Licensing & Commercial Compliance
Roboto is a Sans-Serif typeface designed by Christian Robertson, published under Open Source (SIL OFL) (Official License). Verified free for commercial advertising, UI design, websites, and publishing. Includes 6 weight(s)/style(s). Last verified: 2026-06-13.
About This Font
Roboto is a versatile, geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Christian Robertson and released by Google under the SIL Open Font License (OFL). With a clean, modern aesthetic and excellent legibility, Roboto supports Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and English scripts, making it a popular choice for digital interfaces, mobile apps, and web content. Its neutral yet friendly character ensures readability across screen sizes, while the OFL license allows free use, modification, and redistribution for both personal and commercial projects.
Key Features
- • Geometric sans-serif design with a dual-natured personality: mechanical skeleton and friendly, open curves
- • Supports Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and English scripts (no Chinese glyphs)
- • Available in 6 weights: Thin, ExtraLight, Regular, Medium, Bold, and Black, with matching italics
- • Optimized for high legibility on screens of all sizes, from smartwatches to desktop monitors
- • Released under the SIL Open Font License (OFL) – free for personal and commercial use
- • Delivered as TTF files for broad compatibility across operating systems and software
Recommended Use Cases
Font Information
- Font Family
- Roboto
- Font Type
- Sans-serif
- Designer
- Christian Robertson
- Foundry
- License
- OFL
- File Formats
- TTF
- Font Weights
- Light, Medium, Regular, Bold, Thin, Black
- File Size
- 0.14 MB
- Release Date
- 2025-05-16
- Last Updated
- 2026-06-13
Copyright
Copyright 2011 The Roboto Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-classic) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: https://openfontlicense.org