Roboto

Roboto
Roboto
Style	Sans serif
Classification	vector
date of creation	2011
Designer	Christian Robertson
License	Apache license
Character set	Unicode
Latest version	2.001047; 2015
Site	material.io

Roboto (robot ^[1] ) is a sans-serif typeface presented together with the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. ^[2]

Google describes the font as “modern but affordable” and “thrilling.” ^[3] ^[4] The headset is licensed under the Apache license ^[5] . The entire font set is officially available for free download from January 12, 2012 on the Android Design website. The headset includes direct and oblique styles for fonts of various widths (Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold, Black, Condensed).

Language coverage

Roboto supports Latin , Greek (partially) and Cyrillic characters ^[6] . In Android, the Noto font is used for languages that are not supported in Roboto, including Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese , Korean , Thai, and Hindi ^[7] .

Development

The font is entirely developed internally by Google, interface designer Christian Robertson , who previously developed the Ubuntu Titling Font font in his own font company, betatype. ^[8] ^[9] It was released for the first time in 2011 with Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich”. ^[ten]

Redesign

On June 25, 2014, Matthias Duarte announced on Google I / O that the Roboto font was significantly redesigned for Android 5.0 “Lollipop” . Changes compared to the previous version are most noticeable in the signs B, R, D, P, O, E, G, K, 1, 5, 6, 7, 9 and in punctuation marks ^[11] .

Usage

Besides the fact that the font is used by default in the Android operating system, since 2013 it is also the default font of other Google services, such as Google+ , Google Play , YouTube , Google Maps ^[12] and Google mobile search.

Roboto Bold is the default font in Unreal Engine 4 .

It has been announced that the font will be the default font in Kodi , a free open source media player.

It is also used by Dell as a font for its website, but in fact the company’s signature font is Museo Sans.

It is also used by VKontakte for its website.

Font Options

Roboto Slab

Roboto slab

Roboto Slab is a block font based on Roboto. It was introduced in March 2013 as the default font in the Google Keep note storage service. ^[13] The font was released in four saturation options: thin, light, regular and bold. Unlike the usual Roboto, there were no oblique versions of the style for him.

Heebo

This is an extended version of Roboto that includes Hebrew characters. ^[14]

Notes

↑ Google. Video "Google I / O 2014 - Material design principles" (neopr.) .
↑ Google's New Font (unopened) . Wired . Wired (October 19,2011). Date of treatment November 4, 2011. Archived on September 15, 2012.
↑ New Design Philosophy of Ice Cream Sandwich (Neopr.) . Engadget . Engadget. Date of treatment November 4, 2011. Archived on September 15, 2012.
↑ Design of Roboto (Neopr.) . MSN MSN Date of treatment November 4, 2011. Archived on September 15, 2012.
↑ Roboto license (neopr.) . Archived on September 15, 2012.
↑ Google Fonts (unspecified) . Google Fonts Date of treatment June 24, 2017.
↑ Typography - Style - Material design guidelines , Material design guidelines . Date of treatment June 24, 2017.
↑ Association with Google and betatype (neopr.) . Christian Robertson . Christian Robertson. Date of treatment November 12, 2011. Archived on September 15, 2012.
↑ Roboto is a Four-headed Frankenfont (neopr.) . TypoGraphica . TypoGraphica. Date of treatment November 4, 2011. Archived on September 15, 2012.
↑ Google Unwraps Ice Cream Sandwich, the Next-Generation Android OS (English) , WIRED . Date accessed August 23, 2017.
↑ google releases new roboto font family for the future of display visualization (english) , designboom | architecture & design magazine (July 18, 2014). Date of treatment June 24, 2017.
↑ Hands on with the new Google Maps (English) , Alphr . Date of treatment June 24, 2017.
↑ Closer Look: Google Keep Actually Shipped With A New (Serif) Font - Introducing Roboto Slab (unopened) . Android Police . Date of treatment August 8, 2014.
↑ Meir Sadan. heebo: Heebo open source Hebrew font . - 2017-06-19.

Links

[1] Google. Video "Google I / O 2014 - Material design principles" (neopr.) .

[Sandwich-2] Google's New Font (unopened) . Wired . Wired (October 19,2011). Date of treatment November 4, 2011. Archived on September 15, 2012.

[ICE-3] New Design Philosophy of Ice Cream Sandwich (Neopr.) . Engadget . Engadget. Date of treatment November 4, 2011. Archived on September 15, 2012.

[Cream-4] Design of Roboto (Neopr.) . MSN MSN Date of treatment November 4, 2011. Archived on September 15, 2012.

[5] Roboto license (neopr.) . Archived on September 15, 2012.

[6] Google Fonts (unspecified) . Google Fonts Date of treatment June 24, 2017.

[7] Typography - Style - Material design guidelines , Material design guidelines . Date of treatment June 24, 2017.

[Work-8] Association with Google and betatype (neopr.) . Christian Robertson . Christian Robertson. Date of treatment November 12, 2011. Archived on September 15, 2012.

[Frankenfont-9] Roboto is a Four-headed Frankenfont (neopr.) . TypoGraphica . TypoGraphica. Date of treatment November 4, 2011. Archived on September 15, 2012.

[10] Google Unwraps Ice Cream Sandwich, the Next-Generation Android OS (English) , WIRED . Date accessed August 23, 2017.

[11] releases new roboto font family for the future of display visualization (english) , designboom | architecture & design magazine (July 18, 2014). Date of treatment June 24, 2017.

[12] Hands on with the new Google Maps (English) , Alphr . Date of treatment June 24, 2017.

[13] Closer Look: Google Keep Actually Shipped With A New (Serif) Font - Introducing Roboto Slab (unopened) . Android Police . Date of treatment August 8, 2014.

[14] Meir Sadan. heebo: Heebo open source Hebrew font . - 2017-06-19.