Roboto Medium
Roboto Medium is the weight 500 face of Roboto, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 503.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 638 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 248.5 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 568.4 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Roboto Medium
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 Mediumnearly identical widths (2.3 units)
- Heebo SemiBoldnearly identical widths (4.6 units)
- Vazirmatn SemiBoldvery close widths (5.2 units)
- Heebo Mediumvery close widths (5.8 units)
- Vazirmatn Boldvery close widths (8 units)
- Vazirmatn Regularvery close widths (8.7 units)
- Heebo Boldvery close widths (9.4 units)
- Heebo Regularvery close widths (9.6 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Roboto Medium
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 Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Roboto Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Roboto styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Roboto Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Vazirmatn Medium has the closest letter widths to Roboto Medium: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 2.3 units per 1000 em.
+Does Roboto Medium have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 568.4 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Roboto Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Roboto font, and sets new letters in Roboto Medium.
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