Keep MacOS Fonts Updated with Google Fonts

google-fonts-sync-git.md

Google Fonts suggests syncing fonts to your computer with a tool called SkyFonts. However, if you're running MacOS and want to keep your machine updated with all Google Fonts without any extra software, you can do this with Git, thanks to the Google Fonts Repo.

To do this, run the following in your terminal:

cd ~/Library/Fonts/
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/fonts.git google-fonts

Done! In the future, you can download new fonts by running:

cd ~/Library/Fonts/google-fonts && git pull && cd -

To take this one step futher, you can add the same command to your crontab for regular automatic updates.

(Note: You can also do something like this on Windows, but as far as I'm aware, you need to actually install the fonts rather than downloading them to a fonts folder. So, after cloning the Google Fonts repo into a folder of your choosing, you would need to search for all *.ttf files and drag them into the Windows Fonts page in Control Panel.)

Thanks, I was looking for this simple command since we cannot use the MacPort / hg command anymore… :-)

Thank you! Very useful.

Thank you for this!

FYI the repo is almost 4GB as for Jul 2022

For initial Git pull, git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/fonts.git is faster.

For initial Git pull, git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/fonts.git is faster.

@aruke Great point! Updated ✅

Thank you very much! I am not accustomed to the Terminal, and watching it do its thing made me feel like a hacker on TV