googlefonts / googlefonts/roboto-flex

cap to cap 100/400/900 | wdth 151 | slnt 0/-10 | GRAD 0 | opsz 14

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wght: 100

G - right side bearing is too tight
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153967210-11874ed3-4590-4e9d-aada-b75d0f2a3f16.png)
E - right side bearing too tight vs N O D
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153967392-1035cdcf-58ac-441b-85d2-a91b98039219.png)
J - left side bearing too tight
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153967466-80915d93-4f42-4e19-bb09-67fcca65d96a.png)
T - left and right side bearings too tight -
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153967560-f37470fb-d9c9-445d-8cae-0168c11550ea.png)
S - left and right side bearing stoo tight vs the general spacing
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153967643-f0c7f342-d5bf-4e66-865e-af7ca35bbcc7.png)

400
T - Even if the basic version of Roboto is like this I think a bit of air for this double T is a good idea
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153967874-67db7bda-13d1-4d76-9e71-a8063851cb55.png)

900
K is too dark
S - The middle is too dark
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153967988-00b5bdff-2fd3-4451-8361-4024e243d9e0.png)
Diagonals in R and M too dark vs the rest
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153968042-971e780a-bb1c-462a-b4ff-ac2a6f80f3c9.png)
L & A - I am a big fan of letting Y W V and A touch in heavier weights to get better overall rhythm - But in the sample above it bits into L so I wonder if it make sense to give more space to A slightly and more to the right of L so that it can set without kerning without bleeding into each other. What about letting L be a bit darker? It feels weirdly light vs everything else.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153968300-c6948698-dd6e-47ad-9c99-db25a83d7906.png)
O & Q - The rounds of O in 900 get boxier than in the other two weights. I want to suggest modulating that so that the personality stays more consistent. But also the counters of O are brighter and the strokes thinner than I was expecting. Less boxiness will help with the brightness a bit.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153968554-70177b11-4e24-4048-97e1-6f785f7d2b0e.png)
O & G - What about letting O & G ( & Q) be slightly less wide? They look a bit stretched vs other caps
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153968991-0d7aecdd-965f-478a-99c6-c45b65c954ca.png)
Z - Z is crashing into itself and other letters. Z also looks darker than other caps at this weight
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153968669-f244f0f0-6f5b-4646-88d9-0a52a60dc0eb.png)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153968749-fa519c0e-c45c-4cc9-a629-1940fdf2f3e6.png)
N - what about letting N be slightly wider to better match other caps?
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153968896-34defc0d-8824-4198-be5f-8773aa08d30c.png)

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