Is the project abandonned ?
DXwangg opened this issue · comments
I need your help with a few questions.
- Is Roboto still Google Fonts' long-maintained font software? The project has not been updated since August 2, 2017.
- If the Roboto has been abandoned, is there any replacement software available?
It's hard to know what Google is up to, there is also this repo:
https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-classic
And this one:
https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/main/apache/roboto
Both with contributions more recent than the one we are on right now.
My guess is that Google does with font repositories like they do with chat apps: Create new ones and forget about the old ones ;)
The "classic" in that "roboto-classic" repo appears to be in contrast to this new "roboto-flex":
https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-flex
The classic release still contains static and hinted fonts, whereas the flex one is variable fonts only.
Ah yes, four repositories? Sure, why not.
Would like to see this repo dropped or renamed since it includes the older version (2.xx) of Roboto. Many Linux distros are still using this to package the font, which is outdated compared to Roboto-Classic repo.