Michael Tamm
Principal Engineer at AUTOVIO GmbH
Michael Tamm is a full stack developer, agile coach, UX enthusiast, and the lead developer of the AUTOVIO app. With his extensive background in QA automation, Michael has spent the last few years working to combine technical robustness with a first-class user experience. He firmly believes that true app quality doesn't just mean bug-free and fast, but also delivering an excelent UX. He occasionally publishes technical articles in computer magazines and gives talks at various IT conferences.
The Art of the Break: Solving "Invisible" Typography Issues in Flutter
Typography is a centuries-old art form perfected in the world of print, yet it remains one of the most overlooked "silent" components of modern app design.
When you don't care about typography, your app can feel subtly unprofessional - marred by clumsy line breaks, awkwardly truncated text, and poor spacing. These challenges are amplified in apps offering a German UI, because German has many long words that can easily shatter a layout.
However, when typography is done well, your users experience a sense of effortless clarity they can’t quite name.
You don’t need to know anything about typography to take away valuable lessons from this session. I will show you basic typography problems found in real-world apps, how we solved them in the AUTOVIO app, and how you can apply those same solutions to your own projects.