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gjm11 on Aug 23, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Interface font family

> Since this font is very similar to Roboto, glyph outlines from Roboto are indeed being used, mainly as "placeholders" while the glyph set is expanded. The Roboto license can be found in the source directory.

Mainly?

If this is a deliberate near-clone of Roboto, then at the very least there should be some explanation of how it differs and why.

thinbeige on Aug 23, 2017 [–]

But this is a good idea. Clone Roboto, change few beziers and you can put your own font on your portofolio/resume.

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