# Roboto font

> A variable sans with weight and width axes, 18 named styles and Latin, Cyrillic and Greek character sets.

Roboto is a sans serif credited to Christian Robertson, ParaType and Font Bureau that combines a geometric skeleton with open curves. Roboto is a variable font with weight (100 to 900) and width (75 to 100) axes, nine weights and italics. Roboto is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interfaces and body text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Christian Robertson, ParaType, Font Bureau
- 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, wdth 75–100)
- Glyphs: 1326
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2026-02-19
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/roboto
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Interfaces

## About Roboto

Roboto is a sans serif family that the official notes characterise as two-sided: a mechanical, largely geometric skeleton combined with friendly, open curves. Letters keep their natural widths instead of being forced into a rigid rhythm, which the notes link to the reading rhythm of humanist and serif type. In the specimen the strokes are even, the a is two-storey and the capital R stands on a straight diagonal leg. Since July 2020 Roboto has been a variable font with two axes: weight from 100 to 900 and width from 75 to 100, the narrow end matching the earlier Roboto Condensed. Nine named weights come in roman and italic, 18 styles in total. Its 1,326 glyphs cover Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese sets. The credits name Christian Robertson, ParaType and Font Bureau, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## 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

- **App and web interfaces**: Nine weights with italics cover every level of an interface, from Thin display numerals to Bold buttons.
- **Dense tables and side panels**: The width axis narrows to 75, fitting more characters into a column while staying in the same family.
- **Body text**: Letters keep their natural widths, which the official notes credit for a more natural reading rhythm in paragraphs.
- **Products in several scripts**: Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese sets let one family serve many language versions.
- **Systems that need slab and mono companions**: The official notes list Roboto Slab and Roboto Mono as members of the same superfamily, for headings and code.

## Things to know

- **Width axis is 75 to 100**: It narrows the design toward the earlier Roboto Condensed; it does not make it wider.
- **Two variable files**: Roman and italic are separate files, each with both axes.

## FAQs

### Is Roboto free for commercial use?

Yes. Roboto 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 Roboto?

Roboto is credited to Christian Robertson, with ParaType and Font Bureau also listed. The copyright notice names The Roboto Project Authors.

### How many weights does Roboto have?

Roboto has nine weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, which makes 18 styles. It is a variable font whose axes are weight and width.

### Is Roboto Condensed part of Roboto?

In the variable version, yes. Per the official notes, the 2020 update gave Roboto a width axis whose narrow end closely matches the static Roboto Condensed family.

### Which languages does Roboto support?

Roboto 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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