Italian

it, tier A, Italiano. 19.3 percent of 290 terms have an approved translation or a protected spelling. This measures terminology coverage, not completed prose review or publication approval.

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Names

English term	Fallback original term	Italian	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	Italian	Translation status	Notes
ascender	upward extension	ascendente	proposed	Italian edition of Hochuli (le ascendenti e le discendenti), Glyphs 3 it (Ascendenti) and FontForge it. Feminine, short for asta ascendente.
baseline	writing line	linea di base	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, FontForge it, Adobe InDesign and the Italian editions of Bringhurst and Garfield.
bowl	round belly	occhiello	proposed	Italian editions of Garfield, Gill and Bringhurst (occhielli circolari). Rejected ciotola (Apple, the kitchen bowl) and pancia.
cap height	capital-letter height	altezza delle maiuscole	proposed	Glyphs 3 it and Adobe InDesign: Altezza maiuscole; written out with the article for the dictionary form.
character		carattere	proposed	Adobe, Apple and Microsoft Italian. Carattere also means typeface in Italian; where both occur say carattere for the encoded unit and font for the file.
contour		contorno	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Inverti contorno) and FontForge it (contorno). Tracciato is what Glyphs 3 it and Adobe call a path; keep it for the English word path.
counter	enclosed white space	controforma	proposed	Italian editions of Hochuli and Garfield (le controforme della a, della b). Rejected contatore (the software counter), contrografismo (Italian Bringhurst, learned and rare) and occhio, which Italian uses for the face of the letter.
descender	downward extension	discendente	proposed	Italian edition of Hochuli, Glyphs 3 it (Discendenti) and FontForge it. Feminine, short for asta discendente.
diacritical mark	combining mark	segno diacritico	proposed	Italian edition of Bringhurst (segni diacritici) and FontForge it (Segni diacritici combinanti).
em	type body	em	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Unità per Em), FontForge it (Unità em) and the Italian edition of Bringhurst keep em for the unit. Rejected quadratone, which is the em space.
extremum	local extreme point	estremo	proposed	FontForge it (estremi). Plural estremi.
glyph		glifo	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, FontForge it, Adobe, Apple Font Book and the Italian editions of Bringhurst and Garfield.
handle		maniglia	proposed	Adobe Illustrator (maniglie di direzione) and Inkscape. Rejected manico.
ink trap	ink relief notch	trappola per l’inchiostro	proposed	Italian design writing (CBA Italy: trappole per inchiostro) beside the loan ink trap; the fallback confirms the sense.
italic angle	slant angle	inclinazione del corsivo	proposed	FontForge it: inclinazione del corsivo. Rejected Inclinazione dell’italic (Glyphs 3 it), since Italian says corsivo.
lining figures	capital-height figures	cifre maiuscole	proposed	Italian edition of Hochuli (cifre maiuscole); Italian Bringhurst says numeri maiuscoli. Pairs with cifre minuscole. Rejected cifre in linea (Glyphs 3 it), a calque nobody uses.
node		nodo	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Mostra nodi, Connetti nodi) and Inkscape. Rejected punto di ancoraggio (Adobe), too close to ancora.
overshoot	optical surplus	overshoot	proposed	No Italian typography book or font editor in the corpus names it; Italian design writing (Grafigata, CBA) uses the loan overshoot. Rejected sormonto, which is the print-trapping overlap, and abbondanza, which is bleed.
proportional figures	natural-width figures	cifre proporzionali	proposed	Glyphs 3 it and Adobe InDesign.
segment		segmento	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Segmento) and Apple.
serif		grazia	proposed	Italian editions of Bringhurst, Gill, Hochuli and Garfield (le grazie; senza grazie), also FontForge it (Senza grazie). Rejected the loan serif, which Italian uses for the class of typefaces, not for the part.
sharp		angolare	proposed	Inkscape Italian calls a non-smooth node nodo angolare, and Adobe says punto angolo. Rejected nitido (image sharpening) and acuto (an angle under 90 degrees).
sharp node		nodo angolare	proposed	Inkscape Italian (nodo angolare); Adobe says punto angolo and FontForge it punto spigolo.
stem	main stroke	asta	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Nuova asta, Aste), FontForge it (hint per un'asta verticale) and the Italian editions of Garfield and Bringhurst.
swash	flourish	svolazzo	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Svolazzo), Apple CoreText and the Italian edition of Bringhurst (Svolazzi).
terminal	stroke ending	terminazione	proposed	Italian editions of Garfield (terminazioni angolate) and Bringhurst (terminazione a goccia). Rejected terminale (Adobe, Apple), which is the computer terminal.
