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Roboto Serif

Roboto Serif’s Grade axis (GRAD) appears in only three other families. It has four variable axes; 18 other families in the library have as many or more. It is one of 91 families offering all nine weights from Thin to Black, each with an italic.

Outlines drawn from the RobotoSerif file at weight 400. The dashed line is the median x-height of the serifs.

Measure, per 1,000 em	Roboto Serif	Median of 354 serifs
Ascender (top of d)	735	747
Cap height (top of H)	710	700
x-height (top of x)	508	482
Descender (foot of p)	−223	−233
x-height ÷ cap height	0.71	0.70
Average lowercase width	557	514
Ink coverage, a–z	42.0%	41.5%

Where it sitsEvery serif family is a dot

X-height across the 336 serifs with ascenders

302600

Just below: Junge, Aleo; just above: Rosarivo, Artifika; level with: Inika

Average lowercase width across the 354 serifs

2751,028

Just below: Literata, Domine; just above: Merriweather, Noto Serif HK

Weights and styles

One variable file per style covers every weight from 100 to 900.

Axis	Tag	Range	In the library
Optical size	opsz	8 to 144	29 families
Width	wdth	50 to 150	99 families
Weight	wght	100 to 900	545 families
Grade	GRAD	-50 to 100	axis page

Scripts5 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 1,264 glyphs and 919 mapped Unicode characters; 21 OpenType feature tags.

Declared features: old-style figures, lining figures, tabular figures, proportional figures, fractions, superscripts, subscripts, standard ligatures, slashed zero and six stylistic sets.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Sanchezshorter x-height, narrower Solwayshorter x-height, narrower Brawlertaller x-height, narrower Inikaequal x-height, narrower Noto Serif Todhritaller x-height, narrower Literatashorter x-height, narrower

Outside the serif class

MuseoModernotaller x-height, wider Varelataller x-height, narrower Varela Roundtaller x-height, narrower

Rank every family against Roboto Serif