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Roboto Serif18 stylesCommercial Type / Google

Roboto Serif

A variable serif commissioned by Google from Commercial Type for interfaces, immersive reading, and responsive editorial systems.

Styles

18

Weights

9

Glyphs

1100

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1

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Type Tester

Size64px
Lead1.1
Track0.00em
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Weight Specimen

Thin100

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

ExtraLight200

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Light300

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Regular400

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Medium500

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

SemiBold600

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Bold700

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

ExtraBold800

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Black900

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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OpenType Features

opsz

Optical size

"opsz" 72

Tunes the serif detail and spacing from small interface text through large editorial display.

Reading at 8 / 144

wdth

Width range

"wdth" 122

Moves from condensed to extended without changing families or swapping assets.

Condensed Normal Extended

GRAD

Grade axis

"GRAD" 70

Fine-tunes contrast and apparent color while preserving layout and line breaks.

Grade -50 / 100

ital

True italics

"ital" 1

Includes italic cuts across the full weight range for long-form and editorial emphasis.

Interfaces need rhythm

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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

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Glyph Inspector

Uppercase

Lowercase

Numbers

Punctuation

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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.

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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

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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.

Hosted stylesheet
<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">
CSS import
@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');
CSS usage
font-family: 'Roboto Serif', Georgia, serif;
font-variation-settings: 'opsz' 48, 'wdth' 100, 'GRAD' 0;
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License

SIL Open Font License 1.1