Roboto
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Roboto ( ) is a typeface family developed by Google. The first typeface was created as the system font for its Android operating system, and released in 20111 for Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The entire font family has been licensed under the Apache license. In 2014, Roboto was redesigned for Android 5.0 "Lollipop". Most variants of Roboto have been licensed or re-licensed under the OFL: Roboto (the default sans serif font), Roboto Condensed, Roboto Flex, Roboto Mono, and Roboto Serif.
Roboto ( ) 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. The entire font family has been licensed under the Apache license. In 2014, Roboto was redesigned for Android 5.0 "Lollipop". Most variants of Roboto have been licensed or re-licensed under the OFL: Roboto (the default sans serif font), Roboto Condensed, Roboto Flex, Roboto Mono, and Roboto Serif. ==Usage== Roboto is one of the most popular typeface families on the Internet and has been used on Google services such as Google Play, YouTube, Google Maps, and Google Images since 2013. It is the default system font on Android, while Roboto Bold is the default font in Unreal Engine 4, and in Kodi's then default skin, Confluence, until 2017. Roboto was also the basis of another popular typeface Inter, although later versions of Inter were developed independent of Roboto. Roboto was used on the LCD countdown clocks of the New York City Subway's B Division lines in 2017. Roboto Condensed is used to display Information on European versions of Nintendo Switch packaging, including physical releases of games. Utsav Network uses Roboto for its wordmark. The Indonesian news TV channel iNews also uses a slightly modified Roboto on its logo. Since October 2022, Global News has also used Roboto in its on-air presentation, however the font is not used in main network presentation. In addition, the United Nations uses Roboto on its website and in official documents. ==See also== Open-source Unicode typefaces Cantarell, the default typeface in past versions of GNOME Droid (typeface), the default fonts for older versions of Android (below Android 4.4.4) Noto fonts, the default fonts for newer versions of Android (above Android 4.4.4) Open Sans, another font based on Droid Sans IBM Plex, free and open-source fonts from IBM National Fonts, free and open-source Thai fonts PT Fonts, free and open-source fonts from Russia STIX Fonts project, typefaces intended to serve the scientific and engineering community ==References== ==External links== Google Fonts pages: Roboto Roboto Condensed Roboto Flex Roboto Slab Roboto Mono Roboto Serif GitHub project pages: Roboto 3 Classic Roboto Flex Roboto Mono Roboto Serif Roboto 2 (public archive) Roboto Slab (public archive)
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