Great, but is it free of DEI? can it be used in official documents?
Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source
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Re: Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source
#12I hadn't noticed they added more font variable controls to Google Fonts: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Google+Sans+Flex/tester
Oh man, I already spend way too much time stressing about size & weight. This is enough toggles to let you really spend hours trying to get it perfect!
Re: Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source
#13I am a simple person. Not a designer. But for all fonts I type 'iIlL0Oo' and if I can't tell what is what I skip it.
This font fails hard.
Re: Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source
#14Are there any great variable and open serif web fonts around?
I don't really like serif fonts, but the two that immediately come to mind are Noto Serif and IBM Plex Serif. Both are open source. I know Noto Serif is variable, but not sure about IBM Plex.
Re: Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source
#15Great, but is it free of DEI? can it be used in official documents?
It seems it is actively anti-DEI: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Google+Sans+Flex?preview.t...
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#16Now we all have high density screens serifs are going to make a comeback, if for no other reason than that new sans-serif fonts have developed this distinctly childish aura. This is not in the same league as Frutiger or Univers.
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#17Are there any great variable and open serif web fonts around?
I don't really like serif fonts, but the two that immediately come to mind are Noto Serif and IBM Plex Serif. Both are open source. I know Noto Serif is variable, but not sure about IBM Plex.
Both Plex variants are really wonderful fonts
Re: Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source
#18I hadn't noticed they added more font variable controls to Google Fonts: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Google+Sans+Flex/tester
Oh man, I already spend way too much time stressing about size & weight. This is enough toggles to let you really spend hours trying to get it perfect!
Thin weights are eyecandy, but don't forget to also decontrast the color! Nothing screams "made by a designer" like thin grey prose that, if you're lucky and they hired a professional, sits precisely at the minimum of the WCAG contrast legibility standard
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#19Where possible, I've stopped picking fonts that don't distinguish lowercase l and uppercase I. Words virtually always have redundancy (or context in the sentence) and it's fine in 98% of cases, but too often someone sends a token, password, name, or other string where you need to copy it out to another application to see it and just... why? Why bother? I/O test for Sans Flex: https://snipboard.io/wXCQq5.jpg It passes…
That’s a lowercase “L” vs. uppercase “I” for those of you as confused as I was.
Re: Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source
#20Great, but is it free of DEI? can it be used in official documents?
The round variant looks like a fatty lacking warrior ethos. Unsuitable for Department of War. /s