French¶
fr, tier A, Français. 92.1 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.
Select an English term for its definition and application context. The translator handoff explains how to propose changes.
The French localization guide explains the reasoning behind the less obvious choices and the rules that apply to this language.
Names¶
| English term | Fallback original term | French | 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 | French | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ascender | upward extension | ascendante | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. |
| baseline | writing line | ligne de base | approved | |
| bowl | round belly | panse | approved | Haralambous et Frutiger: panse. |
| cap height | capital-letter height | hauteur des capitales | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. |
| character | caractère | approved | ||
| contour | contour | approved | ||
| counter | enclosed white space | contreforme | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. |
| descender | downward extension | descendante | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. |
| diacritical mark | combining mark | signe diacritique | approved | Haralambous: signe diacritique (102/121); marque reste le nom de la classe GDEF. |
| em | type body | cadratin | approved | |
| extremum | local extreme point | extremum | approved | |
| glyph | glyphe | approved | ||
| handle | poignée | approved | Ce que l'on tire dans l'interface. En prose explicative, le point hors courbe est un point de contrôle (Haralambous 45/48). | |
| ink trap | ink relief notch | piège à encre | approved | |
| italic angle | slant angle | inclinaison | approved | fr.md: inclinaison pour l'angle italique; pas pente ni penché. |
| lining figures | capital-height figures | chiffres alignés | approved | Haralambous: chiffres modernes; alignés retenu pour la paire alignés / elzéviriens (modernes collisionne avec les Didones). |
| node | nœud | 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 | débordement | approved | |
| proportional figures | natural-width figures | chiffres proportionnels | approved | |
| segment | segment | approved | ||
| serif | empattement | approved | Haralambous: empattement (80/125). Le traducteur de Frutiger écrit sérif; ne pas suivre. | |
| sharp | sharp | missing | English fallback. | |
| sharp node | sharp node | missing | English fallback. | |
| stem | main stroke | fût | approved | Frutiger: fût (47/66). Dans le hinting, Haralambous dit montant; épaisseurs de fût standard reste admis pour les libellés de hints. |
| swash | flourish | formes ornées | approved | |
| terminal | stroke ending | terminaison | approved | |
| UPM | units per type body | UPM | approved | Use UPM in compact numeric controls, as in the canonical TS. In explanatory prose: unités par cadratin. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording. |
| winding direction | drawing direction | sens du contour | approved | |
| x-height | small-letter height | hauteur d’x | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. |
Font engineering¶
| English term | Fallback original term | French | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| advance height | chasse verticale | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| advance width | glyph box width | chasse | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. |
| alignment zone | height band for snapping | zone d’alignement | approved | |
| anchor | attachment point | ancre | approved | |
| anti-aliasing | edge smoothing | anticrénelage | approved | Haralambous écrit anti-crénelage; l'interface anticrénelage (6/6). Niveaux de gris pour le rendu en gris. |
| 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. Haralambous: optimisation automatique (en anglais : autohinting); autohinting reste cohérent avec hinting. |
| axis | axe | approved | ||
| axis map | axis value mapping | correspondance d’axe | approved | |
| bottom sidebearing | Approche du bas | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| component | composante | approved | ||
| composite glyph | assembled glyph | glyphe composé | approved | Haralambous: glyphe composé (11/14); s'accorde avec composante et décomposer. Remplace glyphe composite. |
| conversion profile | export settings set | profil | approved | |
| CVT table | CVT table | do-not-translate | ||
| design space | variation range | espace de conception | approved | |
| device correction | per-size pixel correction | correction de taille | approved | |
| dimensions | dimensions | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| element | élément | approved | ||
| element reference | shared drawing link | référence d’élément | approved | Dans un contexte qui identifie les éléments, références suffit ; ailleurs conserver référence d’élément. |
| family dimensions | Dimensions de la famille | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| Flex | Flex | approved | ||
| font dimensions | Dimensions de la police | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| font target | export target | police cible | approved | |
| font unit | unité de police | approved | Haralambous: unités internes ou unités de fonte; police par décision de registre. | |
| fractional coordinates | non-integer coordinates | coordonnées décimales | approved | Keep fractional is Conserver les décimales. |
| friendly glyph name | readable glyph name | nom lisible | approved | |
| ghost hint | edge-only fitting instruction | hint fantôme | 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. Emprunt conservé par Haralambous (141/161) et l'interface; masculin, pluriel hints. |
| hint zone | hinting height band | zone de hint | approved | Haralambous (19/19); distincte de la zone d'alignement. |
| 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 | instance | approved | |
| interpolation | interpolation | approved | ||
