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es, tier A, Español. 79.3 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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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.

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Names

English term Fallback original term Spanish 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 Spanish Translation status Notes
ascender upward extension ascendente approved
baseline writing line línea de base approved
bowl round belly panza proposed
cap height capital-letter height altura de mayúsculas approved
character carácter approved
contour contorno approved
counter enclosed white space Contador approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
descender downward extension descendente 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 signo diacrítico proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
em type body eme approved
extremum local extreme point extremo approved
glyph glifo approved
handle manejador approved
ink trap ink relief notch trampa de tinta approved
italic angle slant angle ángulo de cursiva proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
lining figures capital-height figures cifras alineadas approved
node nodo approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
overshoot optical surplus rebase approved
proportional figures natural-width figures cifras proporcionales approved
segment segmento approved
serif serifa approved
sharp sharp missing English fallback.
sharp node sharp node missing English fallback.
stem main stroke asta approved
swash flourish florituras approved
terminal stroke ending terminal approved
UPM units per type body UPM approved Use UPM in compact numeric controls, as in the canonical TS. In explanatory prose: unidades por eme. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording.
winding direction drawing direction sentido del contorno approved
x-height small-letter height altura de x approved

Font engineering

English term Fallback original term Spanish Translation status Notes
advance height advance height missing English fallback.
advance width glyph box width ancho de avance approved
alignment zone height band for snapping zona de alineación approved
anchor attachment point ancla approved
anti-aliasing edge smoothing suavizado proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
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.
axis eje approved
axis map axis value mapping correspondencia del eje approved
bottom sidebearing bottom sidebearing missing English fallback.
component componente approved
composite glyph assembled glyph glifo compuesto approved
conversion profile export settings set perfil approved
CVT table CVT table do-not-translate
design space variation range espacio de diseño approved
device correction per-size pixel correction corrección de píxeles proposed Source-verified issue 160 proposal: GPOS Device adjustments apply whole-pixel deltas for specific ppem values (lookupvisualeditor.cpp). The earlier corrección de tamaño could imply changing type size. Use corrección de píxeles; explain the per-size scope in help.
dimensions dimensions missing English fallback.
element elemento approved
element reference shared drawing link referencia de elemento approved In an element context, referencias is sufficient; retain referencia de elemento when the context does not identify the object.
family dimensions family dimensions missing English fallback.
Flex Flex approved
font dimensions font dimensions missing English fallback.
font target export target fuente de destino approved
font unit unidad de fuente approved
fractional coordinates non-integer coordinates coordenadas decimales approved Keep fractional is Conservar decimales.
friendly glyph name readable glyph name nombre legible approved
ghost hint edge-only fitting instruction hint fantasma 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. Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
hint zone hinting height band zona de hint proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
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.
instance generated design instancia approved
interpolation interpolación approved
kern exception pair spacing exception excepción de kerning approved
kerning pair spacing correction kerning approved
kerning class pair spacing group clase de kerning approved
kerning pair spacing-corrected pair par de kerning approved Where the context is already kerning, the UI says only par.
left sidebearing left sidebearing missing English fallback.
Lib Lib approved
line gap interlínea approved
line height line height missing English fallback.
link metrics tie spacing to another glyph vincular métricas approved
linked metrics linked metrics missing English fallback.
mark attachment combining mark positioning anclaje de marcas approved
master source design máster approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. Plural másteres. Plural: másteres. Preserve the literal folder name masters/.
master compatibility matching master structure compatibilidad de másteres approved
metrics métricas 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: píxeles por eme. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording.
production glyph name shipping glyph name nombre de producción approved
rendering drawing on screen renderizado proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
required glyphs mandatory glyphs glifos obligatorios approved
right sidebearing right sidebearing missing English fallback.
sidebearing side space margen approved margen izquierdo and margen derecho.
size size missing English fallback.
spacing spacing missing English fallback.
standard stem reference stem width asta estándar approved
stem link stem tie enlace approved
styling group name grupo de estilos approved
subsetting cutting down a font creación de subconjuntos approved
top sidebearing top sidebearing missing English fallback.
tracking uniform letter spacing Espaciado 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 instrucción TrueType proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
typographic family name nombre de familia tipográfica approved
update metrics update metrics missing English fallback.
variable font fuente variable approved
variation location position in the variation range posición en el espacio de variación approved
vertical advance glyph box height avance vertical approved
vertical metrics vertical metrics missing English fallback.
visual kerning shape-measured spacing correction kerning visual approved
weight axis thickness axis peso approved Issue 153: use the approved weight term for the weight axis and weight-class UI as well. Keep literal wght and usWeightClass identifiers unchanged; inflect articles and adjectives in the complete phrase.
weight class clase de grosor approved
width axis narrow-to-wide axis ancho approved
width class clase de ancho approved

