Czech¶
cs, tier B, Čeština. 19.3 percent of 290 terms have an approved translation or a protected spelling. This measures terminology coverage, not completed prose review or publication approval.
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Names¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Czech | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Illustrator | do-not-translate | ||
| app.fontographer.net | app.fontographer.net | do-not-translate | ||
| FLUM | FLUM | do-not-translate | English term: deprecated. | |
| FontLab | FontLab | do-not-translate | ||
| fontlab (Python module) | fontlab (Python module) | do-not-translate | ||
| FontLab 8 | FontLab 8 | do-not-translate | ||
| FontLab 9 | FontLab 9 | do-not-translate | English term: draft. | |
| Fontlab Ltd. | Fontlab Ltd. | do-not-translate | ||
| FontLab Pass | FontLab Pass | do-not-translate | ||
| FontLab Studio 5 | FontLab Studio 5 | do-not-translate | English term: deprecated. | |
| fontlab.com | fontlab.com | do-not-translate | ||
| Fontographer | Fontographer | do-not-translate | ||
| Fontographer.net | Fontographer.net | do-not-translate | English term: draft. | |
| forum.fontlab.com | forum.fontlab.com | do-not-translate | ||
| GlyphRef | GlyphRef | do-not-translate | ||
| help.fontlab.com | help.fontlab.com | do-not-translate | ||
| help.vexy.art | help.vexy.art | do-not-translate | ||
| pass.fontlab.com | pass.fontlab.com | do-not-translate | ||
| Photofont | Photofont | do-not-translate | ||
| playlines.vexy.art | playlines.vexy.art | do-not-translate | ||
| Strokes Maker | Strokes Maker | do-not-translate | English term: deprecated. | |
| studio.fontlab.com | studio.fontlab.com | do-not-translate | English term: draft. | |
| TransType 5 | TransType 5 | do-not-translate | ||
| TypeTool | TypeTool | do-not-translate | ||
| Vexy | Vexy | do-not-translate | ||
| Vexy Lines | Vexy Lines | do-not-translate | ||
| Vexy Linestra | Vexy Linestra | do-not-translate | ||
| Vexy Playlines | Vexy Playlines | do-not-translate | ||
| Vexy Vextra | Vexy Vextra | do-not-translate |
Type design¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Czech | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ascender | upward extension | horní dotah | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 53 dotah: horní dotah; Glyphs 3 (cs) ascender = horní dotah. Horní dotažnice is the line, not the stroke. |
| baseline | writing line | účaří | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 75; Apple and Adobe use účaří. Glyphs 3 (cs) 'základní dotažnice' rejected as the rarer synonym. |
| bowl | round belly | bříško | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 51 bříško písmena; Typomil Písmová anatomie (Pecina, Březina). Apple's 'mísa' is the kitchen bowl. |
| cap height | capital-letter height | výška verzálek | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) and InDesign: Výška verzálek; verzálková výška is the adjectival variant. |
| character | znak | proposed | Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and Czech Unicode usage; kept distinct from glyf. | |
| contour | obrys | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Reverse Contour = Obrátit obrys; Apple agrees. As in German, French and Polish one word serves contour and outline; kontura was the alternative if a reviewer wants them split. | |
| counter | enclosed white space | vnitřní prostor | proposed | Petra Dočekalová's dissertation defines vnitřní prostor as the light area enclosed or bounded by strokes, which covers open counters too. Oko (Typomil) fits only closed counters; punc is unattested in Czech; čítač is the software counter. |
| descender | downward extension | dolní dotah | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 53: dolní dotah. Glyphs 3 (cs) says spodní dotah; the norm's adjective was preferred. |
| diacritical mark | combining mark | diakritické znaménko | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 21 (rozlišovací, diakritické znaménko); Glyphs 3 (cs) uses znaménka for marks. |
| em | type body | čtverčík | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): unitsPerEm = Jednotek na čtverčík; the traditional Czech typesetting term for the em quad. |
| extremum | local extreme point | extrém | proposed | Standard Czech mathematical term (extrém křivky), used by Czech type designers for nodes at extremes; no corpus attestation. |
| glyph | glyf | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs), Fontmatrix, Apple and Adobe: glyf; kept distinct from znak. | |
| handle | táhlo | proposed | Adobe Illustrator Czech help calls Bézier handles směrová táhla. Úchyt (once in the corpus; CorelDRAW ovládací úchyt) was the close alternative; QCAD identifikátor is the programming handle. | |
| ink trap | ink relief notch | inktrap | proposed | Sudetype (Czech foundry) writes inktrapy for the notches; Studio Divize's 'lapač inkoustu' was the translated alternative, rejected for length in compact corner controls. |
| italic angle | slant angle | úhel kurzívy | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Italic Angle = Úhel kurzivy; spelled kurzíva as in ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz). |
| lining figures | capital-height figures | verzálkové číslice | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Lining Figures = Verzálkové číslice; Typo.cz Typografický slovníček says verzálkové (vysoké) číslice. |
| node | uzel | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Insert Node = Vložit uzel, Show Nodes = Zobrazit uzly; Inkscape agrees. Illustrator's kotevní bod rejected to keep kotva unambiguous. | |
