What are Google Fonts and can an I use them in Word and on a Mac and the Web?
Nancy Ruzow
Cooking up award-winning graphic design, strategy, brisket, & tostones as a Fractional Creative Director & Strategic Design Partner ? Logos & Branding ? Annual & Impact Reports ? Certified Women-Owned Business
The water fountains outside the Googleplex in Mountain View, Ca. Just kidding! Google Fonts are actually a huge collection of free and open source (i.e., you won’t get sued for using them). They have beautiful fonts that can be used in text editors like Microsoft Word, on websites, and by skilled graphic designers in their wonderful Adobe world.
There are beautiful Sans Serif fonts that are meant for headlines, such as Fjalla One or Anton, as well as Sans Serif font families that you have italics, bold, bold italics and more such as Montserrat, Fira Sans, and Fira Sans Condensed, and Nunito Sans. These can take the place of Arial, Helvetica, and the like.
Then there are Serif fonts that put Times Roman to shame. Examples are Maitree, Taviraj, and Neuton.
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1 年What about software that only allow Microsoft only typefaces? Would a programmer be able to install and use these Google fonts so a company employee could then generate their business documents from the programmed template?