Google introduced Roboto in 2011 as Android’s new system font and gave it a big upgrade three years later. “Roboto Serif” is now the newest variation “designed to make reading more comfortable at any ...

Google just announced that it’s making Roboto, its signature font used in Android and across other Google products, open source for all. The font files for the Roboto family of fonts were first ...

In the digital age, the printing press has largely gone the way of Dodo, but we still treat the design of typefaces as being as permanent as if it was made up of centuries-old metal blocks. You just ...

Android’s new font Roboto has drawn its share of critics and and fans, but if you want to get an in-depth look at it for yourself, you can download it on Android’s developer design guidelines website.

As someone who is really into fonts, I know that most people don’t share my passion — but I genuinely think that anyone who cares at all about typography will have some interest in what Google ...

It was merely four years ago that Google debuted Christian Robertson’s titular Roboto family of fonts, if you can believe it. Since then, the typeface that’s come to characterize Android has made its ...

Last year, Google introduced custom-designed font “Roboto” for Android 4.0 OS like some other players such as Apple. It’s now available for developers, designer and font geeks for free downloads. The ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Google's Matias Duarte says Android's new system font should help loosen up its techie image. Too bad about the name. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

While the industry is generally positive about the switch to Google Sans, there are some concerns raised by developers. They suggest that the new font may not be suitable for all the interfaces and ...

Google is testing using Roboto font in the search results. Conrad O'Connell spotted this test and posted it on Twitter. Here is an animated picture of the normal font and the Roboto font so you can ...