Roboto Slab
Roboto Slab carries true small capitals, a feature present in 179 of the 1,899 families. It lists seven script subsets, more than 96% of the serifs. It offers nine weights which is more styles than 80% of the serifs have.
| Measure, per 1,000 em | Roboto Slab | Median of 354 serifs |
|---|---|---|
| Ascender (top of d) | 762 | 747 |
| Cap height (top of H) | 711 | 700 |
| x-height (top of x) | 528 | 482 |
| Descender (foot of p) | −203 | −233 |
| x-height ÷ cap height | 0.74 | 0.70 |
| Average lowercase width | 545 | 514 |
| Ink coverage, a–z | 46.1% | 41.5% |
Where it sitsEvery serif family is a dot
X-height across the 336 serifs with ascenders
Just below: Prociono, PT Serif Caption; just above: Kadwa, Noticia Text; level with: Hanuman, Suwannaphum
Average lowercase width across the 354 serifs
Just below: Zen Antique, Zen Antique Soft; just above: Suez One, Rozha One; level with: Suwannaphum
Weights and styles
One variable file per style covers every weight from 100 to 900.
| Axis | Tag | Range | In the library |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | wght | 100 to 900 | 545 families |
ScriptsFamilies sharing each subset
- Latin1,843
- Latin Extended1,525
- Vietnamese532
- Cyrillic306
- Cyrillic Extended243
- Greek128
- Greek Extended76
Inside the file
In the measured file: 1,164 glyphs and 901 mapped Unicode characters; 20 OpenType feature tags.
Declared features: capitals to small capitals, lining figures, fractions, superscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures, case-sensitive forms and five stylistic sets.
Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em
Outside the serif class
Same designer
Christian Robertson is also credited on Roboto, Roboto Mono and Roboto Condensed.
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