| kern exception | pair spacing exception | exception de crénage | approved | |
| kerning | pair spacing correction | crénage | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. |
| kerning class | pair spacing group | classe de crénage | approved | |
| kerning pair | spacing-corrected pair | paire de crénage | approved | |
| left sidebearing | Approche gauche (AG) | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. 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 | approved | ||
| line gap | interlignage | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| line height | hauteur de ligne | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| link metrics | tie spacing to another glyph | lier les mesures | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. |
| linked metrics | Mesures liées | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| mark attachment | combining mark positioning | attachement de marques | 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. Décision verrouillée. Haralambous rend les master designs Multiple Master par archétype (33/34): réservé à la prose historique. |
| master compatibility | matching master structure | compatibilité des masters | approved | |
| metrics | mesures | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| metrics expression | Expression de mesures | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| metrics key | Clé de mesures | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| pin | épingle | 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: pixels par cadratin. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording. |
| production glyph name | shipping glyph name | nom de production | approved | |
| rendering | drawing on screen | rendu | approved | Haralambous: rendu (71/109); moteur de rendu; rastériser reste acceptable comme verbe. |
| required glyphs | mandatory glyphs | glyphes obligatoires | approved | |
| right sidebearing | Approche droite (AD) | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. 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 | approche | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. |
| size | taille | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| spacing | espacement | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| standard stem | reference stem width | fût standard | approved | |
| stem link | stem tie | lien | approved | |
| styling group name | groupe de styles | approved | ||
| subsetting | cutting down a font | sous-ensemble | approved | Sous-ensemble nomme le résultat; le procédé est la création de sous-ensembles. |
| top sidebearing | Approche du haut | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| tracking | uniform letter spacing | suivi | 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 | instruction TrueType | approved | Haralambous: instruction (279/294); verbe instruire une fonte. |
| typographic family name | nom de famille typographique | approved | ||
| update metrics | Actualiser les mesures | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| variable font | police variable | approved | ||
| variation location | position in the variation range | position | approved | |
| vertical advance | glyph box height | chasse verticale | approved | |
| vertical metrics | dimensions verticales | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| visual kerning | shape-measured spacing correction | crénage visuel | approved | |
| weight axis | thickness axis | poids | 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 | classe de poids | approved | Issue 153: align this compound with the approved fonction and poids terminology; adapt surrounding articles and agreement to the complete string. | |
| width axis | narrow-to-wide axis | largeur | approved | |
| width class | classe de largeur | approved |
OpenType¶
| English term | Fallback original term | French | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Glyph List | Adobe Glyph List | do-not-translate | ||
| alternate glyph | glyph variant | glyphe alternatif | approved | |
| cmap | cmap | do-not-translate | ||
| code page | legacy character table | page de code | approved | Haralambous: page de code au singulier (23/24). |
| color font table | color font table | missing | English fallback. | |
| contextual alternates | context-dependent variants | contextual alternates | missing | English fallback. |
| cursive attachment | joined-script connection | attachement cursif | approved | |
| design languages | langues cibles | approved | ||
| encoding | codage | approved | Haralambous: codage (339/389), jamais encodage; l'interface suit. | |
| feature code | layout rule code | code des fonctions | approved | Issue 153: align this compound with the approved fonction and poids terminology; adapt surrounding articles and agreement to the complete string. |
| fractions | fractions | missing | English fallback. | |
| glyph index | glyph number | indice de glyphe | approved | Indice, le mot français pour un index de tableau; l'interface avait indice et index, indice gagne. |
| glyph name | nom de glyphe | approved | Le concept se traduit (Haralambous 55/63, interface 67/71); seuls les noms littéraux comme a.sc restent tels quels. | |
| GPOS | GPOS | do-not-translate | ||
| GSUB | GSUB | do-not-translate | ||
| ligature | joined letters | ligature | approved | |
| localized forms | language-specific variants | formes localisées | approved | |
| lookup | procedure | lookup | approved | Explicit user decision, corroborated by Haralambous Fonts and Encoding English/French TMX (TUs 6611, 6710, 9248) and Glyphs French positional-alternates tutorial: un lookup, des 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 | marque | approved | |
| nonspacing mark | zero-width combining mark | marque sans chasse | approved | Haralambous: marque à chasse nulle; non chassant pour NSM. |