| overshoot | optical surplus | přetah | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 65 přetah; also Typo.cz Typografický slovníček and Rybička. Glyphs 3 (cs) 'přesah' rejected as the non-typographic word. |
| proportional figures | natural-width figures | proporcionální číslice | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) and InDesign Czech agree. |
| segment | segment | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) (segmentový komponent), Apple and Microsoft; Glyphs 3 (cs) also has úsek once, rejected as less established. | |
| serif | serif | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 68 serif (patka marked as imprecise); Typo.cz and Typomil agree. Patka survives only in patkové písmo. | |
| sharp | ostrý | proposed | Adobe, Apple and Blender Czech: ostrý (ostrý roh). | |
| sharp node | ostrý uzel | proposed | Derived from ostrý and uzel. | |
| stem | main stroke | dřík | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 55 dřík písmena, the main straight stroke; Typo.cz and Typomil agree. Glyphs 3 (cs) uses tah, rejected because tah is the vector stroke; a horizontal hinting stem is vodorovný dřík. |
| swash | flourish | ozdobný tvar | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) and InDesign: Swash = Ozdobné tvary; singular dictionary form. Apple's ozdobný znak rejected because a swash is a glyph form, not a character. |
| terminal | stroke ending | výběh | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 79 výběh: a stroke ended otherwise than by a serif; Typomil and Sudetype (zakončení výběhů) use it. Adobe and Apple 'terminál' is the computer terminal. |
| UPM | units per type body | UPM | proposed | Use UPM in compact numeric controls, as in the canonical TS. In explanatory prose: jednotky na čtverčík. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording. |
| winding direction | drawing direction | směr obrysu | proposed | Derived from obrys; Glyphs 3 (cs): Set Direction = Nastavit směr. Fallback 'drawing direction'. |
| x-height | small-letter height | střední výška | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 73 střední výška písma; Glyphs 3 (cs) and InDesign: Střední výška. |
Font engineering¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Czech | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| advance height | výška glyfu | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'glyph box height' translated to pair with šířka glyfu. Glyphs 3 (cs) 'vertikální šířka' rejected as self-contradictory. | |
| advance width | glyph box width | šířka glyfu | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) calls the advance simply Šířka; glyfu added to keep it apart from the geometric width and the width axis. Šířka kuželky rejected: kuželka names the body height. |
| alignment zone | height band for snapping | zóna zarovnání | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Alignment Zones = Zóny zarovnání. |
| anchor | attachment point | kotva | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Add Anchor = Přidat kotvu; also Adobe and Apple. Kotevní bod is Illustrator's anchor point (a node), a different object. |
| anti-aliasing | edge smoothing | vyhlazování | proposed | Standard Czech term in Krita, GIMP and Adobe (vyhlazení/vyhlazování); the loan antialiasing rejected as needless. |
| autohinting | automatic screen fitting | autohinting | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): PostScript autohinting, TrueType autohinting; automatický hinting is its longer variant. |
| axis | osa | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) (Přidat osu), Adobe; Czech foundry texts say osa tučnosti, osa šířky (UMPRUM, Sudetype). | |
| axis map | axis value mapping | mapování osy | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Axis Mappings = Mapování osy. |
| bottom sidebearing | spodní odstup | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): BSB = Spodní odstup; derived from boční odstup. | |
| component | komponent | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) uses the masculine komponent throughout (Přidat komponent, Názvy komponentů, Chytrý komponent). The feminine komponenta (Adobe, Apple, Microsoft) is equally codified and was the close alternative. | |
| composite glyph | assembled glyph | složený glyf | proposed | Plain Czech for an assembled glyph; Glyphs 3 (cs) uses the loan kompozity only as a category label. |
| conversion profile | export settings set | profil převodu | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated with the plain Czech převod for conversion. |
| CVT table | tabulka CVT | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): cvt Table = Tabulka cvt; tag protected, noun translated. | |
| design space | variation range | návrhový prostor | proposed | No attestation; translated from the definition. Czech type designers also say designspace informally; designový prostor rejected as a calque. |
| device correction | per-size pixel correction | korekce velikosti | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'per-size pixel correction' translated, parallel to German Größenkorrektur. |
| dimensions | rozměry | proposed | No type-specific attestation; plain Czech for the font's vertical values, kept apart from metriky (glyph spacing) and míry (canvas measurements). | |
| element | prvek | proposed | Everyday Czech word, used by Glyphs 3 (cs) (Posunout prvky, Rozložit chytré prvky), Apple and Microsoft. The loan element was the alternative if the generic sense of prvek proves ambiguous in the UI. | |
