Google Sans vs Google Sans Flex
Their letters differ in shape and width even though overall text length is similar, so lines may break in different places.
| Google Sans | Google Sans Flex | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Sans serif | Sans serif |
| Weights | Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold | Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, Black |
| Italics | Yes | No |
| Variable font | Yes | Yes |
| Average lowercase width | 508.5 | 512.7 |
| Digits | proportional | proportional |
| Character sets | 25 | 10 |
| Licence | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
Weights both families offer: Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold.
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Questions people ask
+Is Google Sans Flex a good replacement for Google Sans?
Their letters differ in shape and width even though overall text length is similar, so lines may break in different places. Their mean width difference is 13.2 units per 1000 em (very close widths).
+Which is wider, Google Sans or Google Sans Flex?
Google Sans Flex is wider, by about 1% in lowercase text.
+Do both support the same languages?
Both cover Canadian Aboriginal, Latin, Central European, Symbols, Vietnamese. Only Google Sans has Armenian, Bengali, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Georgian, Greek, Greek Extended, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Khmer, Lao, Malayalam, Odia, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Thai. Only Google Sans Flex has Cherokee, Math symbols, Nushu, Syriac, Tifinagh.
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