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+Roboto Mono is a monospaced addition to the
+`Roboto <https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto>`__ type family.
+Like the other members of the Roboto family, the fonts are optimized for
+readability on screens across a wide variety of devices and reading
+environments. While the monospaced version is related to its variable
+width cousin, it doesn’t hesitate to change forms to better fit the
+constraints of a monospaced environment. For example, narrow glyphs like
+‘I’, ‘l’ and ‘i’ have added serifs for more even texture while wider
+glyphs are adjusted for weight. Curved caps like ‘C’ and ‘O’ take on the
+straighter sides from Roboto Condensed.
+
+Special consideration is given to glyphs important for reading and
+writing software source code. Letters with similar shapes are easy to
+tell apart. Digit ‘1’, lowercase ‘l’ and capital ‘I’ are easily
+differentiated as are zero and the letter ‘O’. Punctuation important for
+code has also been considered. For example, the curly braces ‘{ }’ have
+exaggerated points to clearly differentiate them from parenthesis ‘( )’
+and braces ‘[ ]’. Periods and commas are also exaggerated to identify
+them more quickly. The scale and weight of symbols commonly used as
+operators have also been optimized.
+
+:Font creator: Google
+:Source: https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/master/apache/robotomono
+:Patched by: `Evan McClain <https://github.com/aeroevan>`_