Type Tester
Weight Specimen
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
OpenType Features
opsz
Optical size
Tunes the serif detail and spacing from small interface text through large editorial display.
Reading at 8 / 144
wdth
Width range
Moves from condensed to extended without changing families or swapping assets.
Condensed Normal Extended
GRAD
Grade axis
Fine-tunes contrast and apparent color while preserving layout and line breaks.
Grade -50 / 100
ital
True italics
Includes italic cuts across the full weight range for long-form and editorial emphasis.
Interfaces need rhythm
Typeface Profile
Publisher
Google Fonts
Principal Design
Greg Gazdowicz, Commercial Type
License
Open Font License
Styles
Upright and italic, 100-900
Axes
Width, Optical Size, Weight, Grade
Language Support
Google Fonts Latin Pro, 130+ languages
Glyph Inspector
Uppercase
Lowercase
Numbers
Punctuation
Paragraph Sample
Type is the voice before the voice. It sets weight, rhythm, and authority before the first sentence is understood.
Use this specimen to test scale, spacing, and texture. The right face should feel inevitable inside the system.
Details
Family
Roboto Serif
Designer
Commercial Type / Google
Release
2022
Source
https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-serif
Styles
18
Weights
9
Glyphs
1100
Axes
wdth 50-150, opsz 8-144, wght 100-900, GRAD -50-100
Languages
130
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Download / Use
Download / Use Roboto Serif
Roboto Serif is available from Google Fonts under the SIL Open Font License. Use the hosted stylesheet for quick tests, or download the family from Google Fonts/GitHub for self-hosting.
Roboto Serif was designed from the ground up as a variable serif with width, optical size, weight, and grade axes. Self-host the files when production privacy or performance rules require it.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto+Serif:ital,opsz,wght@0,8..144,100..900;1,8..144,100..900&display=swap">@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto+Serif:ital,opsz,wght@0,8..144,100..900;1,8..144,100..900&display=swap');font-family: 'Roboto Serif', Georgia, serif;
font-variation-settings: 'opsz' 48, 'wdth' 100, 'GRAD' 0;License
SIL Open Font License 1.1