# Heebo font

> A Hebrew and Latin sans whose Hebrew, drawn by Oded Ezer, extends the Roboto Latin; nine variable weights.

Heebo is a Hebrew and Latin sans serif in which Oded Ezer drew Hebrew letters to extend the Roboto Latin design. Heebo is a variable font with nine weights from Thin 100 to Black 900 and no italic. It is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits Hebrew and bilingual interfaces, websites and text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Oded Ezer
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 9 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900)
- Glyphs: 569
- Character sets: hebrew, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Heebo
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/heebo
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding

## About Heebo

Heebo is a sans serif family for Hebrew and Latin. Its Latin letters come from Roboto, and Oded Ezer drew the Hebrew to match them; Meir Sadan mastered the font files. Because the Hebrew is the primary script, the vertical metrics differ from those of Roboto, and Heebo is auto-hinted where Roboto is hinted by hand, which the official notes say can favour Roboto on old Windows systems. The Latin in the specimen is a plain upright sans with a double-storey a, a single-storey g and fairly closed curves on c, e and s. Heebo became a variable font in May 2020, with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and nine named weights; it has no italic. The 569 glyphs cover Hebrew, Latin and Latin Extended, and a November 2023 update fixed Hebrew bugs. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2014 The Heebo Project Authors (https://github.com/OdedEzer/heebo)

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Hebrew websites and apps**: Hebrew is the primary script of the design, and the vertical metrics were set for it, so Hebrew text is not an afterthought beside the Latin.
- **Hebrew and English side by side**: Both alphabets are in one file with nine shared weights, so mixed lines keep the same stroke thickness.
- **Adding Hebrew to a Roboto-based product**: The Latin of Heebo comes from Roboto, which lets a Hebrew version stay close to an existing Roboto interface.
- **Titles in extreme weights**: Thin 100 and Black 900 are available in Hebrew as well as Latin for large display lines.

## Things to know

- **No italic**: Heebo has nine upright weights and no italic style.
- **Metrics differ from Roboto**: Although the Latin letters come from Roboto, line height and vertical positioning are not identical, so the two are not drop-in replacements for each other.
- **Auto-hinted**: The official notes state that Heebo is auto-hinted, while Roboto is hand-hinted.
- **The specimen shows Latin only**: The sample image is set in Latin letters; the Hebrew alphabet is in the same file.

## FAQs

### Is Heebo free for commercial use?

Yes. Heebo is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Heebo?

Heebo's Hebrew was drawn by Oded Ezer, who leads the project from Tel Aviv; Meir Sadan mastered the files. The Latin letters come from Roboto.

### How many weights does Heebo have?

Heebo has nine named weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, without italics.

### Is Heebo a variable font?

Yes. Heebo has been a variable font since May 2020, with a weight axis from 100 to 900.

### Does Heebo support Hebrew?

Yes. Heebo is a Hebrew-first family with a Hebrew subset, alongside Latin and Latin Extended.

### Is Heebo the same as Roboto?

No. Heebo takes its Latin letters from Roboto and adds a Hebrew alphabet, but its vertical metrics and hinting differ, and it has no italics.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/heebo (trendhub)