| element reference | shared drawing link | odkaz na prvek | proposed | Derived from prvek and odkaz; no attestation. |
| family dimensions | rozměry rodiny | proposed | Derived from rozměry and rodina (Glyphs 3 (cs): Název rodiny). | |
| Flex | Flex | proposed | Fixed PostScript hint name, kept as in German, French and Polish; Glyphs 3 'flexibilní' rejected. | |
| font dimensions | rozměry fontu | proposed | Derived from rozměry and font. | |
| font target | export target | cílový font | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'export target' translated, parallel to Polish font docelowy. |
| font unit | jednotka fontu | proposed | Derived from Glyphs 3 (cs) (Jednotek na čtverčík, Poměr bodu k jednotce) and font. | |
| fractional coordinates | non-integer coordinates | desetinné souřadnice | proposed | No attestation; Czech says desetinná čísla for values with decimal places, parallel to German Dezimalkoordinaten. |
| friendly glyph name | readable glyph name | srozumitelný název glyfu | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Make Nice Glyph Names = Převést na srozumitelné názvy glyfů. |
| ghost hint | edge-only fitting instruction | klamný hint | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Make Ghost Hint = Vytvořit klamný hint. |
| hint | screen fitting instruction | hint | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Add Hint = Přidat hint, Hinty tahu; declines as a Czech masculine noun. Apple 'rada' is the advice sense. |
| hint zone | hinting height band | hintovací zóna | proposed | Derived from hint and zóna (Glyphs 3 (cs): TTF zóny); no direct attestation. |
| hinting | screen fitting | hinting | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) and GIMP keep hinting; verb hintovat. |
| instance | generated design | instance | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Add Instance = Přidat instanci; Sudetype uses instance for interpolated styles. |
| interpolation | interpolace | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs), Adobe; Czech foundry texts (Sudetype, UMPRUM). | |
| kern exception | pair spacing exception | kerningová výjimka | proposed | Derived from kerning with the adjective kerningový attested in Glyphs 3 (cs) (kerningová skupina). |
| kerning | pair spacing correction | kerning | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) (Importovat kerning) and Typo.cz Typografický slovníček use kerning; Fontmatrix 'podřezávání' is obsolete and Adobe's 'vyrovnání párů' is not what Czech type designers say. |
| kerning class | pair spacing group | kerningová třída | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Left Kerning Class = Levá kerningová třída. |
| kerning pair | spacing-corrected pair | kerningový pár | proposed | Typo.cz Typografický slovníček defines kerning as adjusting a kerningový pár; adjective also in Glyphs 3. |
| left sidebearing | levý odstup | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Set LSB = Nastavit levý odstup. Keep numeric controls compact: LSB/RSB (French AG/AD), UPM and PPM. Expanded terms belong in explanatory help; the full Family Dimensions Units Per eM label is an intentional exception. Team UI convention in Proteus 1751b28b0. | |
| Lib | Lib | proposed | Name of the UFO-derived metadata dictionary, kept as in all reviewed languages. | |
| line gap | meziřádkový proklad | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): hheaLineGap = Meziřádkový proklad hhea; proklad is historically the lead inserted between lines, the extra space only. | |
| line height | výška řádku | proposed | No type-specific attestation; plain Czech for the baseline-to-baseline distance. Glyphs 3 (cs) reuses meziřádkový proklad here, rejected to keep line gap distinct. | |
| link metrics | tie spacing to another glyph | provázat metriky | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Link Metrics With Master = Provázat metriky s masterem. |
| linked metrics | provázané metriky | proposed | Derived from provázat metriky (Glyphs 3 (cs)). | |
| mark attachment | combining mark positioning | připojování znamének | proposed | Derived from znaménko (Glyphs 3 (cs): Marks = Znaménka) and the anchor-based attaching the definition describes; Glyphs 3 (cs) 'pozicování znamének' names the GPOS feature and was the alternative. |
| master | source design | master | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) (Přidat master, Všechny mastery) and Sudetype (masterů) use the loan, declined as a Czech masculine noun. Předloha (office-suite sense) and řídicí řez (Sudetype's gloss) rejected. |
| master compatibility | matching master structure | kompatibilita masterů | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Master Compatibility = Kompatibilita masterů. |
| metrics | metriky | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Metrics = Metriky, Show Metrics = Zobrazit metriky; plural as in English. | |
| metrics expression | výraz metrik | proposed | Derived from metriky (Glyphs 3 (cs)) and výraz, the standard Czech word for an expression. | |
| metrics key | klíč metrik | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Metrics keys = Klíče metrik. | |
| pin | špendlík | proposed | English term: draft. Issue 160 catalog family review: named point inside an element, distinct from a glyph-layer anchor. Proteus Resources/helptips.json def.anchorpin defines the behavior. Preserve this term across panel, tool, action and help labels; proposed terminology, not native-team approval. | |
