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gf-metadata

A metadata reader for Google Fonts

Owned by Simon Cozens, Chad Brokaw, Colin Rofls, Rod.

11 releases

Uses new Rust 2024

0.2.4 Feb 2, 2026
0.2.3 Feb 2, 2026
0.2.0 Oct 13, 2025
0.1.5 Sep 3, 2025
0.1.1 Jun 20, 2025

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Used in 4 crates (2 directly)

Apache-2.0

430KB
9K SLoC

Google Fonts Metadata Utilities

This crate provides:

  • Helpers for reading metadata from a local copy of the Google Fonts repository.
  • Access to Protobuf definitions for families, languages, axes and designers.
  • Structured access to the tags and categories used in Google Fonts.

Dependencies

~5–15MB
~192K SLoC