Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source

kept by eddie dec 19, 25

Google released its variable brand typeface Google Sans Flex under an open source license, built by typographer David Berlow with multiple variable axes for weight, width, optical size, slant, and rounded terminals.

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