Roboto Light
Roboto Light is the weight 300 face of Roboto, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 5% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 492 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 630.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 243.7 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 554.7 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 25% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Roboto Light
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.
- Vazirmatn ExtraLightnearly identical widths (3.8 units)
- Heebo Lightvery close widths (5.4 units)
- Heebo ExtraLightvery close widths (6.5 units)
- Vazirmatn Lightvery close widths (8.4 units)
- Vazirmatn Thinvery close widths (12.4 units)
- Vazirmatn Regularvery close widths (13 units)
- Heebo Regularvery close widths (13.1 units)
- Heebo Thinvery close widths (14.1 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Roboto Light
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 Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Roboto Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Roboto styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Roboto Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Vazirmatn ExtraLight has the closest letter widths to Roboto Light: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 3.8 units per 1000 em.
+Does Roboto Light have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 554.7 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Roboto Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Roboto font, and sets new letters in Roboto Light.
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