diff --git a/app/assets/images/fonts/Roboto-Bold.ttf b/app/assets/images/fonts/Roboto-Bold.ttf
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/app/assets/images/fonts/Roboto-Light.ttf b/app/assets/images/fonts/Roboto-Light.ttf
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/app/assets/images/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf b/app/assets/images/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d9a6c4c32d7e920b549caf531e390733496b6e0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/error_pages.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/error_pages.scss
index 59ac55d58e19851b83cafed5b464ef6d177b64a1..d170a478d3bf783d2996a89f84636c3801ac6dc4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/error_pages.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/error_pages.scss
@@ -4,26 +4,27 @@
 html { min-height: 100%; }
 
 #big-number {
-  font-family: Roboto-BoldCondensed, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+  color: $light-grey;
+  font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
   font-size: 250px;
   line-height: 1em;
+  padding-top: 80px;
   text-align: center;
-  padding-top: 100px;
   text-shadow: 0 2px 0 #fff, 0 -1px 0 #999;
-  color: #ddd;
 }
 .transparent {
   opacity: 0.8;
 }
 #content {
-  font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-  text-align: center;
-  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;
+  color: $text-dark-grey;
+  font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
   font-size: 1.25em;
+  left: 0;
   line-height: 1.5em;
-  color: $text-dark-grey;
   position: absolute;
-  left: 0; right: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  text-align: center;
+  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 $white;
 }
 
 #error_404 {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ html { min-height: 100%; }
   height: 100%;
   bottom:0px;
   margin: 0px;
-  font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+  font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
   text-align: center;
   text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;
   color: #666;
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@ html { min-height: 100%; }
   background-attachment: fixed;
 
   #big-number {
-    font-family: Roboto-BoldCondensed, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+    color: $light-grey;
+    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
     font-size: 250px;
     text-shadow: 0 2px 0 #fff, 0 -1px 0 #999;
-    color: #ddd;
   }
 
   a {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ html { min-height: 100%; }
 
   .transparent {
     filter: alpha(opacity=80);
-    opacity: 0.8;
+    opacity: 0.6;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
index 8e2d8835c6dd7f60d1923290b66ddfa442013282..31a5aabfdd5c0366b216aabebbc0b5896cea3095 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
@@ -39,18 +39,6 @@ a.tag { word-break: break-all; }
   color: inherit;
 }
 
-/* bootstrap label fixes for Roboto */
-.label {
-  padding : 2px 5px;
-  padding-bottom : 3px;
-
-  span {
-    display : inline-block;
-    position : relative;
-    top : 1px;
-  }
-}
-
 #back-to-top {
   display: block;
   color: white;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_typography.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_typography.scss
index a9afb3ea85680cdd72017e0d837f68b18e6fff5c..0b7b945e6e8a01ba833a2eb4a3f162cb6ca0e94b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_typography.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_typography.scss
@@ -1,22 +1,3 @@
-/* Roboto */
-@font-face {
-  font-family : Roboto;
-  src : image-url('fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf');
-  weight : normal;
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family : Roboto-Bold;
-  src : image-url('fonts/Roboto-Bold.ttf');
-  weight : normal;
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family : Roboto-Light;
-  src : image-url('fonts/Roboto-Light.ttf');
-  weight : normal;
-}
-
 /* diaspora custom icons font */
 @font-face {
   font-family: "diaspora-custom";