German¶
de, tier A, Deutsch. 80.3 percent of 290 terms have an approved translation or a protected spelling. This measures terminology coverage, not completed prose review or publication approval.
This table is generated from the core translation memory localization/de-core.tmx, the canonical data for German terminology. Edit the memory, not this page.
Use the English term until a proposed translation is approved, or when a translation is missing. A protected spelling stays unchanged. The fallback original term is the plain English phrase to translate when the term itself will not travel; the principles say how to use it. A draft English name still requires confirmation even if its spelling is protected here.
Select an English term for its definition and application context. The translator handoff explains how to propose changes.
The German localization guide explains the reasoning behind the less obvious choices and the rules that apply to this language.
Names¶
| English term | Fallback original term | German | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Illustrator | do-not-translate | Preserve the product name and any short form established by the English source. | |
| app.fontographer.net | app.fontographer.net | do-not-translate | ||
| FLUM | FLUM | do-not-translate | English term: deprecated. Internal name. It must not appear in published German prose either. | |
| FontLab | FontLab | do-not-translate | Never inflect the product name. Write 'in FontLab', not 'im FontLab'. | |
| fontlab (Python module) | fontlab | do-not-translate | Lowercase module name in code font. Never capitalized in German either. | |
| FontLab 8 | FontLab 8 | do-not-translate | ||
| FontLab 9 | FontLab 9 | do-not-translate | English term: draft. Draft in English too. Do not use until the English source term is decided. | |
| Fontlab Ltd. | Fontlab Ltd. | do-not-translate | The lowercase l is the company name and stays, including in a copyright line. | |
| FontLab Pass | FontLab Pass | do-not-translate | ||
| FontLab Studio 5 | FontLab Studio 5 | do-not-translate | English term: deprecated. Historical name. Use it for that version, including migration instructions and exact historical references. | |
| fontlab.com | fontlab.com | do-not-translate | ||
| Fontographer | Fontographer | do-not-translate | ||
| Fontographer.net | Fontographer.net | do-not-translate | English term: draft. English house usage is unsettled. Preserve an exact interface label when required and confirm the intended product context. | |
| forum.fontlab.com | forum.fontlab.com | do-not-translate | ||
| GlyphRef | GlyphRef | do-not-translate | Python class name. Case sensitive, so it never takes German capitalization rules. | |
| 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. Draft in English too. Do not print it in a German manual yet. | |
| TransType 5 | TransType 5 | do-not-translate | The short form TrT stays as it is, if the German text declares it once first. | |
| TypeTool | TypeTool | do-not-translate | ||
| Vexy | Vexy | do-not-translate | ||
| Vexy Lines | Vexy Lines | do-not-translate | ||
| Vexy Linestra | Vexy Linestra | do-not-translate | VexyLinestra.aip keeps the closed up spelling in German paths as well. | |
| Vexy Playlines | Vexy Playlines | do-not-translate | ||
| Vexy Vextra | Vexy Vextra | do-not-translate | The declared short form Vextra works in German once the text declares it. |
Type design¶
| English term | Fallback original term | German | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ascender | upward extension | Oberlänge | approved | |
| baseline | writing line | Grundlinie | approved | |
| bowl | round belly | Bogen | proposed | German type literature is not settled here. Schale also occurs. A native reviewer decides. |
| cap height | capital-letter height | Versalhöhe | approved | |
| character | Zeichen | approved | Zeichen is the Unicode character. Never use it for a glyph. | |
| contour | Kontur | approved | ||
| counter | enclosed white space | Punze | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. The established German type term. Do not translate it as Innenraum. |
| descender | downward extension | Unterlänge | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. |
| diacritical mark | combining mark | diakritisches Zeichen | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. |
| em | type body | Geviert | approved | |
| extremum | local extreme point | Extrempunkt | approved | |
| glyph | Glyphe | approved | Feminine, die Glyphe. Keep Glyphe and Zeichen apart exactly as English keeps glyph and character apart. | |
| handle | Anfasser | approved | Illustrator German uses Anfasser. Kontrollpunkt is understood but longer. | |
| ink trap | ink relief notch | Tintenfalle | approved | |
| italic angle | slant angle | Kursivwinkel | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. |
| lining figures | capital-height figures | Versalziffern | approved | |
| node | Knoten | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. Punkt also occurs, and collides with the typographic point. Prefer Knoten. | |
