Roboto Condensed
Roboto Condensed is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 15% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Roboto Condensed
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises Roboto Condensed from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Roboto Condensed itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 441.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 553.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 229.5 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 493.6 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Roboto Condensed Thin Italic
- Roboto Condensed Thin
- Roboto Condensed ExtraLight Italic
- Roboto Condensed ExtraLight
- Roboto Condensed Light Italic
- Roboto Condensed Light
- Roboto Condensed Italic
- Roboto Condensed Regular
- Roboto Condensed Medium Italic
- Roboto Condensed Medium
- Roboto Condensed SemiBold Italic
- Roboto Condensed SemiBold
- Roboto Condensed Bold Italic
- Roboto Condensed Bold
- Roboto Condensed ExtraBold Italic
- Roboto Condensed ExtraBold
- Roboto Condensed Black Italic
- Roboto Condensed Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Roboto Condensed
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Yantramanav Regularsimilar widths (21.1 units)
- Stylish Regularsimilar widths (25 units)
- NTR Regularsimilar widths (26.2 units)
- Reddit Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (30.8 units)
- Jaldi Regularloosely similar widths (31.2 units)
- Mada Regularloosely similar widths (32.8 units)
- Source Sans Pro Regularloosely similar widths (32.8 units)
- Source Sans 3 Regularloosely similar widths (32.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Roboto Condensed?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Roboto Condensed itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Roboto Condensed free to use?
Roboto Condensed is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to Roboto Condensed?
By measured letter widths, Yantramanav is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 21.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Roboto Condensed support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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