| PPM | pixels per type body | PPM | proposed | Use PPM in compact numeric controls, as in the canonical TS. In explanatory prose: pixely na čtverčík. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording. |
| production glyph name | shipping glyph name | produkční název glyfu | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Make Production Glyph Names = Převést na produkční názvy glyfů. |
| rendering | drawing on screen | vykreslování | proposed | Adobe and Microsoft Czech: vykreslování; the loan rendering rejected. |
| required glyphs | mandatory glyphs | povinné glyfy | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'mandatory glyphs' translated. |
| right sidebearing | pravý odstup | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Set RSB = Nastavit pravý odstup. Keep numeric controls compact: LSB/RSB (French AG/AD), UPM and PPM. Expanded terms belong in explanatory help; the full Family Dimensions Units Per eM label is an intentional exception. Team UI convention in Proteus 1751b28b0. | |
| sidebearing | side space | boční odstup | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Align to sidebearings = Zarovnat na boční odstupy, LSB = levý odstup. No Czech textbook term exists; the metal-type word maso was not attested for digital fonts. |
| size | velikost | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Font Size = Velikost písma; universal Czech. | |
| spacing | rozpal | proposed | Czech typography textbook (Základní pravidla typografie, UP Olomouc) uses rozpal písma for the spacing between letters; chosen to stay distinct from prostrkání (tracking). Glyphs 3 (cs) keeps the English spacing; Czech designers (Sudetype, Dočekalová) also say prostrkání. | |
| standard stem | reference stem width | standardní dřík | proposed | Derived from dřík; no direct attestation. |
| stem link | stem tie | vazba dříku | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'stem tie' translated from dřík. |
| styling group name | název skupiny řezů | proposed | No direct attestation; built from skupina and řez (Glyphs 3 (cs): Style Name = název řezu, Style Linking = Propojení řezů). | |
| subsetting | cutting down a font | tvorba podmnožiny | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) and Fontmatrix use podmnožina for a subset; the process noun is built on it. The jargon subsetování rejected. |
| top sidebearing | horní odstup | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): TSB = Horní odstup. | |
| tracking | uniform letter spacing | prostrkání | proposed | The corpus attests prostrkání for tracking and scribus.cz glosses prostrkání písmen as letter-space; it is the traditional Czech word for letterspacing a text. Apple and Microsoft sledování is the surveillance sense. |
| TrueType instruction | pixel fitting instruction | instrukce TrueType | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): 'TrueType instrukce nízké úrovně'; product name placed after the noun. |
| typographic family name | typografický název rodiny | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Typographic Family Names = Typografické názvy rodiny. | |
| update metrics | aktualizovat metriky | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Update LSB = Aktualizovat levý odstup; derived with metriky. | |
| variable font | variabilní font | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Variable Font = variabilní font; UMPRUM writes variabilní fonty. InDesign 'proměnlivé písmo' rejected. | |
| variation location | position in the variation range | poloha | proposed | No direct attestation; short form as in German and French (Position), Polish położenie. Glyphs 3 (cs) 'umístění osy' was the alternative. |
| vertical advance | glyph box height | výška glyfu | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'glyph box height' translated, the vertical counterpart of šířka glyfu; same rendering as advance height, which names the same value. |
| vertical metrics | vertikální metriky | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Vertical Metrics = Vertikální metriky; Sudetype writes vertikálních metrik. Fontmatrix 'svislá metrika' rejected. | |
| visual kerning | shape-measured spacing correction | vizuální kerning | proposed | Derived from kerning; no attestation. |
| weight axis | thickness axis | osa tučnosti | proposed | UMPRUM (The Next Big Thing in Type): osu tučnosti, šířky; derived from tučnost (Glyphs 3 (cs)). |
| weight class | třída tučnosti | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Weight Class = Třída tučnosti. | |
| width axis | narrow-to-wide axis | osa šířky | proposed | UMPRUM: osu tučnosti, šířky; kept distinct from šířka glyfu. |
| width class | třída šířky | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Width Class = Třída šířky. |
OpenType¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Czech | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Glyph List | Adobe Glyph List | do-not-translate | ||
| alternate glyph | glyph variant | alternativní glyf | proposed | Derived from alternativa (Apple CoreText, Glyphs 3: alternativy) and glyf; Adobe's untranslated 'Alternate Glyph' rejected. |
| cmap | cmap | do-not-translate | ||
| code page | legacy character table | kódová stránka | proposed | Established Czech computing term for a legacy 8-bit encoding (kódová stránka 1250); Microsoft's znaková stránka rejected as the rarer variant. |
| color font table | tabulka barevného fontu | proposed | Derived from tabulka (Glyphs 3 (cs): Tabulka cvt, Exportovat tabulku COLR) and font. | |
| contextual alternates | context-dependent variants | kontextové alternativy | proposed | Apple CoreText, Glyphs 3 (cs) and InDesign Czech agree. |