| oldstyle figures | lowercase-style figures | chiffres elzéviriens | approved | Haralambous: chiffres à l'ancienne (15/16); Frutiger: elzéviriens (10/18). Décision fr.md conservée. |
| OpenType class | layout glyph group | classe OpenType | approved | The OT Def field is Déf. OT. |
| OpenType feature | layout feature | fonction OpenType | approved | Issue 153: align this compound with the approved fonction and poids terminology; adapt surrounding articles and agreement to the complete string. |
| OS/2 table | table 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 | substitution simple | approved | ||
| small caps | small capitals | petites capitales | approved | |
| stylistic set | jeu stylistique | approved | ||
| tabular figures | equal-width figures | chiffres tabulaires | approved | |
| Unicode codepoint | character code | point de code Unicode | approved | Haralambous écrit position (50/56); position est déjà la traduction de variation-location, donc point de code reste. |
| variation selector | variant picker character | sélecteur de variation | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. Haralambous (⅔); nomme la variante que le sélecteur choisit. |
| writing system | système d'écriture | approved | Haralambous et l'interface: système d'écriture; le tag reste script. |
File formats¶
| English term | Fallback original term | French | 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 | French | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| action | action | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| add | add | missing | English fallback. | |
| 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 | nuage d’ancres | approved | |
| auto layer | recipe-built layer | calque automatique | 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 | pinceau | approved | ||
| collapse | réduire | approved | ||
| color flag | color mark | marque de couleur | approved | |
| corner angles | Angles aux sommets | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| cousins | related glyphs alongside | Cousins | approved | FontLab name; keep it. |
| crop | recadrer | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| cubic | cubique | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| current | actuel | 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 | décomposer | approved | |
| default | default | missing | English fallback. | |
| demo mode | mode démo | approved | ||
| dialog | boîte de dialogue | approved | ||
| Dream Up | generate shapes | Dream Up | do-not-translate | |
| echo text | repeated text | répéter le texte | approved | |
| Eraser | gomme | approved | ||
| expand filter | bake filter into contours | appliquer le filtre | approved | |
| expand stroke | bake stroke into contours | vectoriser le trait | approved | Appliquer le pinceau for expand brush. |
| expand transformation | bake transformation into contours | appliquer la transformation | approved | |
| feature | fonction | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| Fills | remplissages | approved | ||
| FontAudit | FontAudit | do-not-translate | ||
| FontLab account | compte 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 | Soudeur | 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 | nœud Genius | approved | |
| grid | grille | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| Groups | groupes | approved | ||
| guide | guide | 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 | Mode Crénage | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| Knife | couteau | approved | ||
| layer | layer | missing | English fallback. | |
| Layers | calques | approved | ||
| mark | mark | missing | English fallback. | |
| Masks | masques | approved | Calque Masque in prose; masque in a compact label. | |
| match | accorder | approved | Issue 305: master matching for interpolation only. Action accorder; state Les masters sont accordés / Les masters sont désaccordés; labels Accordés / Désaccordés. Participle accordés; adjectives accordés / désaccordés agree in gender and number. Nouns accord / désaccord. Accorder is a regular -er verb; Accordeur is masculine. Accorder means to tune and bring into agreement; Accordeur names the tuner. Tuning makes strings agree, not identical. Supersedes matcher and Marieuse; never use match or harmoniser for this sense (Harmonize keeps harmoniser). 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 | accordés | approved | Issue 305: master matching for interpolation only. Action accorder; state Les masters sont accordés / Les masters sont désaccordés; labels Accordés / Désaccordés. Participle accordés; adjectives accordés / désaccordés agree in gender and number. Nouns accord / désaccord. Accorder is a regular -er verb; Accordeur is masculine. Accorder means to tune and bring into agreement; Accordeur names the tuner. Tuning makes strings agree, not identical. Supersedes matcher and Marieuse; never use match or harmoniser for this sense (Harmonize keeps harmoniser). 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 | Accordeur | approved | Issue 305: master matching for interpolation only. Action accorder; state Les masters sont accordés / Les masters sont désaccordés; labels Accordés / Désaccordés. Participle accordés; adjectives accordés / désaccordés agree in gender and number. Nouns accord / désaccord. Accorder is a regular -er verb; Accordeur is masculine. Accorder means to tune and bring into agreement; Accordeur names the tuner. Tuning makes strings agree, not identical. Supersedes matcher and Marieuse; never use match or harmoniser for this sense (Harmonize keeps harmoniser). 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 | Ligne de cote | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| measurements | cotes | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| Measurements panel | Cotes | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. Canonical command label: Panneau Cotes. Keep the shorter panel title where the UI uses it. | |
