The Google Sans Flex typeface is now out there to obtain

Typography nerds and Android followers, rejoice: Now you can obtain an official model of “the following era of Google’s model typeface.” The corporate has launched the Google Sans Flex font to the general public without spending a dime.

The variable sans-serif font is a part of Google’s Material 3 design language, which arrived in 2023. 9to5Google notes that it is since been built-in into most of the firm’s merchandise, together with in some corners of Pixel software program.

A 2024 Google Design blog post about variable typography highlights the font’s flexibility, as seen within the picture above. Casey Henry, a designer with the corporate, wrote that Google Sans Flex “permits the font’s letterforms to shape-shift at totally different scales.” OpenType Font Variations is the usual Google makes use of for variable fonts.

In the meantime, a Reddit thread concerning the obtain dove deeper into typography nerdery. “Attention-grabbing behaviour once you condense the width,” u/hbpencil102 wrote. “As an alternative of circles turning into ovals, they change into extra rectangular with rounded tops and bottoms, reminding me of DIN 1451.” Amen to that.

You possibly can obtain Google Sans Flex from Google Fonts.