https://github.com/googlefonts/robotoslab
Roboto Slab Typeface by Google
https://github.com/googlefonts/robotoslab
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Roboto Slab Typeface by Google
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/googlefonts/robotoslab
- Owner: googlefonts
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2017-04-18T10:33:47.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-10-12T09:09:11.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-07T21:06:26.396Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 12.8 MB
- Stars: 63
- Watchers: 15
- Forks: 15
- Open Issues: 15
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
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README
# Roboto Slab Font Project
by Christian Robertson
Roboto has a dual nature. It has a mechanical skeleton and the forms are
largely geometric. At the same time, the font features friendly and open
curves. While some grotesks distort their letterforms to force a rigid rhythm,
Roboto doesn’t compromise, allowing letters to be settled into their natural
width. This makes for a more natural reading rhythm more commonly found in
humanist and serif types.
This is the Roboto Slab family, which can be used alongside the normal
[Roboto](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto) family and the
[Roboto Condensed](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Condensed) family.
This project is a fork from the old Google font repository.
# Completed tasks:
* Port original binaries to UFO sources with cubic outlines
* use fontmake to build.
## Building
Fonts are built automatically by GitHub Actions - take a look in the "Actions" tab for the latest build.
If you particularly want to build fonts manually on your own computer, you will need to install the [`yq` utility](https://github.com/mikefarah/yq). On OS X with Homebrew, type `brew install yq`; on Linux, try `snap install yq`; if all else fails, try the instructions on the linked page.
Then:
* `make build` will produce font files.
* `make test` will run [FontBakery](https://github.com/googlefonts/fontbakery)'s quality assurance tests.
* `make proof` will generate HTML proof files.
## Repository Layout
This font repository structure is inspired by [Unified Font Repository v0.3](https://github.com/unified-font-repository/Unified-Font-Repository), modified for the Google Fonts workflow.