# Roboto Condensed font

> The narrow companion to Roboto: a variable sans with nine weights, italics, Cyrillic and Greek.

Roboto Condensed is the narrow-width sans-serif member of the Roboto family, designed by Christian Robertson. It is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900, nine named weights and matching italics, 18 styles in all. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interfaces, tables and headlines where horizontal space is tight.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Christian Robertson
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 18 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900)
- Glyphs: 1321
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Condensed
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/roboto-condensed
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Interfaces, Condensed

## About Roboto Condensed

Roboto Condensed is a narrow sans-serif typeface, the condensed branch of Christian Robertson's Roboto. The specimen shows tall, compressed letters with straight-sided round forms, flat terminals and close spacing, so a line holds noticeably more characters than a normal-width sans would. The official notes describe the parent design as a geometric, mechanical skeleton softened by open curves, and say the condensed family is meant to be used next to Roboto and Roboto Slab. It is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and nine named weights, Thin through Black, each with an italic: 18 styles. Its 1,321 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended and Greek. According to the notes the family was upgraded to a variable font in August 2023.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2011 The Roboto Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-classic)

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

- **Dense interface labels**: The compressed letter widths fit longer labels into buttons, tabs and navigation bars, and the nine weights give several levels of emphasis.
- **Tables and data-heavy layouts**: Narrow columns hold more characters per cell, and the weight axis from 100 to 900 separates headers from values without a change of family.
- **Headlines in narrow columns**: ExtraBold 800 and Black 900 stay compact, so a long headline fits a mobile screen or a single newspaper-style column.
- **Companion to Roboto body text**: The notes state that the condensed family is made to work alongside Roboto and Roboto Slab, so captions and side notes can be set narrower in a matching design.
- **Multilingual signage and forms**: Latin, Cyrillic and Greek are in the same fonts, so a form or sign in Russian or Greek keeps the same narrow proportions.

## Things to know

- **Two variable files**: Upright and italic are separate variable fonts, each with only the weight axis, running from 100 to 900. Width is fixed: there is no width axis.
- **No polytonic Greek**: Greek is covered for modern use, but the Greek Extended subset is not among the character sets.
- **Variable since August 2023**: The notes record that the family became a variable font in August 2023; the files here carry version 3.008.

## FAQs

### Is Roboto Condensed free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Roboto Condensed may be used in personal and commercial work, modified and redistributed, but it cannot be sold by itself, and a modified version stays under the same license.

### Who designed Roboto Condensed?

Roboto Condensed was designed by Christian Robertson; the copyright notice names the Roboto Project Authors.

### How many weights does Roboto Condensed have?

Roboto Condensed has nine weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, for 18 styles.

### Is Roboto Condensed a variable font?

Yes. Roboto Condensed is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900, supplied as one upright and one italic file.

### Which languages does Roboto Condensed support?

Roboto Condensed includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese, for Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian in Cyrillic, and for Greek.

### What fonts pair well with Roboto Condensed?

Roboto Condensed is made to sit beside Roboto and Roboto Slab, which share its underlying design at normal width and with slab serifs.

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