Roboto Italic
Roboto Italic is the italic weight 400 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 | 484.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 615 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 245.6 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 544.9 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Roboto Italic
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.
- Sarabun Italicloosely similar widths (30.6 units)
- Hanken Grotesk Light Italicloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
- Ubuntu Italicloosely similar widths (31.3 units)
- Hanken Grotesk Italicloosely similar widths (31.5 units)
- Ubuntu Sans Italicloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
- Sarabun Medium Italicloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
- Sarabun Light Italicloosely similar widths (31.8 units)
- Hanken Grotesk ExtraLight Italicloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Roboto Italic
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 Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Roboto Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
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Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Roboto Italic?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Sarabun Italic has the closest letter widths to Roboto Italic: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 30.6 units per 1000 em.
+Does Roboto Italic have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 544.9 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Roboto Italic inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Roboto font, and sets new letters in Roboto Italic.
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