| overshoot | optical surplus | Überstand | approved | |
| proportional figures | natural-width figures | Proportionalziffern | approved | |
| segment | Segment | approved | ||
| serif | Serife | approved | ||
| sharp | spitz | approved | User correction: sharp is spitz for pointed geometry. Inflect for gender, number and case. Sharpening images remains schärfen; do not replace that different operation. | |
| sharp node | spitzer Knoten | approved | Use an adjective and noun, never Spitzenknoten. Examples: ein spitzer Knoten; einen spitzen Knoten; spitze Knoten; an spitzen Knoten. User correction to issue 153. | |
| stem | main stroke | Stamm | approved | Stamm bezeichnet den Hauptstrich eines Buchstabens. Its measured thickness or width is Stammstärke in the reviewed hinting and measurement UI, plural Stammstärken. The tool label is Stamm-Werkzeug. A drawn stroke uses Strich and Strichdicke according to context. |
| swash | flourish | Schwungformen | approved | |
| terminal | stroke ending | Abschluss | approved | |
| UPM | units per type body | UPM | approved | Use UPM in compact numeric controls, as in the canonical TS. In explanatory prose: Geviertauflösung. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording. |
| winding direction | drawing direction | Konturrichtung | approved | Uhrzeigersinn and gegen den Uhrzeigersinn for clockwise and counter-clockwise. |
| x-height | small-letter height | x-Höhe | approved | Lowercase x with a hyphen, exactly as in English. Never X-Höhe. |
Font engineering¶
| English term | Fallback original term | German | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| advance height | advance height | missing | English fallback. | |
| advance width | glyph box width | Dickte | approved | The established German term. Do not write Vorschubbreite. |
| alignment zone | height band for snapping | Ausrichtungszone | approved | Blue Zone is also understood, from the PostScript term. |
| anchor | attachment point | Anker | approved | |
| anti-aliasing | edge smoothing | Kantenglättung | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. |
| autohinting | automatic screen fitting | autohinting | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. Use autohinting and TT-autohinting for action labels as well as the process. |
| axis | Achse | approved | Plural die Achsen. Axis tags such as wght stay in English. | |
| axis map | axis value mapping | Achsenzuordnung | approved | |
| bottom sidebearing | bottom sidebearing | missing | English fallback. | |
| component | Komponente | approved | ||
| composite glyph | assembled glyph | Kompositglyphe | approved | Kompositglyphe is the full term. Komposite is the reviewed compact plural in Schrift: Komposite erkennen; retain the full noun when context does not identify glyphs. |
| conversion profile | export settings set | Profil | approved | |
| CVT table | CVT table | do-not-translate | ||
| design space | variation range | Entwurfsraum | approved | |
| device correction | per-size pixel correction | Größenkorrektur | approved | |
| dimensions | dimensions | missing | English fallback. | |
| element | Element | approved | ||
| element reference | shared drawing link | Element-Referenz | approved | Full term Element-Referenz; compact Referenz or Referenzen when the element context is visible, even when the English says element reference. Add Element Reference may read Referenz hinzu. Retain the full term where it must stand alone. |
| family dimensions | family dimensions | missing | English fallback. | |
| Flex | Flex | approved | ||
| font dimensions | font dimensions | missing | English fallback. | |
| font target | export target | Zielschrift | approved | |
| font unit | Schrifteinheit | approved | ||
| fractional coordinates | non-integer coordinates | Dezimalkoordinaten | approved | One term; Keep fractional is Dezimal beibehalten. Not Koordinaten mit Nachkommastellen. |
| friendly glyph name | readable glyph name | lesbarer Glyphenname | approved | |
| ghost hint | edge-only fitting instruction | Ghost-Hint | approved | |
| hint | screen fitting instruction | hint | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. |
| hint zone | hinting height band | Hint-Zone | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. |
| hinting | screen fitting | Hinting | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. German keeps the English word. There is no usable German equivalent in practice. |
| instance | generated design | Instanz | approved | |
| interpolation | Interpolation | approved | ||
| kern exception | pair spacing exception | Kerning-Ausnahme | approved | Same hyphen rule as Kerning-Klasse. |
| kerning | pair spacing correction | Kerning | approved | Established professional loan. Compact Match Kerning is Kerning synchron; prose uses Kerning synchronisieren. The verb is kernen. Use Werte or Paare when the surrounding kerning UI supplies the context. |
