Roboto
Designed by Christian Robertson, ParaType, Font Bureau
Interactive Specimen
Type custom text and test available weights
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
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Use Roboto on the Web
Copy-paste ready Tailwind v4, CSS @import, and npm snippets
Add this to your global CSS stylesheet to use font-roboto utilities:
@theme {
--font-roboto: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
}Import via Google Fonts CDN for instant browser delivery:
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@100;200;300;400;500;600;700;800;900&display=swap');
body {
font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
}
Free Alternative To
Roboto is a suggested free alternative to these paid commercial typefaces
Helvetica Neue
Inter matches Helvetica Neue’s neutral neo-grotesque structure, horizontal terminal cuts, and compact glyph proportions with modern screen optimizations.
Frutiger / Neue Frutiger
Roboto and Open Sans share Frutiger’s open humanist apertures, high legibility at distance, and clean signage-oriented skeleton.
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by Google
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Poppins
by Indian Type Foundry, Jonny Pinhorn, Ninad Kale
Lato
by Łukasz Dziedzic
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