Adds proportional spacing masters to italic source

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+
+## Version 7.000 (2026-04-12)
+
+### Changed
+
+- added proportional glyphs to the Italic font and packaged them in the MONOSPACED axis. 
+
 ## Version 6.001 (2025-07-21)
 
 ### Changed

qa/check-gscode-checks.py

@@ -276,6 +276,42 @@ def com_google_fonts_check_googlesans_opentype_os2_y_strikeout_size(ttFonts):
     )
 
 
+@check(
+    id="googlesans/font_names",
+    rationale="""
+    Ensures font names match Google Sans Code v1.002 exactly for backward compatibility.
+    This prevents the MONO axis from forcing 'Monospace' into the name strings, 
+    which would break existing user documents and CSS.
+    """,
+)
+def com_google_fonts_check_googlesans_font_names(ttFont):
+    """Font names match Google Sans Code exactly (Legacy Naming)."""
+
+    is_italic = bool(ttFont["head"].macStyle & 0x02) or ttFont["post"].italicAngle != 0
+    style = "Italic" if is_italic else "Regular"
+
+    expected = {
+        1: "Google Sans Code",                # Family Name
+        2: style,                             # Subfamily Name
+        4: f"Google Sans Code {style}",       # Full Name
+        6: f"GoogleSansCode-{style}",         # PostScript Name
+        25: f"GoogleSansCode{style if is_italic else ''}" # VF PS Prefix
+    }
+
+
+    errors = []
+    for record in ttFont["name"].names:
+        if record.nameID in expected:
+            actual = record.toUnicode()
+            if actual != expected[record.nameID]:
+                errors.append(f"ID {record.nameID}: '{actual}' (expected '{expected[record.nameID]}')")
+
+    if errors:
+        unique_errors = sorted(list(set(errors)))
+        yield FAIL, f"Legacy naming mismatch: {'; '.join(unique_errors)}"
+    else:
+        yield PASS, f"Font names match legacy 'Google Sans Code {style}' strings."
+
 # ================================================
 #
 # End check definitions

qa/check-gscode.py

@@ -49,5 +49,7 @@
         # we intentionally include a RFN in this project
         "googlefonts/font_copyright",
         "googlefonts/license/OFL_copyright",
+        "googlefonts/font_names"
+        #we won't rename the font as Monospaced, and that's why we added a customised version of this check
     ],
 }

scripts/prune_hvar.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright 2025 Google Sans Flex authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Remove the HVAR table from the TTF, and make no other changes.
+
+This is used for the Android build, where it results in a smaller file, and
+better performance."""
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.description = __doc__
+    parser.add_argument("ttf", type=Path)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    ttf = TTFont(args.ttf, recalcBBoxes=False)
+    del ttf["HVAR"]
+    ttf.save(args.ttf)
+    # That's it!