| kerning class | pair spacing group | Kerning-Klasse | approved | Loanword compound, so hyphenated (issue 133). Plural Kerning-Klassen. |
| kerning pair | spacing-corrected pair | Kerning-Paar | approved | Loanword compound, so hyphenated. Where the context is already kerning, the UI says only Paar. |
| left sidebearing | left sidebearing | missing | English fallback. | |
| Lib | Lib | approved | ||
| line gap | Durchschuss | approved | ||
| line height | line height | missing | English fallback. | |
| link metrics | tie spacing to another glyph | Metriken verknüpfen | approved | Remove metrics links is Metriken entknüpfen. Do not confuse metrics links with the separate Node Links label Knoten-Links. |
| linked metrics | linked metrics | missing | English fallback. | |
| mark attachment | combining mark positioning | Mark-Positionierung | approved | |
| master | source design | Master | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. Der Master, plural die Master. Matching masters are synchrone Master. Compact commands: Master synchron, Master-Dickten synchron, Parameter synchron; prose uses synchronisieren. Auto-matching is Autosynchronisierung. Match Edits is Synchrones Arbeiten; Match Moves is Synchrone Verschiebungen. These names describe coordinated editing or correspondence, not network synchronization. |
| master compatibility | matching master structure | Master-Kompatibilität | approved | Master-Kompatibilität remains the interpolation requirement. The reviewed matching UI uses synchrone Master, Nicht synchrone Master and Synchronisierung prüfen for Audit Match. Variationskompatibilität remains valid explanatory language; matching is not a blanket synonym for every kind of compatibility. |
| metrics | Metriken | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| metrics expression | metrics expression | missing | English fallback. | |
| metrics key | metrics key | missing | English fallback. | |
| pin | Pin | 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 | approved | Use PPM in compact numeric controls, as in the canonical TS. In explanatory prose: Pixel pro Geviert. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording. |
| production glyph name | shipping glyph name | Produktionsname | approved | |
| rendering | drawing on screen | Darstellung | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. |
| required glyphs | mandatory glyphs | Pflichtglyphen | approved | |
| right sidebearing | right sidebearing | missing | English fallback. | |
| sidebearing | side space | Vorbreite und Nachbreite | approved | Left sidebearing is Vorbreite, right sidebearing Nachbreite. Compact labels use Vor-/Nachbreite. |
| size | size | missing | English fallback. | |
| spacing | spacing | missing | English fallback. | |
| standard stem | reference stem width | Standardstammstärke | approved | Use Standardstammstärke for the reference measurement; Standardstamm for the stem itself, as in Standardstamm hinzu. Stem widths are Stammstärken in this hinting context. |
| stem link | stem tie | Verknüpfung | approved | Single link is Einzelverknüpfung, double link Doppelverknüpfung, Smart Link Schlaue Verknüpfung. |
| styling group name | Stil-Gruppe | approved | FontLab's Style Group field. Loanword compound, so hyphenated. | |
| subsetting | cutting down a font | Teilmengenbildung | approved | |
| top sidebearing | top sidebearing | missing | English fallback. | |
| tracking | uniform letter spacing | Laufweite | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. |
| TrueType instruction | pixel fitting instruction | TrueType-Instruktion | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. |
| typographic family name | typografischer Familienname | approved | ||
| update metrics | update metrics | missing | English fallback. | |
| variable font | variabler Font | approved | German separates Schrift, the typeface, from Font, the file. A variable font is a file, so Font. | |
| variation location | position in the variation range | Position | approved | Master-Position when the master is named. |
| vertical advance | glyph box height | vertikaler Vorschub | approved | |
| vertical metrics | vertical metrics | missing | English fallback. | |
| visual kerning | shape-measured spacing correction | visuelles Kerning | approved | |
| weight axis | thickness axis | Stärke | approved | Translate Weight as Stärke in UI strings, including the weight axis; Weight Value is Stärkewert and weight class Stärkenklasse. Strichstärke may clarify font weight in prose. Generic Thickness is Dicke, stroke thickness Strichdicke and stem thickness Stammstärke. Bare Thickness takes its object from context. Quote UI labels exactly. |
| weight class | Stärkenklasse | approved | Weight Value is Stärkewert. The numeric weight class is distinct from measured Strichdicke or Stammstärke. | |
| width axis | narrow-to-wide axis | Weite | approved | Where the variation-axis context is clear. Schriftweite only where Weite would be ambiguous; never Breite, which is geometric width. |
