker, or if you want to contribute a font directly, see CONTRIBUTING Contributor Code of Conduct However you choose to contribute, please abide by our code of conduct to keep our community a healthy and welcoming place. Self Host Fonts Available From Google Fonts Since all the fonts available here are licensed with permission to redistribute, subject to the license terms, you can self-host using a variety of third-party projects. One popular service is Fontsource, which offers bundled NPM packages. Local installation package managers For Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, or HaikuOS you can also use fnt, to install single fonts. For RPM, DEB based systems, feel free to try the linked URLs for individual fonts. Others can also use the webservice. Download All Google Fonts You can download all Google Fonts in a simple ZIP snapshot (over 1GB) from https://github.com/google/fonts/archive/main.zip Sync With Git You can also sync the collection with git so that you can update by only fetching what has changed. To learn how to use git, GitHub provides illustrated guides, a youtube channel, and an interactive learning site. Free, open-source git applications are available for Windows and Mac OS X. License It is important to always read the license for every font that you use. Each font family directory contains the appropriate license file for the fonts in that directory. The fonts files themselves also contain licensing and authorship metadata. Most of the fonts in the collection use the SIL Open Font License, v1.1. Some fonts use the Apache 2 license. The Ubuntu fonts use the Ubuntu Font License v1.0. The SIL Open Font License has an option for copyright holders to include a Reserved Font Name requirement, and this option is used with some of the fonts. If you modify those fonts, please take care of this important detail. Source Files Source files for each family are often available from the designer, or from github.com/googlefonts These fonts are usually the result of collaborative projects, where you are invited to discuss issues with the designers and even contribute to their ongoing development. When customizing or remixing fonts, please do contact the designers to understand what they might need in order to include your improvements. Most of all: Enjoy the fonts! – The Google Fonts team
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I have found a clarifying comment, but while the comment [1] says: > The Google Fonts Web API does not log or store IP addresses. The linked source [2] only says that they don't use IPs to create profiles or to target ads. They very well might store them. Even giving them the benefit of the doubt, they can change their mind at any time and suddenly one is in legal jeopardy. [1] https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/5463#issuecomment-129... [2] https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq/privacy
In Redesigned Google Fonts website
+1 It's not even clear if using Google Fonts is GDPR compliant (since you're leaking the fact that your visitor has visited your website): https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/1495 Even if you do want to use your own hand-picked font on your site, just self host it, or bundle it with something like https://fontsource.org/ They provide the tools to bundle the fonts and serve them yourself: https://fontsource.org/fonts/merriweather-sans EDIT: The original comment mentioned "fortawesome" instead of "fontsource". I mixed up the names, my bad!
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