UPM	units per type body	UPM	proposed	Use UPM in compact numeric controls, as in the canonical TS. In explanatory prose: unità per em. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording.
winding direction	drawing direction	direzione del contorno	proposed	FontForge it (Correzione della direzione) and Glyphs 3 it (Imposta direzione); senso orario and antiorario name the two values.
x-height	small-letter height	altezza della x	proposed	Italian edition of Garfield (altezza della x), Glyphs 3 it and InDesign (Altezza x). The traditional occhio medio (Italian Hochuli and Bringhurst) names the same measure but hides the link to the x that the font parameter carries.

Font engineering

English term	Fallback original term	Italian	Translation status	Notes
advance height		altezza di avanzamento	proposed	Formed like larghezza di avanzamento; no attestation.
advance width	glyph box width	avanzamento	proposed	The canonical Advance width label is Avanzamento. In explanatory prose larghezza di avanzamento spells out the dimension.
alignment zone	height band for snapping	zona di allineamento	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Zone di allineamento.
anchor	attachment point	ancora	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Aggiungi ancora, Ancore) and FontForge it. Rejected ancoraggio and punto di ancoraggio, which is Adobe's word for a path node.
anti-aliasing	edge smoothing	anti-aliasing	proposed	Blender and Krita Italian keep anti-aliasing (FontForge it: anti-alias).
autohinting	automatic screen fitting	hinting automatico	proposed	Derived from hinting; Glyphs 3 it writes autohinting in running text.
axis		asse	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Assi, Aggiungere Asse) and Apple CoreText.
axis map	axis value mapping	mappatura dell’asse	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: La mappatura dell’asse.
bottom sidebearing		spalla inferiore	proposed	Derived from spalla; spalla inferiore is the metal-type term (FontForge it says spalla bassa).
component		componente	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Aggiungi componente, il componente) and FontForge it. Masculine, as in Glyphs 3 it.
composite glyph	assembled glyph	glifo composto	proposed	FontForge it: Costruisci un glifo composto.
conversion profile	export settings set	profilo di conversione	proposed	No attestation; regular Italian compound.
CVT table		tabella CVT	proposed	Tabella is the Italian for a font table (FontForge it: tabella 'cmap'); the tag stays.
design space	variation range	spazio di progetto	proposed	No attestation; Italian designers also say design space. Progetto is the Italian for design in this sense.
device correction	per-size pixel correction	correzione per dimensione	proposed	No attestation; fallback per-size pixel correction translated.
dimensions		dimensioni	proposed	No attestation for the FontLab sense; plain Italian, as French did.
element		elemento	proposed	Plain Italian; Adobe and Apple use elemento.
element reference	shared drawing link	riferimento a elemento	proposed	Derived from riferimento and elemento.
family dimensions		dimensioni della famiglia	proposed	Derived from dimensioni.
Flex		Flex	proposed	Fixed PostScript hint name; kept in every language.
font dimensions		dimensioni del font	proposed	Derived from dimensioni.
font target	export target	font di destinazione	proposed	No attestation; fallback export target translated (Glyphs: Destinazione dell’esportazione).
font unit		unità del font	proposed	Glyphs 3 it counts in unità; FontForge it says unità em.
fractional coordinates	non-integer coordinates	coordinate decimali	proposed	No attestation; plain Italian, the same choice as German, Spanish and French.
friendly glyph name	readable glyph name	nome leggibile del glifo	proposed	Fallback readable glyph name translated. Rejected nomi brevi (Glyphs 3 it for nice names), which is not what the term means.
ghost hint	edge-only fitting instruction	hint fantasma	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Trasforma in hint fantasma.
hint	screen fitting instruction	hint	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Aggiungi hint), FontForge it and the Italian edition of Bringhurst (gli hint). Invariable. Rejected suggerimento, the tooltip sense.
hint zone	hinting height band	zona di hinting	proposed	Derived from hinting, parallel to zona di allineamento.
hinting	screen fitting	hinting	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (hinting) and Italian type usage.
instance	generated design	istanza	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Aggiungi istanza) and FontForge it.
interpolation		interpolazione	proposed	Glyphs 3 it and FontForge it.
kern exception	pair spacing exception	eccezione di crenatura	proposed	Derived from crenatura; no attestation of the compound.
