# googlefonts/roboto-2

The Roboto family of fonts

Repository: https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-2
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/roboto-2
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-04-01T16:56:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 14, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4162, "days_push": 519, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3828, forks 303 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:23.019764+00:00)

## What it is
The source repository for Roboto, Google's signature font family used as the default on Android and Chrome OS and recommended for Material Design. It includes the Python-based toolchain used to build the fonts, though the project has moved to roboto-3-classic.

## Use cases
- download the Roboto font family for a web project
- build Roboto fonts from source
- customize Roboto glyphs for a design system
- find the default Android font
- get Material Design typography assets

## When to choose
- you need the Roboto font files or their original sources
- you want to study or fork the legacy Roboto build toolchain

## When to avoid
- you want active development or updates - use googlefonts/roboto-3-classic instead
- you need a ready-made webfont without building - use Google Fonts
- you require Python 3 tooling - this toolchain requires Python 2

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: abandoned
- function: graphics, developer-tools
- domain: web-design, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, python
- tags: fonts, typography, material-design, obsolete, font-source

## Member repositories
- googlefonts/roboto-2 (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:23.019764+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:26:20.617381+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-2 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:23.019764+00:00, sha 01a607bbe8fa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.