font-roboto
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Type: Cask  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Fonts
Tags: font typography sans-serif google-fonts design
Install: brew install --cask font-roboto
About:
Roboto is a sans-serif typeface originally designed by Christian Robertson for Google. It features mechanical skeletons and largely geometric forms, while incorporating friendly and open curves that make it highly readable across digital and print mediums. This package provides the Roboto font family for system-wide use on macOS.
Key Features:
  • Modern, geometric sans-serif design
  • Highly legible at various sizes and weights
  • Extensive character support including Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic
Use Cases:
  • UI design for web and mobile applications
  • General-purpose document and text rendering
  • Branding and corporate identity systems
Alternatives:
  • font-open-sans – Similar modern sans-serif, slightly more humanist style
  • font-inter – Designed specifically for user interfaces with taller x-height
  • font-helvetica-neue – Classic neutral sans-serif, proprietary license
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