kerning	pair spacing correction	crenatura	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, FontForge it, Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, Apple, and the Italian editions of Bringhurst and Garfield all say crenatura. The loan kerning (Italian Hochuli, everyday designer speech) is understood but is not what Italian software shows.
kerning class	pair spacing group	classe di crenatura	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Classe di crenatura sinistra) and FontForge it.
kerning pair	spacing-corrected pair	coppia di crenatura	proposed	FontForge it (Coppie di crenatura); Glyphs 3 it says coppie.
left sidebearing		spalla sinistra	proposed	FontForge it: spalla sinistra. Keep numeric controls compact: LSB/RSB (French AG/AD), UPM and PPM. Expanded terms belong in explanatory help; the full Family Dimensions Units Per eM label is an intentional exception. Team UI convention in Proteus 1751b28b0.
Lib		Lib	proposed	Name of the UFO and VFJ metadata dictionary; kept in every language.
line gap		interlinea	proposed	FontForge it renders the hhea Line Gap as Interlinea. In layout interlinea also means the whole leading; line height is altezza di riga.
line height		altezza di riga	proposed	No font-editor attestation; the usual Italian rendering of line height, kept apart from interlinea.
link metrics	tie spacing to another glyph	collega metriche	proposed	Collega is the Italian UI verb for link (Adobe, Apple).
linked metrics		metriche collegate	proposed	Derived from collega metriche.
mark attachment	combining mark positioning	aggancio dei diacritici	proposed	Glyphs 3 it says the component si aggancia to an anchor; no attestation of the noun.
master	source design	master	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Aggiungi master, Tutti i master) and the Italian edition of Hochuli (font Multiple Master). Invariable masculine loan. Rejected schema (LibreOffice slide master).
master compatibility	matching master structure	compatibilità dei master	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: compatibilità master.
metrics		metriche	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Metriche, Importa metriche) and FontForge it (Metriche).
metrics expression		espressione metrica	proposed	Derived from metriche; no attestation.
metrics key		chiave metrica	proposed	No settled term: Glyphs 3 it wavers between Valori metriche and formule metriche; chiave translated from the English.
pin		perno	proposed	English term: draft. Issue 160 catalog family review: named point inside an element, distinct from a glyph-layer anchor. Proteus Resources/helptips.json def.anchorpin defines the behavior. Preserve this term across panel, tool, action and help labels; proposed terminology, not native-team approval.
PPM	pixels per type body	PPM	proposed	Use PPM in compact numeric controls, as in the canonical TS. In explanatory prose: pixel per em. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording.
production glyph name	shipping glyph name	nome di produzione del glifo	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Nome di Produzione, nomi di produzione dei glifi.
rendering	drawing on screen	rendering	proposed	Adobe, Microsoft and Blender Italian keep rendering.
required glyphs	mandatory glyphs	glifi obbligatori	proposed	No attestation; fallback mandatory glyphs translated.
right sidebearing		spalla destra	proposed	FontForge it: spalla destra. 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	spalla	proposed	FontForge it (spalla sinistra, spalla destra); spalla is the metal-type word for the non-printing margin of the body. Glyphs 3 it has no usable term (Allinea alla posizione laterale). The traditional avvicinamento is taken by tracking.
size		dimensione	proposed	Apple, Adobe and Glyphs 3 it (Dimensione della griglia). For type size Italian typographers say corpo; use it only where text size is meant.
spacing		spaziatura	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Spaziatura) and the Italian editions of Hochuli and Bringhurst.
standard stem	reference stem width	asta standard	proposed	Derived from asta.
stem link	stem tie	collegamento d’asta	proposed	Derived from asta and collega, the verb chosen for link; no attestation.
styling group name		nome del gruppo di stili	proposed	No attestation; translated literally, as German, Spanish and French did.
subsetting	cutting down a font	creazione di sottoinsiemi	proposed	Adobe Italian speaks of the sottoinsieme of a font; Glyphs 3 it keeps the loan subsetting.
top sidebearing		spalla superiore	proposed	Derived from spalla; spalla superiore is also the metal-type term.
tracking	uniform letter spacing	avvicinamento	proposed	Adobe InDesign Italian (Crenatura e avvicinamento). Rejected tracciamento, which is motion or change tracking, and spaziatura, kept for spacing.
