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Roboto

sans-serif
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Use-case scenarios

Large Display

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Typography Scale

Heading 1 (48px)

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Heading 2 (36px)

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Heading 3 (24px)

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Body Text (16px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Good body type stays out of the way: even color, open counters, and spacing that holds up at 16 pixels on a phone or 12 on a dense dashboard.

Small Text (14px)

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Install Roboto

Get on Google Fonts
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@100..900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

Character Set

Uppercase

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Lowercase

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Numbers & Symbols

0123456789 !@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",./<>?

Works well with

Fonts that pair well with Roboto.

Similar & alternatives

Fonts with a similar feel to Roboto.

Font family

Roboto

Description

Google's signature font, friendly and approachable

Source

googleOpen Font License

Variable axes

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font-variation-settings: 'wdth' 88, 'wght' 500;

Intermediate values interpolate when the browser loads the variable font file; otherwise the nearest static weight renders.

Use cases

CorporateMobile AppsE-commerce

Stats

Popularity 92/100

Used by Instagram, WhatsApp, Material UI, Android

React Native ready

Performance: excellent

npm · @fontsource/roboto

Characteristics

Contrast
low
Aperture
open
x-Height
tall
Width
normal
versatilemechanicalapproachable

Paid alternatives

Roboto is an open-source alternative to:

  • Helvetica
  • Univers