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@@ -9,15 +9,28 @@ Each family subdirectory contains the `.ttf` font files served by Google Fonts,
Also [/designers](designers) contains a list of the Google+ pages for the fonts' designers.
## A Note On Licensing
## Download All Google Fonts
Each font family directory contains the appropriate license file for the fonts in that directory and the fonts files themselves also contain licensing and authorship metadata.
You can download all Google Fonts in a simple ZIP snapshot (over 250Mb) from <https://github.com/google/fonts/archive/master.zip>
#### Sync With Git
You can also sync the collection with git, so that you can update by only fetching what has changed.
To learn how to use git, Github provides [illustrated guides](https://guides.github.com) and a [youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/GitHubGuides), and an [learning game that takes just 15 minutes](https://try.github.io).
Free, open source git applications are available for [Windows](https://msysgit.github.io) and [Mac OS X](http://gitx.laullon.com).
## Licensing
It is important to always read the license for every font that you use.
Each font family directory contains the appropriate license file for the fonts in that directory.
The fonts files themselves also contain licensing and authorship metadata.
Most of the fonts in the collection use the SIL Open Font License, v1.1.
Some fonts use the Apache 2 license.
The Ubuntu fonts use the Ubuntu Font License v1.0.
The SIL Open Font License has an option for copyright holders to include a Reserved Font Name requirement, please take care of this important detail.
The SIL Open Font License has an option for copyright holders to include a Reserved Font Name requirement, and this is option is used with some of the fonts.
If you modify those fonts, please take care of this important detail.
## Source Files
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These fonts are usually the result of collaborative projects, where you are invited to discuss issues with the designers and even contribute to their on-going development.
When customising or remixing fonts, please do contact the designers to understand
what they might need in order to include your improvements.
When customising or remixing fonts, please do contact the designers to understand what they might need in order to include your improvements.
Most of all: Enjoy the fonts!
– The Google Fonts team, 2015-03-08
– The Google Fonts team, 2015-06-18