OpenType

English term Fallback original term Spanish Translation status Notes
Adobe Glyph List Adobe Glyph List do-not-translate
alternate glyph glyph variant glifo alternativo approved
cmap cmap do-not-translate
code page legacy character table página de códigos proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
color font table color font table missing English fallback.
contextual alternates context-dependent variants contextual alternates missing English fallback.
cursive attachment joined-script connection enlace cursivo approved
design languages idiomas objetivo approved Supported languages (slng) are idiomas compatibles.
encoding codificación proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
feature code layout rule code código de funciones approved Align this compound with the explicit approved issue 153 función terminology and the actual Funciones panel. Do not retain English features in Spanish prose; FEA identifiers remain literal.
fractions fractions missing English fallback.
glyph index glyph number índice de glifo approved
glyph name nombre de glifo approved El concepto se traduce (22 cadenas); solo los nombres literales como a.sc quedan tal cual.
GPOS GPOS do-not-translate
GSUB GSUB do-not-translate
ligature joined letters ligadura approved
localized forms language-specific variants formas localizadas approved
lookup procedure procedimiento 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 marca approved
nonspacing mark zero-width combining mark marca sin avance approved
oldstyle figures lowercase-style figures cifras elzevirianas approved
OpenType class layout glyph group clase OpenType approved The OT Def field is Def. OT.
OpenType feature layout feature función OpenType 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 tabla OS/2 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 sustitución simple approved
small caps small capitals versalitas approved
stylistic set conjunto estilístico approved
tabular figures equal-width figures cifras tabulares approved
Unicode codepoint character code punto de código Unicode approved
variation selector variant picker character selector de variación approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
writing system sistema de escritura proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.

