Designing interfaces that work in Amharic and English
Type, line length and labels that grow.
TTelosTeam2 Sept 20265 min read
Ethiopic script needs more line height than Latin text, and translated labels are often longer. Interfaces that ignore this break in small ways.
Three rules we follow
- Use a line height of at least 1.8 for Amharic body text.
- Never fix button widths. Let labels grow.
- Test every screen with real Amharic copy, not placeholder text.
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