Browse and install google fonts using terminal

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• Supported Platforms
• Google Fonts API
• Installation
  • Using pip
  • Using pipx
  • Requirements
    • Runtime Dependencies
    • Development Dependencies
• Usages
  • Search
  • Install
  • Remove
  • Info
  • List
  • Update
  • webfont
  • Tricks
  • For mor information
• Related directories

Supported platforms

• Linux
• MacOS

Google Fonts API

By default, gfont doesn't need google font API key, instead it uses generated data/webfonts.json. This generated file won't be refreshed very often and contains older fonts. If you want more up-to-date fonts, add 'GOOGLE_FONTS_API_KEY' environment variable inside ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile.

See Google Fonts Developer API to generate your API key.

Installation

Note: For linux, pipx is recommended instead of pip

Using pip

pip install "git+https://github.com/nureon22/gfont.git"

Using pipx

pipx install "git+https://github.com/nureon22/gfont.git"

For ArchLinux

For ArchLinux gfont package is available in AUR

Requirements

• python 3.8 or newer
• python-venv
• git

Runtime Dependencies

• requests

Development Dependencies

• hatch (development)

Usages

All commands support case-insensitive family names.
You can also use underscore (_) or dash (-) or plus (+) instead of space character in family name.

Search

Search available families

gfont search noto sans

Install

Install one or more families

gfont install noto-sans

Remove

Remove one or more families

gfont remove noto-sans

Info

View overview information of the family

gfont info noto-sans

List

List installed families

gfont list

Update

Update installed families to latest version

gfont update

Webfont

Pack woff2 fonts and it's css to be used as self-hosted fonts in websites.
Don't forget to use single or double quotes for safety.

gfont webfont "noto-sans" --dir <dir>

gfont webfont "noto-sans:ital,wght@0,400;0,700" --dir <dir>

gfont webfont "open-sans:ital,wght@0,300..700" --dir <dir>

Tricks

Install search results

gfont install $(gfont search noto sans | sed 's/ /_/g')

For mor information

gfont <command> --help

Related directories

Directory for cached metadata of families

Linux: ~/.cache/gfont
Mac: ~/Library/Caches/gfont

Directory for installed fonts

Linux: ~/.local/share/fonts/gfont
Mac: ~/Library/Fonts/gfont