| cursive attachment | joined-script connection | napojení spojitého písma | proposed | No usable attestation; fallback 'joined-script connection' translated. Apple 'spojení kurzívy' and Fontmatrix 'kurzívní umístění' rejected: kurzíva means italic in Czech. |
| design languages | cílové jazyky | proposed | No attestation; follows the reviewed languages (Zielsprachen, języki docelowe) because a literal 'jazyky návrhu' reads as design idioms. | |
| encoding | kódování | proposed | Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and Czech Unicode usage. | |
| feature code | layout rule code | kód funkcí | proposed | Derived from funkce; Glyphs 3 (cs) has 'generátor kódu funkce' and 'soubor funkcí'. |
| fractions | zlomky | proposed | Apple CoreText, Glyphs 3 (cs) and InDesign Czech: Zlomky. | |
| glyph index | glyph number | index glyfu | proposed | Derived from glyf; index is standard Czech. |
| glyph name | název glyfu | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Glyph Name = Název glyfu. | |
| GPOS | GPOS | do-not-translate | ||
| GSUB | GSUB | do-not-translate | ||
| ligature | joined letters | ligatura | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs), Apple; Typo.cz gives slitek as the older synonym, rejected as archaic for digital fonts. |
| localized forms | language-specific variants | lokalizované tvary | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs), Fontmatrix and InDesign Czech agree. |
| lookup | procedure | procedura | approved | User/team procedure fallback. No sufficiently strong established OpenType-specific alternative verified in the reviewed primary sources. Keep the approved contextual Rules panel title. Preserve literal FEA lookup/lookupflag keywords, identifiers and OpenType structure names. Ordinary search senses are separate. |
| mark glyph | combining mark glyph | glyf znaménka | proposed | Derived from znaménko (Glyphs 3 (cs)) and glyf. |
| nonspacing mark | zero-width combining mark | znaménko bez šířky | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'zero-width combining mark' translated. Fontmatrix 'bez prostrkávání' rejected. |
| oldstyle figures | lowercase-style figures | minuskové číslice | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) and InDesign: Minuskové číslice; Typo.cz Typografický slovníček: minuskové (skákavé) číslice. |
| OpenType class | layout glyph group | třída OpenType | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Classes = Třídy; product name follows the noun. |
| OpenType feature | layout feature | funkce OpenType | proposed | Derived from funkce (Glyphs 3 (cs), Apple CoreText); InDesign 'možnost OpenType' and Fontmatrix 'vlastnosti OpenType' rejected. |
| OS/2 table | tabulka OS/2 | proposed | Tag protected, noun translated, as Glyphs 3 (cs) does for other tables (Tabulka gasp). | |
| Private Use Area | Private Use Area | do-not-translate | ||
| single substitution | jednoduchá náhrada | proposed | Derived from náhrada (Glyphs 3 (cs): Substitutions = Náhrady); parallel to Spanish and French 'simple'. | |
| small caps | small capitals | kapitálky | proposed | ON 88 0111 (Písmařské názvosloví, Typo.cz), entry 27 kapitálky; Glyphs 3 (cs), Apple, Adobe. |
| stylistic set | stylistická sada | proposed | Apple CoreText and Microsoft: Stylistická sada; Sudetype writes stylistických sad. Fontmatrix 'slohový soubor' rejected. | |
| tabular figures | equal-width figures | tabulkové číslice | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs), Fontmatrix and InDesign Czech agree. |
| Unicode codepoint | character code | kódový bod Unicode | proposed | Kódový bod is the usual Czech rendering of code point (not in the corpus); Fontmatrix shortens it to kód, which is too vague. |
| variation selector | variant picker character | volič variant | proposed | No attestation found; fallback 'variant picker character' translated. Variační selektor is the calque a reviewer may prefer. |
| writing system | písemný systém | proposed | Czech linguistic term; Glyphs 3 (cs) renders Script as Písmo, rejected because písmo also means typeface. Qt 'způsob psaní' rejected. |
File formats¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Czech | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI file | AI file | do-not-translate | ||
| AIP | AIP | do-not-translate | ||
| FLREQ | FLREQ | do-not-translate | ||
| Fog.net | Fog.net | do-not-translate | ||
| Glyphs file | Glyphs file | do-not-translate | ||
| Lines file | Lines file | do-not-translate | ||
| OTF | OTF | do-not-translate | ||
| SVG | SVG | do-not-translate | ||
| TTC | TTC | do-not-translate | ||
| TTF | TTF | do-not-translate | ||
| Type 1 | Type 1 | do-not-translate | English term: deprecated. | |
| UFO | UFO | do-not-translate | ||
| VFB | VFB | do-not-translate | English term: deprecated. | |
| VFC | VFC | do-not-translate | ||
| VFJ | VFJ | do-not-translate | ||
| WOFF2 | WOFF2 | do-not-translate |
Interface¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Czech | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| action | akce | proposed | Apple, Adobe and Microsoft Czech all use akce; činnost rejected as bureaucratic. | |
| add | přidat | proposed | Infinitive command form used by Glyphs 3 (cs) (Přidat kotvu, Přidat master), Apple and Adobe. | |
| alternate | alternativa | proposed | Noun used by Apple CoreText (Alternativa %d) and Glyphs 3 (cs) (Kontextové alternativy); varianta kept free for variation contexts. | |
| anchor cloud | attachment point cloud | mrak kotev | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated from kotva with the everyday word mrak (Polish chmura kotwic, German Ankerwolke); oblak rejected as literary. |
