Google Fonts (SIL Open Font License 1.1): what the licence actually lets you do

Where you got the font decides what you may do with it. Downloaded from fonts.google.com, or loaded via the Google Fonts CDN. The font software may not be sold on its own, and a modified version may not keep the Reserved Font Name.

What you can and cannot do

Monetised YouTube videoYes
Broadcast and streamingYes
Paid client workYes
Giving the font files to a client or editorYes
A logo you will trademarkYes
Merch you sellYes
Embedding in an app or gameYes
Installing on a serverYes
Reselling the font file itselfNo
What this source permits, by use caseWhat this source permitsMonetised YouTube videoYesBroadcast and streamingYesPaid client workYesGiving the font files to a client or editorYesA logo you will trademarkYesMerch you sellYesEmbedding in an app or gameYesInstalling on a serverYesReselling the font file itselfNo
Permitted uses under Google Fonts (SIL Open Font License 1.1), as stated in the primary terms read on 2026-08-12. Bar length indicates how unrestricted each use is; it is not a measured quantity.

The terms themselves

https://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Read 2026-08-12. Commercial terms change. The linked text is authoritative and this page is not.

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This is not legal advice. It is a plain-language reading of published terms, dated 2026-08-12, linking the primary text. If money or a trademark rides on the answer, verify against the terms attached to your own copy, or ask the foundry.