Bug 2402531 - fedora is using obselete version of Roboto font
Summary: fedora is using obselete version of Roboto font
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: google-roboto-fonts
Version: 43
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Tardon
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2025-10-08 16:25 UTC by uneasy_latitude544
Modified: 2026-04-05 13:35 UTC (History)
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Description uneasy_latitude544 2025-10-08 16:25:11 UTC
Description of problem:

fedora is using old version of Roboto font, see readme in https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-2?tab=readme-ov-file, more updated version https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-3-classic v3.012


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

v2.138

How reproducible:

Yes.

Comment 1 Tarik ROKHSANE 2026-03-18 01:30:07 UTC
A pull request has been opened to update to roboto-classic v3.015:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/google-roboto-fonts/pull-request/3

The upstream repository has moved from github.com/google/roboto to
github.com/googlefonts/roboto-classic. The license has also changed
from Apache-2.0 to OFL-1.1.

Note: OFL.txt is not included in the upstream release zip; an issue
has been filed upstream to address this:
https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-3-classic/issues/180

Comment 2 Tarik ROKHSANE 2026-04-05 13:35:06 UTC
(In reply to Tarik ROKHSANE from comment #1)
> A pull request has been opened to update to roboto-classic v3.015:
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/google-roboto-fonts/pull-request/3
> 
> The upstream repository has moved from github.com/google/roboto to
> github.com/googlefonts/roboto-classic. The license has also changed
> from Apache-2.0 to OFL-1.1.
> 
> Note: OFL.txt is not included in the upstream release zip; an issue
> has been filed upstream to address this:
> https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto-3-classic/issues/180

Per Fedora Fonts Policy, condensed is a width variant of the same
font family and must not be split into a separate subpackage.

Changes:
- Merge RobotoCondensed-*.ttf into google-roboto-fonts
- Update fontconfig to rewrite 'Roboto Condensed' to family=Roboto
with width=condensed for WWS compliance
- Drop google-roboto-condensed-fonts subpackage
- Drop condensed fontconfig conf and metainfo sources

Obsoletes: google-roboto-condensed-fonts

Depends on PR #3.

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/google-roboto-fonts/pull-request/5


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