| auto layer | recipe-built layer | autovrstva | proposed | No attestation; native closed compound from vrstva, parallel to Polish autowarstwa; automatická vrstva rejected as longer. |
| autohint | autohintovat | proposed | Command verb derived from hint; Glyphs 3 (cs) attests the verb hintovat (hintujte manuálně) and Autohinting for the process. | |
| Brush | štětec | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs), Adobe and Apple: Štětec; the real tool's name. | |
| collapse | sbalit | proposed | Fontmatrix, Apple, Adobe and Microsoft use sbalit; like Polish zwiń and German Zusammenklappen it also has to serve the node operation, where the object (uzly) makes the sense clear. | |
| color flag | color mark | barevný štítek | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Color Label = Barevný štítek, the same glyph-cell annotation; barevná značka (fallback 'color mark') rejected as unattested. |
| corner angles | úhly rohů | proposed | No attestation; derived from roh (Glyphs 3 (cs): Corner = Roh). | |
| cousins | related glyphs alongside | příbuzenstvo | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name, a collective noun for the kin shown alongside, parallel to Polish kuzynostwo; avoids choosing between bratranci and sestřenice. |
| crop | oříznout | proposed | Adobe, Apple and Microsoft Czech: Oříznout. | |
| cubic | kubický | proposed | Standard Czech mathematical adjective for a third-degree curve (kubická křivka); Blender's 'krychle' is the solid. | |
| current | aktuální | proposed | Apple and Microsoft Czech: aktuální. | |
| cusp | hrot | proposed | Czech geometry calls a cusp of a curve hrot; no type-specific attestation. | |
| decompose | break into contours | rozložit | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Decompose = Rozložit, Rozložit komponenty. |
| default | výchozí | proposed | Universal in Czech software (Glyphs 3, Fontmatrix, Apple, Adobe, Microsoft). | |
| demo mode | demo režim | proposed | No attestation in the corpus; common Czech software wording, parallel to Polish tryb demo. | |
| dialog | dialog | proposed | Fontmatrix, Apple and Microsoft attest dialog; shorter than dialogové okno, which remains acceptable in prose. | |
| Dream Up | generate shapes | vykouzlit | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name, 'to conjure up', parallel to Polish wyczaruj. |
| echo text | repeated text | opakovat text | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'repeated text' translated as the command, parallel to Polish powtórz tekst. |
| Eraser | guma | proposed | Adobe, Apple and Microsoft Czech name the tool Guma; the real tool's name. | |
| expand filter | bake filter into contours | převést filtr na obrysy | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'bake filter into contours' translated. Illustrator's 'rozdělit' for Expand rejected because it reads as splitting. |
| expand stroke | bake stroke into contours | převést tah na obrysy | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated from tah and obrys. Glyphs 3 (cs) 'Rozdělit obrysy' and Illustrator 'rozdělit' rejected because they read as splitting. |
| expand transformation | bake transformation into contours | zapsat transformaci | proposed | No attestation; the definition says the transformation is written into the node coordinates, hence zapsat. |
| feature | funkce | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Features = Funkce, Add Feature = Přidat funkci; Apple CoreText: typografické funkce. Fontmatrix 'vlastnosti' rejected. | |
| Fills | výplně | proposed | Adobe, Apple and Microsoft Czech: výplň, výplně. | |
| FontAudit | FontAudit | do-not-translate | ||
| FontLab account | účet FontLab | proposed | Translate the common noun account and inflect it in complete sentences; preserve the FontLab brand. German, Spanish and French wording is already used in current FontLab UI. Other language forms are proposals. Do not duplicate account when the surrounding sentence already translates it. | |
| Fusion | Welder | Svářeč | proposed | User decision 2026-10-04: translate the fallback Welder, the named live boolean group filter. Polish Spawacz is explicit; other renderings are proposals. Preserve Fusion in code identifiers. |
| Genius node | self-balancing node | geniální uzel | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name built as an adjective like ostrý, hladký and tečný uzel. Uzel Genius with the English name kept was the alternative. |
| grid | mřížka | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) (Mřížka fontu), Adobe, Apple, Microsoft. | |
| Groups | skupiny | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Kerningové skupiny; Adobe, Apple. | |
| guide | vodítko | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Add Guide = Přidat vodítko; InDesign and Apple agree. | |
| kerning mode | režim kerningu | proposed | Derived from kerning; režim is the standard Czech word for an editing mode. | |
| Knife | nůž | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs), Adobe, Apple: Nůž; the real tool's name. | |
| layer | vrstva | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs), Adobe, Microsoft: vrstva. | |
| Layers | vrstvy | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Layers = Vrstvy. | |
| mark | znaménko | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Mark = Znaménka, Letters and Marks = Písmena a znaménka. Fontmatrix 'značka' and the verb označit are other senses. | |
