Explore the advancements in Android typography in this 41-minute conference talk from Android Dev Summit 2015. Dive into recent Android versions' typographic capabilities, including automatic hyphenation, balanced paragraph layout, OpenType features, and support for multiple scripts. Learn how to leverage these improvements in your apps as Raph Levien, software engineer and tech lead of Android Text, discusses challenges, opportunities, and modern display technology. Discover the impact of Material Design, Roboto II, and global reach considerations. Gain insights into ligatures, number formatting, letter spacing, and high-quality layout techniques. Enhance your understanding of Android's textual layout capabilities to create more sophisticated and visually appealing applications.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Agenda
Challenges Opportunities
Modern Display Technology
Screen Resolution
Material Design
Roboto II
Android Design
Global Reach
Other Languages
NotoCJK
Emoji
Typography
ligatures
numbers
letter spacing
paragraph layout
highquality layout
line breaking
locale
questions
Taught by
Android Developers
