Google has unveiled Roboto Serif, a new typeface for Android that it says needs to be very best for reading textual content online. Roboto Serif is out there now by way of Google Fonts and can come included with Android as a part of Google's Material Design ethos. Google says it created Roboto Serif for reading as a result of we spend round seven hours per day reading issues online. Clearly, a font designed particularly to take action was wanted.
(Image credit score: Google)"Roboto Serif joins the functional Roboto superfamily alongside Roboto Sans, Mono, Slab, and Condensed," says Google font marketing consultant Sarah Daily. "But unlike Roboto Slab, the design of which was derived directly from Roboto Sans, this newest serif brings its own identity to the collection." "We wanted it to feel comfortable next to a sans-serif, and not to feel cluttered. It doesn't need to have serifs everywhere to drive home the point that, ‘I am a serif and have serifs in all the places serifs go,” addec Google's Rob Giampietro.
According to 9to5Google, Roboto Serif has 4 axes: weight: 100–900; width: condensed, common, prolonged; optical dimension: with or with out dimension, 8–14; and grade: -50–100.Google has additionally released a full typo specimen doc detailing the entire technical particulars for Roboto Serif, together with a vary of examples of how the font might be utilized in use circumstances from recipe books to music playlists.
"Google Fonts’ mission is to make web typography better for everyone," the e book added, "We’ve invested heavily in variable font typefaces, as well as in tools for their production, testing, and use, and we’re excited to see what creative designers and developers do with this technology."
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