Forums (#42331) say that Figma updates Google Fonts every 3 months, but I doubt that’s true entirely. Funnel Display font was added to Google Fonts back in October 2024 (github#8201), yet it’s still unavailable.
The problem is that I’m on Linux, and the team has no plans to release a Linux version of Figma or even a Font Helper for Linux. At the very least, the team should update the Google Fonts database properly.
If the team is manually hand-picking fonts or relying on a sort=popularity parameter limited to the top 1,500 API results, I strongly recommend against this approach. Popularity is not a definitive proxy for quality or demand. A good example is a newly published font like Google Sans, it likely won't appear in a "top 1,500" popularity api response simply because it hasn't had time to trend, despite its actual demand.