| width class | Weitenklasse | approved | The canonical Font Info label is Weitenklasse; distinguish the classification from the width measurement. |
OpenType¶
| English term | Fallback original term | German | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Glyph List | Adobe Glyph List | do-not-translate | ||
| alternate glyph | glyph variant | Alternativglyphe | approved | Alternativglyphe is the full term; Auch Varianten umbenennen is the reviewed compact command for Also rename alternates. |
| cmap | cmap | do-not-translate | ||
| code page | legacy character table | Codepage | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. |
| color font table | color font table | missing | English fallback. | |
| contextual alternates | context-dependent variants | contextual alternates | missing | English fallback. |
| cursive attachment | joined-script connection | Schreibschriftverbindung | approved | |
| design languages | Zielsprachen | approved | ||
| encoding | Kodierung | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. | |
| feature code | layout rule code | Feature-Code | approved | |
| fractions | fractions | missing | English fallback. | |
| glyph index | glyph number | Glyphenindex | approved | |
| glyph name | Glyphenname | approved | Der Begriff wird übersetzt (63 Katalogzeilen); nur wörtliche Namen wie a.sc bleiben unverändert. | |
| GPOS | GPOS | do-not-translate | ||
| GSUB | GSUB | do-not-translate | ||
| ligature | joined letters | Ligatur | approved | |
| localized forms | language-specific variants | lokalisierte Formen | approved | |
| lookup | procedure | Lookup | approved | Explicit user decision: Lookup; der Lookup, plural die Lookups. 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 | Mark-Glyphe | approved | The OpenType mark, as opposed to Farbmarke (color flag) and Markierung (marker). |
| nonspacing mark | zero-width combining mark | kombinierendes Zeichen ohne Dickte | approved | Unicode category Mn, distinct from FontLab's Metrikausschluss. Mc is kombinierendes Zeichen mit eigener Dickte. |
| oldstyle figures | lowercase-style figures | Mediävalziffern | approved | |
| OpenType class | layout glyph group | OT-Klasse | approved | The OT Def field keeps its English label OT Def. |
| OpenType feature | layout feature | OpenType-Feature | approved | Align this compound with the approved issue 153 feature terminology and the current Features panel. Keep feature tags and literal FEA code unchanged. |
| OS/2 table | OS/2-Tabelle | proposed | Preserve the literal OpenType tag OS/2; translate the common noun table. This follows the English glossary translatable status and existing localized technical prose. Proposed editorial correction, not a new team approval. | |
| Private Use Area | Private Use Area | do-not-translate | ||
| single substitution | Einzelersetzung | approved | ||
| small caps | small capitals | Kapitälchen | approved | Use the term for small-cap letters; keep feature tags such as smcp and c2sc unchanged. |
| stylistic set | Stilsatz | approved | ||
| tabular figures | equal-width figures | Tabellenziffern | approved | |
| Unicode codepoint | character code | Unicode-Codepunkt | approved | |
| variation selector | variant picker character | Variantenselektor | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. A variation sequence is Unicode-Variationssequenz; its default mapping is Standardzuordnung für die Variationssequenz. |
| writing system | Schriftsystem | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. |
File formats¶
| English term | Fallback original term | German | 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 | German | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| action | Aktion | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| add | hinzu | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| alternate | Variante | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| anchor cloud | attachment point cloud | Ankerwolke | approved | Where the original says only cloud, write Wolke; do not add the anchor. |
| auto layer | recipe-built layer | Auto-Ebene | approved | Not Ebenenautomatik. |
| autohint | Autohinting | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| Brush | Pinsel | approved | Same collision as in English. Say what the stroke becomes: a Kontur in FontLab, artwork in Vexy Lines. | |
| collapse | Zusammenklappen | approved | Jargon, but short and established in the FontLab UI. | |
| color flag | color mark | Farbmarke | approved | Color adjectives stay uninflected before it: Orange Farbmarke, Magenta Farbmarke. |
| corner angles | corner angles | missing | English fallback. | |
| cousins | related glyphs alongside | Cousins | approved | FontLab name; keep it. |
| crop | zuschneiden | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| cubic | kubisch | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| current | aktuell | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| cusp | Spitze | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| decompose | break into contours | Komponenten auflösen | approved | The compact Decompose command is Auflösen in ShapesPanel; prose may specify Komponenten auflösen. |
