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Roboto: predefined styles versus interpolation

A comparison of styling using Roboto’s predefined styles versus choosing your own axis values for more granular control.

  • Using compatible styles in a variable font: 800, 600, 400, text 200, text bold 600
    • PARTICIPATION

    • Normal Interactive Process

    • Many more design possibilities with less space

    • Intro text leads reader into article by the nose, with grace and dignity and a little pithy charm. Typeface has changed to the appropriate optical size by the miracle of modern typography.

  • Changing to other styles in the font: 200, 220, 240, text 300, text bold 500
    • PARTICIPATION

    • Normal Interactive Process

    • Many more design possibilities with less space

    • Intro text leads reader into article by the nose, with grace and dignity and a little pithy charm. Typeface has changed to the appropriate optical size by the miracle of modern typography.