# Roboto Slab font

> The slab serif of the Roboto family: nine upright weights on a variable axis, under the Apache License 2.0.

Roboto Slab is a slab serif typeface by Christian Robertson, made to be used alongside Roboto and Roboto Condensed. Roboto Slab is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and nine named weights, without italics. Roboto Slab is released under the Apache License 2.0 and suits headlines, editorial text and presentations.

## Facts

- Classification: [Slab Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/slab-serif)
- Designed by: Christian Robertson
- License: Apache License 2.0 (https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- 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: 1154
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-08
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Slab
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/roboto-slab
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Editorial

## About Roboto Slab

Roboto Slab is a slab serif family that adds square, unbracketed serifs to the Roboto design. The official notes describe the shared skeleton as mechanical and largely geometric, with open curves and letters that keep their natural widths, and position the slab as a companion to Roboto and Roboto Condensed. In the specimen the serifs are flat slabs about as thick as the stems, and contrast between strokes is low. The family is variable in weight from 100 to 900, with nine named weights from Thin to Black; the weight axis arrived in November 2019. There is no italic. Its 1,154 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese sets. Christian Robertson is credited as designer. Roboto Slab is published under the Apache License 2.0, not the SIL Open Font License.

## License

Apache License 2.0. Copyright 2018 The Roboto Slab Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/robotoslab)

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work.
- Modify the fonts and distribute your modified version.
- Redistribute the fonts, including as part of a larger product.

Conditions:
- Copies must include the license text and keep the copyright and attribution notices.
- Files you change must carry a notice saying that you changed them.
- The license does not grant the right to use the authors' trademarks.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

## Where it works

- **Article headlines over Roboto text**: It shares Roboto's skeleton, so slab headings sit naturally above sans serif body copy.
- **Editorial pull quotes**: Thin and Light at large sizes turn the slabs into fine horizontal lines that set a quotation apart from the text.
- **Presentation titles**: Bold to Black give slide titles heavy, square-footed letters.
- **Russian, Greek and Vietnamese headings**: Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese sets let titles in those scripts use the same slab style.

## Things to know

- **No italic**: Roboto Slab has upright styles only.
- **Apache License 2.0**: Copies carry the license text and existing notices, and modified files state that they were changed.
- **One variable file**: RobotoSlab-VariableFont_wght.ttf covers Thin 100 to Black 900.

## FAQs

### Is Roboto Slab free for commercial use?

Yes. Roboto Slab is published under the Apache License 2.0, which allows commercial use, modification and distribution. Copies carry the license text and the existing copyright and attribution notices, changed files state that they were changed, and the license grants no trademark rights.

### Who designed Roboto Slab?

Roboto Slab is credited to Christian Robertson.

### How many weights does Roboto Slab have?

Roboto Slab has nine weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900. There is no italic.

### Is Roboto Slab a variable font?

Yes. Roboto Slab is a variable font with one axis, weight, from 100 to 900; the official notes date the variable update to November 2019.

### Which languages does Roboto Slab support?

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

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/roboto-slab (trendhub)