| merge | merge | missing | English fallback. | |
| mesh | maillage | 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 | Mode Mesures | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| metrics table | Tableau des mesures | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| metrics tool | Outil Mesures | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| monospaced | monochasse | 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 | multiligne | 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 | sans-chasse | approved | Name the property Sans-chasse; in descriptive prose use un élément sans chasse or une composante sans chasse. Detect nonspacing: Détecter les éléments sans chasse. Clear nonspacing: Désactiver « Sans-chasse ». The element is excluded from metrics calculations; this action does not set the glyph advance width to zero. Preserve code and identifiers. |
| Nudge | push move | Pichenette | approved | Issue 153 house decision: noun/UI label Pichenette; verb/action pichenetter. |
| 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. | |
| panel | panneau | approved | ||
| Pencil | crayon | approved | ||
| Power Brush | power calligraphic brush | Power Brush | approved | |
| Power Guide | power guideline | guide Power | approved | Plural: guides Power. Preserve required French articles in commands. |
| Power Nudge | power push move | Chiquenaude | approved | Issue 153 house decision: noun/UI label Chiquenaude; verb/action chiquenauder. |
| Power Stroke | power stroke outline | Power Stroke | approved | |
| project | projet | approved | Team agreement recovered from Proteus QPH on 2026-10-04. Project names the editable document; do not replace it with package. | |
| property bar | barre de propriétés | approved | ||
| quick measurement | Cotation rapide | approved | Issue 304 (2026-10-01): reserve mesures for glyph spacing, dimensions for font/family vertical values, and cotes/cotation for canvas values/the display function. Use singular ascendante/descendante for one value, interlignage for line gap, hauteur de ligne for baseline spacing. Inflect complete phrases and preserve literal OpenType identifiers. | |
| 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 | rétablir | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| reference | référence | 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 | supprimer les chevauchements | approved | |
| repeat | répéter | 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 | inverser le contour | approved | |
| Scissors | ciseaux | approved | ||
| Servant node | Follower node | nœud suiveur | approved | Follower au sens de suivre physiquement le mouvement des nœuds directeurs : nœud suiveur, pluriel nœuds suiveurs. Libellés : suiveur, suiveur X, suiveur Y ; propriété de suiveur. Les clés anglaises Servant restent inchangées. Libellés courts : Suiveur X et Suiveur Y. Conserver nœud suiveur en prose. |
| Sigma | Sigma | do-not-translate | ||
| Sketchboard | scratch canvas | Plan de travail | approved | |
| Skin | wrapping outline | Skin | approved | FontLab filter name; keep it. |
| smart | clever | futé | approved | Inflected: coin futé, variation futée. Clever with a hint of cunning; never intelligent. |
| Smart Corner | clever corner | coin futé | approved | |
| Smart Filter | Filtre futé | 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 | contrôles d’espacement | approved | |
| sticker | sticker | approved | ||
| tab | tab | missing | English fallback. | |
| text element | text block | élément de texte | approved | |
| thickness | épaisseur | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| Transform | transformer | approved | Explicit house terminology from fl10n issue 153, 30 September 2026. Inflect and capitalize for the complete target string; preserve code and identifiers. | |
| 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 | Remplissage réel | approved | |
| uncheck | décocher | 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 | aperçu en cascade | approved | |
| weight | poids | approved | Issue 153: poids is masculine and has the same singular/plural spelling. Use le poids, du poids, poids horizontal/vertical, poids typographique réel, and classe de poids (the class noun remains feminine). Actual geometric thickness is épaisseur. Preserve wght/usWeightClass identifiers. | |
| whitespace | espace blanc | 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 | French | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearance panel | Appearance panel | missing | English fallback. | |
| autotrace | bitmap to outline conversion | vectoriser | approved | Verbe de commande vectoriser; le procédé se nomme autotraçage (Haralambous 16/25). |
| centerline | centerline | missing | English fallback. | |
| clipping mask | masque d’écrêtage | approved | ||
| control point | control handle point | point de contrôle | approved | Haralambous: point de contrôle (45/48). L'interface garde poignée pour ce que l'on tire. |
| 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 | filtre dynamique | approved | |
| off-curve point | point off the curve | point hors courbe | approved | Forme déjà utilisée dans l'interface (7 chaînes). |
| on-curve point | point on the curve | point sur la courbe | approved | Haralambous: point sur la courbe (15/22). |
| outline | contour | approved | Outline et contour se confondent en français; contour pour les deux. | |
| stroke | trait | 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 | extrémité du tracé | approved | |
| stroke join | stroke corner shape | jonction | approved | |
| tangent node | straight-to-curve node | nœud tangent | approved | |
| tonal map | darkness map | tonal map | missing | English fallback. |
| Tunni line | ligne de Tunni | approved |