| Masks | masky | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Mask = Maska; Inkscape. | |
| match | sladit | proposed | No type attestation; plain Czech for making things correspond, works for edits, geometry and values. InDesign 'sjednotit' and Microsoft 'shoda' rejected. | |
| matching | odpovídající | proposed | No type attestation; plain Czech for corresponding items. Apple 'vyhovující' means satisfying a filter. | |
| Matchmaker | master matcher | dohazovač | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name, the plain Czech word for a marriage matchmaker, parallel to Polish swat. |
| measurement line | měřicí čára | proposed | No attestation; derived from měření. Kótovací čára (technical drawing) was the alternative. | |
| measurements | míry | proposed | No attestation; everyday Czech for measured values (a tailor's míry), short enough for compact labels. Glyphs 3 (cs) 'pravítka' names rulers, not the values. | |
| Measurements panel | panel Míry | proposed | Derived from míry; the panel name is shorter than the English, as the definition requires. | |
| merge | sloučit | proposed | Adobe, Apple, Microsoft Czech: Sloučit. | |
| mesh | síť | proposed | The corpus attests síť six times (Blender and others); Illustrator mřížka rejected because mřížka is the drawing grid. | |
| metrics mode | režim metrik | proposed | Derived from metriky. | |
| metrics table | tabulka metrik | proposed | Derived from metriky and tabulka. | |
| metrics tool | nástroj Metriky | proposed | Derived from metriky; generic noun nástroj precedes the capitalized tool name. | |
| monospaced | neproporcionální | proposed | Apple Font Book and Fontmatrix: Neproporcionální; the established Czech opposite of proporcionální písmo. | |
| multi-line | víceřádkový | proposed | InDesign and Scribus Czech: víceřádkový. | |
| nonspacing | zero-width | bez šířky | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'zero-width' translated as a postposed phrase (prvek bez šířky). Glyphs 3 (cs) 'bezmezerné' rejected because mezera is the space character. |
| Nudge | push move | šťouch | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name, the everyday Czech noun for a small push (verb šťouchnout), cognate of Polish szturch. Glyphs 3 (cs) and Microsoft 'posunout' is the plain move and was rejected. |
| Oblique | Oblique | proposed | Fixed FontLab operation name, kept as in German and Polish; šikmé (Adobe) would read as any slant. | |
| panel | panel | proposed | Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and Glyphs 3 Czech. | |
| Pencil | tužka | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs), Adobe, Apple: Tužka; the real tool's name. | |
| Power Brush | power calligraphic brush | superštětec | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name. The prefix super- carries the superhero wink for all Power names; silový or výkonný would sound like an industrial rating. |
| Power Guide | power guideline | supervodítko | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name from vodítko with the Power-family prefix super-. |
| Power Nudge | power push move | superšťouch | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name from šťouch with the Power-family prefix super-, parallel to Polish superholowanie. |
| Power Stroke | power stroke outline | supertah | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name from tah with the Power-family prefix super-. Inkscape 'silný tah' reads as a thick stroke. |
| project | projekt | approved | Team agreement recovered from Proteus QPH on 2026-10-04. Project names the editable document; do not replace it with package. | |
| property bar | lišta vlastností | proposed | No attestation; lišta is the Czech word for a toolbar strip, and panel is taken. | |
| quick measurement | rychlé měření | proposed | No attestation; derived from měření. | |
| Rapid | Rapid | approved | Issue 161 names the tool Rapid in Latin scripts and requires transliteration elsewhere. Canonical TS uses Rapid. Do not translate the tool name as fast or quick, and do not use Rapidograph. Contrast classifications use the ordinary speed adjective. | |
| redo | znovu | proposed | Adobe, Microsoft and Qt Czech: Znovu. macOS 'Opakovat' rejected because opakovat is Repeat. | |
| reference | odkaz | proposed | Adobe, Apple, Microsoft Czech: odkaz; the plain word, kept distinct from komponent and prvek. | |
| Remove Overlap | merge overlapping contours | odstranit překryv | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Remove Overlap = Odstranit překryv. |
| repeat | opakovat | proposed | Adobe, Apple, Microsoft Czech: Opakovat; distinct from znovu (Redo). | |
| reverse contour | flip drawing direction | obrátit obrys | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Reverse Contour = Obrátit obrys. |
| Scissors | nůžky | proposed | Adobe, Apple, Microsoft Czech: Nůžky; the real tool's name. | |
| Servant node | Follower node | uzel následovník | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'Follower node' translated as a noun in apposition, like Polish węzeł naśladowca; compact label Následovník. Následující uzel rejected because it means the next node. |
| Sigma | Sigma | do-not-translate | ||
| Sketchboard | scratch canvas | skicák | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name, the everyday Czech word for a sketch pad, parallel to Polish szkicownik. Skicář is the bookish variant; skicovací plocha is the descriptive alternative. |
| Skin | wrapping outline | slupka | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name, the skin of a fruit, parallel to Polish skórka. Adobe's 'pleť' is human skin. |
