Roboto Thin
Roboto Thin is the weight 100 face of Roboto, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 7% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 484.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 626.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 239.3 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 547.4 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 23% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Roboto Thin
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.
- Heebo Thinnearly identical widths (3.9 units)
- Vazirmatn Thinnearly identical widths (4.5 units)
- Heebo ExtraLightvery close widths (9.7 units)
- Vazirmatn ExtraLightvery close widths (13.9 units)
- Heebo Lightsimilar widths (15.5 units)
- Vazirmatn Lightsimilar widths (18.6 units)
- Vazirmatn Regularsimilar widths (23.2 units)
- Heebo Regularsimilar widths (23.4 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Roboto Thin
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 Thin from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Roboto Thin itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Roboto styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Roboto Thin?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Heebo Thin has the closest letter widths to Roboto Thin: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 3.9 units per 1000 em.
+Does Roboto Thin have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 547.4 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Roboto Thin inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Roboto font, and sets new letters in Roboto Thin.
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