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New Emoji, Keyboard, and Font Coming to Nexus Devices Next Week

Kellen December 2, 2015 72

Hiroshi Lockheimer, Android daddy of them all, announced this evening that new emoji are coming to Android next week via Nexus phones. Lockheimer mentioned that a new keyboard, new font, and new code will all be a part of the emoji arrival, so that means full...

Download: New Roboto for Android L and Material Design

Kellen June 25, 2014 32

During today's Google I/O keynote, guru-of-the-pixel-and-wild-shirt Matias Duarte, talked a lot about the company's new design direction called Material Design. He also noted that they had given their Roboto font a major overhaul, which the Material Design...

Ice Cream Sandwich is Up for a User Experience Award Tonight, Here is a Taste of Some of Its Inspiration

Kellen June 12, 2012 43

Android 4.0 is up for a 2012 User Experience (UX) award tonight and to help celebrate, the Android team released a video that not only goes through some of the best commercials they released at launch, but they also give us a look at some of the early design...

Matias Duarte of Google Goes In-Depth On Creation Of The Roboto Font

Tim November 10, 2011 204

Matias Duarte is the man behind Roboto, the newest font that will be grouped with Ice Cream Sandwich. You would not believe the passion that this guy has for fonts, especially the Roboto that you will see on the Galaxy Nexus. At the announcement of the G-Nex,...

Download: Roboto Font from Ice Cream Sandwich

Kellen October 19, 2011 378

During last night's Ice Cream Sandwich event, a new font was introduced into the lives of tech geeks everywhere. Roboto is what Google wants to call it. Supposedly built with the mindset of being "modern, yet approachable." All we know, is it looks nice on a...