File formats

English term Fallback original term Spanish 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 Spanish Translation status Notes
action acción approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
add añadir 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 nube de anclas approved
auto layer recipe-built layer capa automática approved
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 pincel approved
collapse contraer approved
color flag color mark marca de color approved
corner angles corner angles missing English fallback.
cousins related glyphs alongside Cousins approved FontLab name; keep it.
crop recortar approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
cubic cúbico approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
current actual approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
cusp cusp missing English fallback.
decompose break into contours descomponer approved
default predeterminado approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
demo mode modo de demostración approved
dialog cuadro de diálogo approved
Dream Up generate shapes Dream Up do-not-translate
echo text repeated text repetir texto approved
Eraser borrador approved
expand filter bake filter into contours expandir filtro approved
expand stroke bake stroke into contours convertir trazo en contornos approved convertir pincel en contornos for expand brush.
expand transformation bake transformation into contours fijar transformación approved
feature función approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
Fills rellenos approved
FontAudit FontAudit do-not-translate
FontLab account cuenta de 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 Soldador 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 nodo Genius approved
grid cuadrícula approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
Groups grupos approved
guide guía 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 cuchilla approved
layer layer missing English fallback.
Layers capas approved
mark mark missing English fallback.
Masks máscaras approved Capa de máscara in prose; máscara in a compact label.
match casar approved Issue 305: master matching for interpolation only. Action casar; state Los masters casan / Los masters no casan; labels Casan / No casan; participle casados; adjectives que casan / que no casan. There is no match/mismatch noun: recast with casar or no casan, never casamiento, match or hacer match. Casamentero is masculine. Casar means both to marry and to make things correspond; Casamentero names the matchmaker from the same stem. Preserve existing master, kerning and other terminology and command forms. Keep compatible when the English source says compatible. Preserve other senses (search, Fit), English source keys, German, placeholders, accelerators, punctuation and case style; leave uncertain senses unchanged. Capitalize the tool name.
matching que casan approved Issue 305: master matching for interpolation only. Action casar; state Los masters casan / Los masters no casan; labels Casan / No casan; participle casados; adjectives que casan / que no casan. There is no match/mismatch noun: recast with casar or no casan, never casamiento, match or hacer match. Casamentero is masculine. Casar means both to marry and to make things correspond; Casamentero names the matchmaker from the same stem. Preserve existing master, kerning and other terminology and command forms. Keep compatible when the English source says compatible. Preserve other senses (search, Fit), English source keys, German, placeholders, accelerators, punctuation and case style; leave uncertain senses unchanged. Capitalize the tool name.
Matchmaker master matcher Casamentero approved Issue 305: master matching for interpolation only. Action casar; state Los masters casan / Los masters no casan; labels Casan / No casan; participle casados; adjectives que casan / que no casan. There is no match/mismatch noun: recast with casar or no casan, never casamiento, match or hacer match. Casamentero is masculine. Casar means both to marry and to make things correspond; Casamentero names the matchmaker from the same stem. Preserve existing master, kerning and other terminology and command forms. Keep compatible when the English source says compatible. Preserve other senses (search, Fit), English source keys, German, placeholders, accelerators, punctuation and case style; leave uncertain senses unchanged. Capitalize the tool name.
measurement line measurement line missing English fallback.
measurements measurements missing English fallback.
Measurements panel Medidas approved Labels use may. and min. and stay as short as the English: May. vert. recto, Blanco may. Canonical command label: Panel Medidas. Keep the shorter panel title where the UI uses it.
merge merge missing English fallback.
mesh malla 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 monoespaciado 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 multilínea 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 sin avance approved Use sin avance for the element/component property. Detect nonspacing: Detectar elementos sin avance. Clear nonspacing: Desactivar «sin avance». Explain that these elements are excluded from metrics calculations; the action does not set the glyph advance width to zero. Preserve code and identifiers.
Nudge push move Empujoncito approved Issue 153 house decision: noun/UI label Empujoncito; verb/action dar un empujoncito.
Oblique oblicua 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; keep the capital as a name.
panel panel approved
Pencil lápiz approved
Power Brush power calligraphic brush pincel potente approved Power names use potente; plural potentes.
Power Guide power guideline guía potente approved Power names use potente; plural potentes.
Power Nudge power push move Empuje potente approved Issue 153 house decision: noun/UI label Empuje potente; verb/action mover los nodos con Empuje potente.
Power Stroke power stroke outline trazo potente approved Power names use potente; plural potentes.
project proyecto approved Team agreement recovered from Proteus QPH on 2026-10-04. Project names the editable document; do not replace it with package.
property bar barra de propiedades approved
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 rehacer approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
reference referencia approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
Remove Overlap merge overlapping contours eliminar solapamientos approved
repeat repetir approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
reverse contour flip drawing direction invertir sentido del contorno approved
Scissors tijeras approved
Servant node Follower node nodo seguidor approved Follower en el sentido de seguir físicamente el movimiento de los nodos guía. Se mantiene nodo seguidor, plural nodos seguidores; seguidor X, seguidor Y; propiedad de seguidor. Las claves inglesas Servant no cambian. Compact UI labels: Seguidor X and Seguidor Y. Preserve lowercase nodo seguidor in running prose.
Sigma Sigma do-not-translate
Sketchboard scratch canvas Tablero de dibujo approved
Skin wrapping outline revestimiento approved
smart clever astuto approved Inflected: esquina astuta, filtro astuto. Clever with a hint of cunning; never inteligente.
Smart Corner clever corner esquina astuta approved
Smart Filter Filtro astuto 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 controles de espaciado approved
sticker anotación visual approved Use anotación in a compact label when its context identifies the visual annotation.
tab tab missing English fallback.
text element text block elemento de texto approved
thickness grosor approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
Transform transformar approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
transformation transformación 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 Relleno real approved
uncheck desmarcar 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
waterfall size ladder preview vista previa en cascada approved
weight peso approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
whitespace espacio en blanco 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 Spanish Translation status Notes
Appearance panel Appearance panel missing English fallback.
autotrace bitmap to outline conversion vectorizar approved
centerline centerline missing English fallback.
clipping mask máscara de recorte approved
control point control handle point punto de control proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
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 filtro dinámico approved
off-curve point point off the curve punto fuera de la curva proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
on-curve point point on the curve punto sobre la curva proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
outline contorno proposed Propuesta de la revisión francesa del 2026-09-28; pendiente de revisión.
stroke trazo approved Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers.
stroke cap stroke end cap extremo del trazo approved
stroke join stroke corner shape unión approved
tangent node straight-to-curve node nodo tangente approved
tonal map darkness map tonal map missing English fallback.
Tunni line línea de Tunni approved