Who is it for?
- Useful for finding an openly licensed font for a website or app.
- Useful for people who want to read a font family's license file and check the terms of use themselves.
Google Fonts — Find Fonts
Google Fonts is Google's font collection served at fonts.google.com, distributed mostly under the SIL Open Font License, with some fonts under Apache 2 and the Ubuntu Font License.
Why it fits
| Good to know | Website |
|---|---|
| Free output | — |
| No account needed | — |
| No watermark | — |
| Works offline | — |
| Batch processing | — |
| Content language | — |
— Unverified conditions. Official documentation reviewed. The app itself has not been hands-on tested. Matches only documented content-language support, not interface language.
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Editorial selection guide
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Getting started
- Find the font family you want to use on fonts.google.com.
- Read the family's license (mostly SIL Open Font License 1.1, some Apache 2 or Ubuntu Font License) and any reserved font name note.
- If you need the font files, take the .ttf files and the license file from the family's folder in the official GitHub repository.
Decision points
- Consider it when you want an openly licensed font whose license you can verify per family.
- If you plan to modify and republish a font, check whether its license has a reserved font name restriction.
Limits
- The official site's content loads with JavaScript, so this review relies on the official GitHub repository; check the search, download and web embedding options on the site yourself.
- The repository makes no separate statement about commercial use or attribution and points to a license file per family; check the relevant family's license before using it.
Frequently asked questions
Which licenses are used?
The repository says most fonts use the SIL Open Font License 1.1, some use Apache 2, and the Ubuntu fonts use the Ubuntu Font License 1.0.
Can I download the whole collection?
The repository says you can get all the fonts as a ZIP snapshot of over 1 GB or through Git.