Google Just Made Its Sleek New Font Open Source

If you spend a lot of time on a computer, then fonts matter more than you think. A good one reduces eye strain and makes reading the contents of the screen easier. The right one can drastically improve your entire desktop experience.

In my case, I like to use Inter on my Fedora-powered daily driver, and I don't really mess around with it. But everyone's different. Some like rounded fonts. Others want sharp, clean lines. Having options matters. Your eyes, your choice after all.

Anyhow, Google just open-sourced a new option worth checking out.

Google Sans Flex: What to Expect?

Google Sans Flex

Released under the SIL Open Font License, Google Sans Flex is an open source font that is touted to be their next-gen brand typeface, designed by .

Sans Flex is a variable font with five axes: weight, width, optical size, slant, and rounded terminals. One file holds multiple styles instead of separate files, delivering different looks from a single download.

Google designed it for screens of various sizes and modern operating systems. Plus, it should look sharp on high-resolution displays with fractional scaling. Basically, one Sans Flex file replaces dozens of individual font files.

Just a demo of this font. I used GNOME Tweaks to apply it system-wide.

Get Google Sans Flex

You can get the font file from the official website, and after that, you can install it on Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution with ease by following our handy guide.

Keep in mind that the variable font features won't work in Linux desktop environments, and you will only get the regular style when using it system-wide.