| default | default | missing | English fallback. | |
| demo mode | Demo-Modus | approved | ||
| dialog | Dialogfeld | approved | ||
| Dream Up | generate shapes | Dream Up | do-not-translate | Feature name. Name the Vexy coins cost in the same German sentence. |
| echo text | repeated text | Text wiederholen | approved | One term for every occurrence; not Aktivem Text folgen. |
| Eraser | Radierer | approved | Name the app. | |
| expand filter | bake filter into contours | Filter zu Konturen | approved | |
| expand stroke | bake stroke into contours | Strich zu Konturen | approved | Verb-free conversion pattern: Pinsel zu Konturen for expand brush, Text zu Konturen for a text element. |
| expand transformation | bake transformation into contours | Transformation festschreiben | approved | |
| feature | Feature | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| Fills | Flächen | approved | Check the application: FontLab controls filled regions; the Vexy products use Füllmodus for a generative method. | |
| FontAudit | FontAudit | do-not-translate | ||
| FontLab account | FontLab-Konto | 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 | Schweißer | 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 | Genius | approved | FontLab name; keep it. Genius-Knoten only when the noun is needed. |
| grid | Raster | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| Groups | Gruppen | approved | Use Kerning-Gruppe, Objektgruppe or Stil-Gruppe when needed to distinguish the concept. In a clear element context, Ungroup is Gruppe aufheben. | |
| guide | Hilfslinie | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| kerning mode | kerning mode | missing | English fallback. | |
| Knife | Messer | approved | Name the app and say whether the cut closes the contour. | |
| layer | Ebene | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| Layers | Ebenen | approved | Ebenen in both senses, so German needs the app name just as much as English does. | |
| mark | Akzent | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| Masks | Masken | approved | Mask layer is Maskenebene in prose. In a compact UI string that says only mask, write Maske, as the English does. | |
| match | synchronisieren | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| matching | synchron | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| Matchmaker | master matcher | Synchronsprecher | approved | House name from the German UI review: a dubbing actor, playing on synchron. Tool label Synchronsprecher-Werkzeug. Match masters is Master synchron in compact UI, Master synchronisieren in prose; do not treat the English feature name as a protected brand. |
| measurement line | measurement line | missing | English fallback. | |
| measurements | measurements | missing | English fallback. | |
| Measurements panel | Messungen | approved | Panel labels use UC and lc as in English and never exceed the English length: UC vert. gerade, lc-Punze, UC-Überstand. Canonical command label: Panel „Messungen“. Keep the shorter panel title where the UI uses it. | |
| merge | zusammenlegen | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| mesh | Gitter | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| metrics mode | metrics mode | missing | English fallback. | |
| metrics table | metrics table | missing | English fallback. | |
| metrics tool | metrics tool | missing | English fallback. | |
| monospaced | Monospace | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| multi-line | mehrzeilig | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| nonspacing | zero-width | dicktenneutral | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. The adjective is metrikausgeschlossen: Metrikausgeschlossene Komponenten. One term for every occurrence (issue 133). |
| Nudge | push move | Schubs | approved | Issue 153 house decision: noun/UI label Schubs; verb/action schubsen. |
| Oblique | Oblique | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. FontLab action name with fixed optical corrections; not Schrägstellen. The PANOSE letterform Oblique is Geneigt. | |
| panel | Panel | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. Use Panel, not Bedienfeld. Use the displayed panel label in the documented interface language. Do not translate a label that the application shows in English. | |
| Pencil | Bleistift | approved | Name the app: FontLab's Pencil draws contours, Vexy Lines' Pencil draws lines. | |
| Power Brush | power calligraphic brush | Power-Pinsel | approved | |
| Power Guide | power guideline | Power-Hilfslinie | approved | |
| Power Nudge | power push move | Power-Schubs | approved | Issue 153 house decision: noun/UI label Power-Schubs; verb/action power-schubsen. |
| Power Stroke | power stroke outline | Power-Strich | approved | |
| 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 | Eigenschaftsleiste | proposed | Confirm the displayed label in the target product and version before using the proposed translation. | |
