googlefonts/googlesans-code
The Google Sans Code font family
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 145 days ago, with 10 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #56 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 30, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a fixed-width variable font family optimized for programming with enhanced legibility and distinct character design.
- Delivers clear readability and typographic precision tailored for code editors and terminals, supporting multiple languages and variable font weights.
- Use for improving code readability and aesthetics in development environments like Android Studio or Gemini.
- Use for creating custom builds of the font using the fontc compiler to tailor font features or weights.
- Use for integrating a high-quality open-source programming font into software projects or documentation requiring clear code display.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
OFL-1.1
OFL-1.1 is not a license GStars summarizes; read the LICENSE file before depending on it.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
- OFL-1.1 is not a license GStars summarizes; read the LICENSE file before depending on it.
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From the README
Dedicated to the memory of Chris Simpkins, whose enthusiasm and efforts were foundational to this project.
Google Sans Code is a fixed-width font family, designed to bring clarity, readability, and a bit of Google's distinctive brand character to code. Stemming from Google's brand type design aesthetic and developed for products like Gemini and Android Studio, it ensures each character remains distinct, even at small sizes. Moreover, it's finely tuned for the unique typographic demands of programming language syntax.
Explore the features, learn where to download the fonts, or dive into the build instructions to compile them yourself below.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
68-1
Open issues
16-2
Compared with peers in Backend
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropics/skills | 187.8K | +2.9K | 15 | — |
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| NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra | 98.2K | +2.3K | 64 | 14 days ago |
| microsoft/VibeVoice | 56.0K | +1.1K | 29 | — |
| googlefonts/googlesans-code | 2.6K | — | 34 | 145 days ago |
| Category median | 56.0K | +2.3K | 29 | — |
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