TrueType instruction	pixel fitting instruction	istruzione TrueType	proposed	FontForge it: Istruzioni TrueType.
typographic family name		nome tipografico della famiglia	proposed	No attestation; translated literally.
update metrics		aggiorna metriche	proposed	Glyphs 3 it uses aggiornare for updating metrics keys.
variable font		font variabile	proposed	Glyphs 3 it and Adobe InDesign: font variabile. Font is masculine in Italian software (il font); the books of the Lussu school write la font.
variation location	position in the variation range	posizione	proposed	No attestation; the compact choice of German and French.
vertical advance	glyph box height	avanzamento verticale	proposed	FontForge it: Avanzamento verticale.
vertical metrics		metriche verticali	proposed	Glyphs 3 it and FontForge it: metriche verticali.
visual kerning	shape-measured spacing correction	crenatura visiva	proposed	Derived from crenatura. Rejected crenatura ottica, which is Adobe's name for its own optical kerning in layout.
weight axis	thickness axis	peso	proposed	Apple CoreText axis name Peso; same word as weight.
weight class		classe di peso	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Classe di peso.
width axis	narrow-to-wide axis	larghezza	proposed	Apple CoreText axis name Larghezza and Glyphs 3 it.
width class		classe di larghezza	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Classe larghezza, Classe di larghezza.

OpenType

English term	Fallback original term	Italian	Translation status	Notes
Adobe Glyph List		Adobe Glyph List	do-not-translate
alternate glyph	glyph variant	glifo alternativo	proposed	Adobe Italian (glifi alternativi); derived from alternativa.
cmap		cmap	do-not-translate
code page	legacy character table	tabella codici	proposed	Microsoft Italian for a Windows code page, which is where the concept lives.
color font table		tabella del font a colori	proposed	Derived from tabella; no attestation.
contextual alternates	context-dependent variants	alternative contestuali	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, FontForge it, Apple CoreText and Adobe InDesign.
cursive attachment	joined-script connection	aggancio corsivo	proposed	Formed like aggancio dei diacritici; no attestation.
design languages		lingue di destinazione	proposed	No attestation; follows German Zielsprachen and French langues cibles.
encoding		codifica	proposed	FontForge it, Adobe and Apple.
feature code	layout rule code	codice delle funzioni	proposed	Derived from funzione (Glyphs 3 it: codici funzione).
fractions		frazioni	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, FontForge it, Apple and Adobe InDesign.
glyph index	glyph number	indice del glifo	proposed	No attestation; regular compound. Keep GID as is.
glyph name		nome del glifo	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Nome del glifo.
GPOS		GPOS	do-not-translate
GSUB		GSUB	do-not-translate
ligature	joined letters	legatura	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, FontForge it, Apple and the Italian editions of Hochuli and Garfield.
localized forms	language-specific variants	forme localizzate	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, FontForge it and Adobe InDesign.
lookup	procedure	lookup	approved	FontForge official Italian PO, commit dffac91b54519a7033c909df24eb1e6109fac7cb, lines 1454, 3872-3880, 4501, 4563, 5347: repeated non-fuzzy translated UI uses lookup. Masculine, invariant plural: i lookup. 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	glifo diacritico	proposed	Glyphs 3 it names the Mark category Diacritici. Rejected marca (FontForge it).
nonspacing mark	zero-width combining mark	diacritico a larghezza zero	proposed	Glyphs 3 it names the Unicode Nonspacing subcategory A larghezza zero; joined to diacritico.
oldstyle figures	lowercase-style figures	cifre minuscole	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Cifre minuscole) and the Italian edition of Hochuli; Italian Bringhurst says numeri minuscoli. Rejected Cifre Oldstyle (InDesign) and numeri elzeviriani.
OpenType class	layout glyph group	classe OpenType	proposed	Glyphs 3 it and FontForge it: classe.
OpenType feature	layout feature	funzione OpenType	proposed	Adobe InDesign Italian: funzione OpenType.
OS/2 table		tabella OS/2	proposed	Tabella with the protected tag.
Private Use Area		Private Use Area	do-not-translate
single substitution		sostituzione singola	proposed	FontForge it: sostituzione singola.
small caps	small capitals	maiuscoletto	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, Adobe InDesign, Apple and the Italian editions of Hochuli and Bringhurst.
stylistic set		set stilistico	proposed	Apple CoreText (Set stilistici) and Microsoft Italian.
tabular figures	equal-width figures	cifre tabulari	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Cifre tabulari) and Apple (Numeri tabulari). Rejected tabellari.
Unicode codepoint	character code	punto di codice Unicode	proposed	Standard Italian rendering of code point; no font-editor attestation.
variation selector	variant picker character	selettore di variazione	proposed	FontForge it uses Selettori di variazione for the Unicode block.
writing system		sistema di scrittura	proposed	Microsoft Italian; Glyphs 3 it says Scrittura for script.