| smart | clever | chytrý | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs) uses chytrý for the same kind of feature (Chytrý komponent, Chytrý filtr); it is the plain Czech word for clever, with the folk-tale cunning of Chytrá horákyně, and never inteligentní. Šikovný lacks the cunning; mazaný collides with the participle of mazat (delete). |
| Smart Corner | clever corner | chytrý roh | proposed | Derived from chytrý and roh (Glyphs 3 (cs): Corner = Roh). |
| Smart Filter | Chytrý filtr | proposed | Named glyph-selection filter; not a graphical live effect. Match this term in the Font window, Aidus settings, dialogs and help. | |
| spacing controls | side space handles | ovladače rozpalu | proposed | No attestation; derived from rozpal, fallback 'side space handles' adapted. |
| sticker | nálepka | proposed | Adobe, Apple, Microsoft Czech: Nálepka. | |
| tab | karta | proposed | The corpus attests karta for a document tab (Microsoft and other general software); Apple and Glyphs 3 panel rejected because panel is taken, and tabulátor is the tab character. | |
| text element | text block | textový prvek | proposed | Derived from prvek; Apple also has textový prvek. |
| thickness | tloušťka | proposed | Microsoft and Krita Czech: tloušťka; the geometric measure, distinct from tučnost. | |
| Transform | transformovat | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Transform Selection = Transformovat výběr; verb form for the command. | |
| transformation | transformace | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Transformations = Transformace; Inkscape, Blender. | |
| True Fill | final black rendering | výplň naostro | proposed | No attestation; house-voice name: naostro is the Czech idiom for 'for real, not a rehearsal', and výplň keeps the information. Skutečná výplň is the plain descriptive alternative. |
| uncheck | zrušit zaškrtnutí | proposed | Apple and Microsoft Czech: Zrušit zaškrtnutí. | |
| Vexy coins | Vexy coins | do-not-translate | ||
| waterfall | size ladder preview | vodopád | proposed | Apple Font Book: Waterfall = Vodopád; kaskáda (also in Font Book) was the alternative. |
| weight | tučnost | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Set KeepWeight = Zachovávat tučnost, 'nastavení tučnosti, šířky'. Váha (Apple, Microsoft) is a calque; duktus (ON 88 0111: stroke thickness relative to height) is too learned for UI. | |
| whitespace | bílý znak | proposed | Bílé znaky is common Czech programming usage (not in the corpus, which has prázdné znaky once); InDesign prázdné místo (mezera) hedges and mezera alone is the space character. |
Vector drawing¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Czech | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearance panel | panel Vzhled | proposed | The corpus has panel vzhled from Illustrator and Photoshop; the generic noun panel precedes the capitalized panel name. | |
| autotrace | bitmap to outline conversion | vektorizace | proposed | The only Czech attestation (Inkscape) leaves Autotrace untranslated; vektorizace is the ordinary Czech noun for the operation, as the reviewed languages chose (wektoryzacja, Vektorisieren). |
| centerline | středová čára | proposed | No type-specific attestation; plain Czech for a line down the middle of a stroke. Microsoft 'osa' rejected because osa is the variation axis. | |
| clipping mask | ořezová maska | proposed | Ořezová maska is the Adobe Illustrator Czech term (not in the corpus); kept distinct from the FontLab maska layer. | |
| control point | control handle point | řídicí bod | proposed | Czech geometry textbooks (ČVUT) call Bézier control points řídicí body; kontrolní bod (Blender, QCAD) is a calque of 'control'. |
| Fill Grid | grid of fill lines | mřížka výplní | proposed | No attestation; derived from mřížka and výplň. |
| fill mode | line fill style | režim výplně | proposed | No attestation for the Vexy sense; derived from výplň. Blender's 'vyplnit díry' is unrelated. |
| G2 continuity | spojitost G2 | proposed | Czech geometry literature: spojitost G1, G2; parallel to Polish ciągłość G2. | |
| Live Effect | editable effect | živý efekt | proposed | No attestation; literal rendering with the everyday adjective živý, parallel to the editable-effect fallback. |
| off-curve point | point off the curve | bod mimo křivku | proposed | No attestation; literal and transparent, parallel to the reviewed languages. |
| on-curve point | point on the curve | bod na křivce | proposed | No attestation; literal and transparent, parallel to the reviewed languages. |
| outline | obrys | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Fill Outlines = Vyplnit obrysy; Adobe and Apple agree. One word with contour, as the definition allows. | |
| stroke | tah | proposed | Glyphs 3 (cs): Stroke = Tah; Illustrator and InDesign Czech: tah. Inkscape 'obrys' rejected because obrys is the contour. | |
| stroke cap | stroke end cap | zakončení tahu | proposed | InDesign Czech: Zakončení tahů; singular dictionary form, kept distinct from výběh (terminal). |
| stroke join | stroke corner shape | spoj tahu | proposed | No attestation in the corpus; spoj is the plain Czech word for a join, derived with tah like zakončení tahu. |
| tangent node | straight-to-curve node | tečný uzel | proposed | No attestation; tečna is the Czech tangent, adjective tečný. |
| tonal map | darkness map | tonální mapa | proposed | No attestation; literal, parallel to Polish mapa tonalna. |
| Tunni line | Tunniho čára | proposed | Eponym declined as a Czech possessive (Eduardo Tunni); no attestation. |