Google Fonts vs GT Standard

Comparing the features of Google Fonts to GT Standard

Feature
Google Fonts
GT Standard

Capability Features

Automatic Optical Sizing
Customization
Enclosed Letter Glyphs
Font Browsing
Font Download
Font Filtering
Font Preview
Font Readability Guidance
Icons and Pictograms
Internationalization
Monospace and Proportional
monospaceproportional
Monospaced Widths
6
Multiple Layout Views
GridRowImage
Multiple Styles Per Font
Number of Font Families
1890
Number of Weights
LightRegularMediumSemiboldBoldHeavyBlack
Oblique Styles
Optical Sizes
SmallMediumLarge
Optimize Font Loading
PDF Manual
Platform for Expansion
Proportional Widths
6
Self-hosting Support
Stylistic Sets
single-story adouble-story asingle-story gdouble-story galternate Qalternate ysquare dotscompressed alternates
Subfamilies
12
Support for Large, Medium, Small Text Sizes
smallmediumlarge
Supported Languages
Over 300 Latin-alphabet languages
Total Styles
336
Unicode Coverage
Basic and Extended Latin, Numbers, Punctuation, Symbols
Variable Axes
weightwidthslantoptical size
Variable Fonts
Variable Fonts Support

Integration Features

File Format Support
Variable font, OTF/TTF (implied)
Google Fonts Integration
Material Design Guidelines
Platform Compatibility
Any system supporting variable fonts

Limitation Features

Exclusive Purchase Source
Grilli Type only
Latin Alphabet Only
No Advanced Design Tools
No API/Plugin Integration
No Individual Optical Size Sale
No Usage Quotas
No User Account Required

Pricing Features

Free for Commercial Use
Free Tier
Free Trial Fonts
Full Family Price
From $1008
No Paid Plans
Number of Trial Fonts
336
Paid Licensing
Pricing Per Style
From $50 / $100
Subfamily Price
From $280 / $560
Trial Includes All Grilli Fonts