File formats

English term	Fallback original term	Italian	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	Italian	Translation status	Notes
action		azione	proposed	Apple, Adobe and Microsoft Italian all use azione.
add		aggiungi	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, Apple and Adobe use the tu imperative Aggiungi for the command; Italian command labels are imperatives, so the verbs in this glossary are given in that form.
alternate		alternativa	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Alternativa), Apple CoreText (Alternative). Rejected variante, which Glyphs 3 it also uses but which is needed for variation.
anchor cloud	attachment point cloud	nuvola di ancore	proposed	Derived from ancora; no attestation. Nuvola alone is the compact form.
auto layer	recipe-built layer	livello automatico	proposed	Derived from livello; no attestation.
autohint		hint automatico	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Hint automatico.
Brush		pennello	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Pennello), Adobe and Apple.
collapse		contrai	proposed	Apple and Font Book use Contrai for Collapse, and contrarre in un punto reads naturally for nodes drawn to one point. Rejected comprimi (Microsoft, suggests compression) and collassa (Blender jargon).
color flag	color mark	etichetta colore	proposed	Glyphs 3 it calls the colour mark of a glyph cell Etichetta colore. Rejected bandiera (Glyphs 3 it Flags, a literal slip) and contrassegno.
corner angles		angoli ai vertici	proposed	No attestation; translated from the definition, as French did.
cousins	related glyphs alongside	cugini	proposed	House voice: the plain family word.
crop		ritaglia	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Ritaglia immagine), Adobe and Apple.
cubic		cubico	proposed	Standard mathematical adjective (curva di Bézier cubica); agree with the noun.
current		attuale	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (master attuale), FontForge it and Apple Font Book use attuale; corrente is the Microsoft habit.
cusp		cuspide	proposed	The Italian geometric term for a point where a curve reverses direction abruptly; no font-editor attestation.
decompose	break into contours	scomponi	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Scomponi, Scomponi componenti.
default		predefinito	proposed	Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Italian; Apple's di default is a loan with no adjective form.
demo mode		modalità demo	proposed	No attestation needed: regular Italian UI compound.
dialog		finestra di dialogo	proposed	Apple, Adobe and Microsoft Italian.
Dream Up	generate shapes	inventa	proposed	House voice: the everyday verb for dreaming something up. No attestation.
echo text	repeated text	ripeti testo	proposed	No attestation; fallback repeated text translated, as German, Spanish and French did.
Eraser		gomma	proposed	Adobe Illustrator (strumento Gomma) and Apple.
expand filter	bake filter into contours	espandi filtro	proposed	Formed with Adobe's Espandi (Espandi aspetto), the same verb as expand stroke.
expand stroke	bake stroke into contours	espandi tratto	proposed	FontForge it (Espandi il tratto); Adobe uses Espandi for turning live appearance into plain paths.
expand transformation	bake transformation into contours	espandi trasformazione	proposed	Kept in the espandi family with expand stroke and expand filter; no attestation. Rejected applica trasformazione (Blender), which hides that the live transformation is baked.
feature		funzione	proposed	Adobe InDesign Italian (funzione OpenType) and FontForge it (Funzioni); it also matches Spanish función and French fonction. Rejected funzionalità (Glyphs 3 it, Apple), which is longer and which Glyphs 3 it itself mixes with caratteristiche.
Fills		riempimenti	proposed	Adobe (Riempimento) and Apple.
FontAudit		FontAudit	do-not-translate
FontLab account		account 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	Saldatore	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 genio	proposed	House voice: genio is the plain Italian word. Compact label: Genio.
grid		griglia	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, FontForge it, Adobe and Apple.
Groups		gruppi	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Gruppi di crenatura), Adobe and Apple.
guide		guida	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Aggiungi guida, guida globale), FontForge it and Adobe InDesign.
kerning mode		modalità crenatura	proposed	Derived from crenatura; compact form like modalità demo.
Knife		coltello	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Coltello); the real tool's name.
layer		livello	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, FontForge it, Adobe and Apple all use livello. Rejected the loan layer.
Layers		livelli	proposed	Glyphs 3 it and Adobe; plural of livello.
mark		diacritico	proposed	Glyphs 3 it names the Mark category Diacritici. Rejected marca (FontForge it, a calque) and contrassegna (the verb, to flag).
