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Dots Per Inch and Pixels Per Inch, DPI and PPI respectively, are units for measuring the tiny bits of color that come together to form a printed image or an image on a screen. The higher the density of those dots or pixels, the higher the resolution. For most, a rudimentary understanding of DPI or PPI amounts to knowing whether or not an image is clear but small enough to print, email, or post...

Design from iOS to Android and Back Again

TypographyType plays an immensely important role in Android and material design. Roboto is the default font family for Android, and includes a number of weights as well as a condensed variant. However, just like with iOS, you should incorporate your brand’s typographic palette into your app. Make sure to test your fonts on a couple of Android devices, since Android’s font layout engine and rasterizer...

Material Design Typography Explained

Surfaces & depthiOS conventionally uses a blur effect to indicate depth, but you’ll want to focus on a considered use of elevated surfaces and shadows in Android. These qualities apply to objects in material design and help create a spatial model that will be consistently applied across apps.Interaction & motionMaterial design places a lot of emphasis on user-initiated motion and touch response....

A practical guide to designing across platforms

Designing and developing between platforms is a lot like traveling through different countries. You go through the same motions — sleeping, eating, sightseeing, regardless of where you are — but the customs of the country you’re visiting dictate how you go about doing them. In some countries, it’s ok to push people into the train, or eat a burger with a knife and fork. Similarly, if you developed...

Make Your Business a Brand, Learn How!

Material design offers a system for designing functional and elegant software. How does your brand fit into the framework? We’ve created a step-by-step guide to staying on-brand while going material.Nobody knows your brand better than you do. This is why when we set out to create the framework for material design, we were sensitive to the ways in which third-party developers might leverage the...

Material Design Specifications and Guidelines

We challenged ourselves to create a visual language for our users that synthesizes the classic principles of good design with the innovation and possibility of technology and science. This is material design. This spec is a living document that will be updated as we continue to develop the tenets and specifics of material design.Motion respects and reinforces the user as the prime mover. Primary...

Understanding the Density of Material Design

Recognizing the best-in-class designs from around the community.Google revealed the material design system to the world one year ago at Google I/O 2014. Since then, our Material UX team has watched excitedly as designers and developers have begun to implement our guidelines across platforms and products, delivering material experiences to millions of users. While we are delighted and humbled by the...