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Roboto

Roboto (/roʊˈbɒt.oʊ/) is a typeface family developed by Google. The first typeface was created as the system font for its Android operating system, and released in 2011 for Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

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Category
Sans-serif
Classification
Neo-grotesque
Commissioned by
Google
Date created
2011
Date released
2011; 15 years ago (2011)
Design based on
Normal-Grotesk

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Roboto

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples125
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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Roboto

Top relations

related to Usage · 20
Roboto → Android, Confluence, Division, European, Google, Google Images, Google Maps, Google Play, Information, Inter, Internet, It, Kodi's, LCD, New York City Subway's, Nintendo Switch, Roboto Bold, Roboto Condensed, Unreal Engine, YouTube
related to "Material Design" redesign (2014) · 15
Roboto → Android, Black, Bold, Google I/O, June, Light, Lollipop, Matias Duarte, Medium, On, Punctuation, Regular, The, Thin, Trebuchet MS
related to Early development (2011) · 15
Roboto → Android Design, Betatype, Black, Bold, Christian Robertson, Compared, Droid Sans, It, January, Light, Medium, Regular, The, Thin, Ubuntu Titling
related to Roboto Slab · 13
Roboto → Black, Extra-Bold, Extra-Light, Google Keep, Google's, However, In November, It, March, Medium, Roboto Slab, Semi-Bold, The
related to Language support · 11
Roboto → Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, June, Korean, Latin, Noto, On Android, Thai
related to Piboto · 10
Roboto → Adopted, Apache License, October, Piboto, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi OS, SIL Open Font License, Simon Long, The, UX
related to External links · 6
Roboto → Google Fonts, Google FontsRoboto Condensed, Google FontsRoboto Flex, Google FontsRoboto Mono, Google FontsRoboto Serif, Google FontsRoboto Slab
related to Reception · 5
Roboto → Android, Editor-In-Chief, Google, Joshua Topolsky, The Verge
related to Roboto Serif · 5
Roboto → Commercial Type, Greg Gazdowicz, It, Roboto Serif, Weight
related to Variable Fonts · 3
Roboto → As, Roboto Flex, Roboto VF

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font android typeface google serif flex 2014 sans sans-serif also version released weights condensed redesign used bold regular default fonts

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RobotoCategorySans-serif1.00infobox
RobotoClassificationNeo-grotesque1.00infobox
RobotoCommissioned byGoogle1.00infobox
RobotoDate created20111.00infobox
RobotoDate released2011; 15 years ago (2011)1.00infobox
RobotoDesign based onNormal-Grotesk1.00infobox
RobotoDesignerChristian Robertson1.00infobox
RobotoFoundryGoogle1.00infobox
RobotoLatest release date8 January 20251.00infobox
RobotoLatest release versionv3.0091.00infobox
RobotoLicenseApache License1.00infobox
RobotoMetrically compatible withCrique Grotesk Helvetica (before redesign)1.00infobox

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