google / google/fonts

Roboto downloaded font weights are in 5 families, inconsistent with web.

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Description

When installed locally on MacOS, the full Roboto family (_not_ Condensed, Slab or Mono) is installed as 5 separate font families:
* Roboto (includes Bold)
* Roboto Black
* Roboto Light
* Roboto Medium
* Roboto Thin

![Screen Shot 2019-04-09 at 8 48 31 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1131334/55843948-ddc43480-5b08-11e9-9159-9ec6b4be05a7.png)

As one would expect, a CSS reference to e.g. 100-weight Roboto, fails. It has to say 100-weight Roboto _Thin_. This may account for some (but not most) of the problems people have reported with locally-installed Roboto.

Contrast this with e.g.

![Screen Shot 2019-04-09 at 8 50 46 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1131334/55843998-3e537180-5b09-11e9-92f0-b18314db4bcd.png)

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