| quick measurement | quick measurement | missing | English fallback. | |
| 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 | redo | missing | English fallback. | |
| reference | reference | missing | English fallback. | |
| Remove Overlap | merge overlapping contours | Überlappungen entfernen | approved | |
| repeat | repeat | missing | English fallback. | |
| reverse contour | flip drawing direction | Konturrichtung umkehren | approved | |
| Scissors | Schere | approved | Name the app. | |
| Servant node | Follower node | Folgeknoten | approved | Follower means following the movement of leading key nodes. Use Folgeknoten for singular, plural and compact label; Folgeknoten X and Folgeknoten Y; Folgeknoten-Verhalten in prose. English Servant source keys remain unchanged. |
| Sigma | Sigma | do-not-translate | ||
| Sketchboard | scratch canvas | Skizzenbrett | approved | |
| Skin | wrapping outline | Skin | approved | FontLab filter name; keep it. |
| smart | clever | schlau | approved | Inflected: schlaue Ecke, schlauer Bleistift, Schlauen Filter hinzu in compact UI. Keep hinzufügen in ordinary sentences. Clever with a hint of Bauernschläue; never intelligent. |
| Smart Corner | clever corner | Schlaue Ecke | approved | |
| Smart Filter | Schlauer Filter | 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 | Zurichtungshilfen | approved | |
| sticker | Sticker | approved | ||
| tab | Tab | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. Masculine: der Tab. Do not use Reiter. | |
| text element | text block | Textelement | approved | |
| thickness | Dicke | approved | General thickness is Dicke. Use Strichdicke for confirmed stroke thickness and Stammstärke for confirmed stem thickness, even when the source label only says Thickness. Determine the actual control function and inflect the complete phrase. User contextual amendment to issue 153. | |
| Transform | transformieren | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. The FontLab panel is das Transform-Bedienfeld. Say whether you mean the panel or the tool. | |
| transformation | Transformation | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| True Fill | final black rendering | Echte Füllung | approved | |
| uncheck | deaktivieren | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| Vexy coins | Vexy coins | do-not-translate | Preserve the protected spelling Vexy coins; do not introduce an alternative spelling in the translation. | |
| waterfall | size ladder preview | Schriftgradvorschau | approved | |
| weight | Stärke | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| whitespace | Leerzeichen | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. |
Vector drawing¶
| English term | Fallback original term | German | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearance panel | Appearance panel | missing | English fallback. | |
| autotrace | bitmap to outline conversion | Vektorisieren | approved | The Trace command; a Manual Trace filter is Manuelles Nachzeichnen. |
| centerline | centerline | missing | English fallback. | |
| clipping mask | Schnittmaske | approved | ||
| control point | control handle point | Kontrollpunkt | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. |
| Fill Grid | grid of fill lines | Fill Grid | missing | English fallback. |
| fill mode | line fill style | fill mode | missing | English fallback. |
| G2 continuity | G2 continuity | missing | English fallback. | |
| Live Effect | editable effect | Live-Filter | approved | |
| off-curve point | point off the curve | Punkt außerhalb der Kurve | proposed | In explanations Punkt außerhalb der Kurve; compact display label Punkte außer Kurve. Anfasserpunkt remains in the reviewed drawing-tool hint. These context forms do not establish general approval of this proposed entry. |
| on-curve point | point on the curve | Punkt auf der Kurve | proposed | Use Punkt auf der Kurve or Knoten auf der Kurve when identifying a node. Keep the distinction from off-curve points; this entry remains proposed. |
| outline | Kontur | proposed | Vorschlag aus der Französisch-Prüfung 2026-09-28; noch nicht geprüft. | |
| stroke | Strich | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. Stroke thickness is Strichdicke, including bare Thickness labels in stroke controls; generic thickness is Dicke. Proportional Thickness in the stroke controls is Proportionale Strichdicke. Use Strich-Eigenschaften and Strich-Werkzeug as named UI labels. Weight as font weight remains Stärke. | |
| stroke cap | stroke end cap | Strichabschluss | approved | flacher, quadratischer, runder Abschluss; Anfangs- and Endabschluss for start and end caps. |
| stroke join | stroke corner shape | Ecke | approved | Gehrungsecke for a miter join, abgeschrägte Ecke for a bevel join. |
| tangent node | straight-to-curve node | Tangentenpunkt | approved | |
| tonal map | darkness map | tonal map | missing | English fallback. |
| Tunni line | Tunni-Linie | approved |