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Google Sans Flex

A six-axis variable sans credited to Google: weight, width, optical size, grade, roundness and slant.

Sans Serif 18 styles · variable by Google OFL

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Google Sans Flex is a variable sans serif credited to Google with six axes: weight from 1 to 1000, width from 25 to 151, optical size from 6 to 144, Grade, Roundness and slant. One file holds nine named weights, Thin to Black. Google Sans Flex is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interfaces and headlines.

Google Sans Flex font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Google
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
18 9 weights, slanted styles from the Slant axis
Variable font
Yes Optical size 6–144, Width 25–151, Weight 1–1000, Grade 0–100, Roundness 0–100, Slant -10–0
Glyphs
682
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 4.005;[3fe7d0b9f]
Used for
HeadlinesBody textInterfacesBranding

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

Try Google Sans Flex

Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Google Sans Flex; the download contains the complete files.

Google Sans Flex font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Google Sans Flex specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Thin 100Google Sans Flex Thin
  • ExtraLight 200Google Sans Flex ExtraLight
  • Light 300Google Sans Flex Light
  • Regular 400Google Sans Flex Regular
  • Medium 500Google Sans Flex Medium
  • SemiBold 600Google Sans Flex SemiBold
  • Bold 700Google Sans Flex Bold
  • ExtraBold 800Google Sans Flex ExtraBold
  • Black 900Google Sans Flex Black

Google Sans Flex is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file, and the named weights above are positions on that range. There is no separate italic file: slanted styles are set with the Slant axis.

About Google Sans Flex

Google Sans Flex is a geometric sans serif built as a single variable font with six axes. In the specimen the o is close to a circle, the a is double-storey, the g single-storey, and the strokes keep an even thickness from Thin to Black. Weight runs from 1 to 1000, wider than the named weights between 100 and 900; width runs from 25 to 151 with 100 as the default; optical size from 6 to 144; Grade and Roundness each from 0 to 100; and slant from 0 to -10. There is no separate italic file, so slanted text comes from the slant axis. The 682 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. The typeface is credited to Google and is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Google Sans Flex works

Headlines that adapt to their container
The width axis spans 25 to 151, so one headline can be squeezed into a narrow card or stretched across a banner.
Interfaces from captions to hero text
The optical size axis runs from 6 to 144, covering the smallest labels and the largest titles with one file.
Brand systems with a soft or plain voice
The Roundness axis goes from 0 to 100, giving a second, rounder voice from the same letter skeletons.
Animated and interactive type
Six continuous axes allow weight, width or slant to change smoothly in response to hover, scroll or state.
Fine weight tuning
Weight can be set anywhere from 1 to 1000, and the Grade axis adds a further 0 to 100 adjustment.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 682 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2015 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.

What the license allows

  • Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
  • Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
  • Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions

  • The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
  • A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
  • The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with Google Sans Flex

Google Sans Code Monospace

Google Sans Code is the monospaced family credited to Google and Universal Thirst, for code and data beside headings in Google Sans Flex.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use Google Sans Flex on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "Google Sans Flex";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/GoogleSansFlex-VariableFont_GRAD%2CROND%2Copsz%2Cslnt%2Cwdth%2Cwght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 1 1000;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Google Sans Flex", sans-serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Google Sans Flex with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

One file, no italic
The package is a single variable font. Slanted text is produced with the slant axis, which runs from 0 to -10.
Weight goes beyond the named range
The nine named weights sit at 100 to 900, but the axis itself runs from 1 to 1000.
Latin and Vietnamese only among major alphabets
There is no Cyrillic or Greek subset.

FAQs

Is Google Sans Flex free for commercial use?

Yes. Google Sans Flex is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

Who designed Google Sans Flex?

Google Sans Flex is credited to Google. The font itself names the Google Sans Authors and Google LLC.

How many weights does Google Sans Flex have?

Google Sans Flex has nine named weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, and its weight axis accepts any value from 1 to 1000.

Is Google Sans Flex a variable font?

Yes. Google Sans Flex has six variable axes: weight, width, optical size, Grade, Roundness and slant.

Does Google Sans Flex have an italic?

Google Sans Flex has no separate italic file. Its slant axis, from 0 to -10, produces slanted text.

Which languages does Google Sans Flex support?

Google Sans Flex includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese. Cyrillic and Greek are not covered.

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