Roboto
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| Category | Grotesque sans-serif |
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| Designer(s) | Christian Robertson |
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| Date created | 2011 |
Roboto is a sans-serif typeface family introduced with Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" operating system.[1] Google describes the font as "modern, yet approachable" and "emotional".[2][3] The font is licensed under the Apache license[4]. The entire font family was officially made available for free download on January 12, 2012 on the newly launched Android Design website. The family includes regular and oblique styles of Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold, Black, and Condensed widths.
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[edit] Development
The font was designed entirely in-house at Google by Christian Robertson, an interface designer for Google, who previously had designed the Ubuntu Titling Font through his personal type foundry betatype.[5][6]
[edit] Reception
Joshua Topolsky, at The Verge, describes the font as "clean and modern, but not overly futuristic – not a science fiction font".[7]
Stephen Coles, former Type Director at FontShop[8], criticized the font for being an unattractive imitation of Helvetica and other typefaces including Myriad and Univers, calling it "a Four-headed Frankenfont".[6]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Google's New Font". Wired. Wired. October 19,2011. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/android-ice-cream-sandwich-3/. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- ^ "New Design Philosophy of Ice Cream Sandwich". Engadget. Engadget. http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/roboto-and-the-new-design-philosophy-of-android-4-0-ice-cream-s/. Retrieved November 4,2011.
- ^ "Design of Roboto". MSN. MSN. http://news.in.msn.com/technology/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5526341. Retrieved November 4,2011.
- ^ "Roboto license". http://www.fontsquirrel.com/license/roboto.
- ^ "Association with Google and betatype". Christian Robertson. Christian Robertson. http://christianrobertson.com/. Retrieved November 12,2011.
- ^ a b "Roboto is a Four-headed Frankenfont". TypoGraphica. TypoGraphica. http://typographica.org/2011/on-typography/roboto-typeface-is-a-four-headed-frankenstein/. Retrieved November 4,2011.
- ^ "Font Design In-house". The Verge. The Verge. http://www.theverge.com/2011/10/18/exclusive-matias-duarte-ice-cream-sandwich-galaxy-nexus/. Retrieved November 28,2011.
- ^ "Stephen Coles's Bio". Stephen Coles. Stephen Coles. http://stephencoles.org. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
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