Masks		maschere	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Maschera), Apple and Inkscape.
match		abbina	proposed	Abbinare is the plain Italian verb for making two things go together (abbinare i colori). No font-editor attestation. Rejected confronta and corrispondenza (Microsoft, the lookup-function sense).
matching		abbinato	proposed	Participle of abbinare, the verb chosen for match; inflect for gender and number.
Matchmaker	master matcher	Cupido	proposed	House voice: fare da Cupido is the everyday Italian for playing matchmaker, and it pairs with abbina. Rejected sensale (the village go-between, now archaic), combinamatrimoni (too long) and paraninfo (literary).
measurement line		linea di misura	proposed	Derived from misura.
measurements		misure	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Mostra le Misure.
Measurements panel		Misure	proposed	Name of the panel, from misure (Glyphs 3 it); shorter than the English.
merge		unisci	proposed	Adobe, Apple and Microsoft Italian all use Unisci.
mesh		trama	proposed	Adobe Illustrator Italian uses trama for a mesh (trama sfumata, strumento Trama). Rejected reticolo and the loan mesh (Blender); griglia is kept for grid.
metrics mode		modalità metriche	proposed	Derived from metriche.
metrics table		tabella delle metriche	proposed	Derived from metriche.
metrics tool		strumento metriche	proposed	Derived from metriche.
monospaced		monospaziato	proposed	Italian edition of Bringhurst (caratteri monospaziati). Rejected a spaziatura uniforme (FontForge it) as too long for a label.
multi-line		multiriga	proposed	Microsoft Italian; riga is the Italian for a line of text. Rejected multilinea.
nonspacing	zero-width	senza avanzamento	proposed	No attestation for the FontLab property; it says the element adds nothing to the advance. A larghezza zero (Glyphs 3 it) is kept for the Unicode category.
Nudge	push move	spintarella	proposed	House voice: a small friendly push, the everyday diminutive of spinta. Rejected Spingi (Microsoft).
Oblique		obliquo	proposed	Obliquo is the established Italian typographic word for a slanted roman (Apple: Grassetto obliquo); use it only for this FontLab action, never for a plain slant (inclina).
panel		pannello	proposed	Adobe, Apple and Glyphs 3 it (Pannello glifi).
Pencil		matita	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Strumento Matita), Adobe and Apple.
Power Brush	power calligraphic brush	superpennello	proposed	House voice: super- as in supereroe keeps the wink of Power; pennello is the chosen noun.
Power Guide	power guideline	superguida	proposed	House voice: super- plus guida.
Power Nudge	power push move	superspinta	proposed	House voice: super- carries the superhero wink of the Power names; spinta is the noun behind spintarella.
Power Stroke	power stroke outline	supertratto	proposed	House voice: super- plus tratto. Rejected Contorno evoluto (Inkscape), an industrial tone.
project		progetto	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 delle proprietà	proposed	No attestation for the FontLab element; regular Italian UI compound (barra degli strumenti, barra laterale).
quick measurement		misura rapida	proposed	Derived from misura.
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		ripristina	proposed	macOS and Adobe Italian pair Annulla with Ripristina. Rejected ripeti (Microsoft, Qt), because it is needed for Repeat.
reference		riferimento	proposed	FontForge it (Copia il riferimento) and Adobe InDesign.
Remove Overlap	merge overlapping contours	rimuovi sovrapposizione	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Rimuovi sovrapposizione.
repeat		ripeti	proposed	Adobe, Apple and Microsoft Italian; kept apart from redo (ripristina).
reverse contour	flip drawing direction	inverti contorno	proposed	Glyphs 3 it: Inverti contorno.
Scissors		forbici	proposed	Adobe Illustrator (strumento Forbici) and Apple.
Servant node	Follower node	nodo inseguitore	proposed	Read as Follower node: inseguitore is the Italian technical word for something that follows a leader's movement (inseguitore solare). Rejected seguace, the social follower. Compact label: inseguitore.
Sigma		Sigma	do-not-translate
Sketchboard	scratch canvas	blocco schizzi	proposed	House voice: the pad a designer sketches on. Rejected tavola da disegno, which is Illustrator's artboard.
Skin	wrapping outline	buccia	proposed	House voice: the skin of a fruit, which wraps the shape, as Polish skórka does. Rejected pelle (human skin).
smart	clever	furbo	proposed	House voice: furbo is the everyday Italian for sly and clever (una soluzione furba). Rejected intelligente (banned; Glyphs it has it) and astuto, which is bookish.
Smart Corner	clever corner	angolo furbo	proposed	Angolo is the Glyphs 3 it word for a corner; furbo per the house voice.
Smart Filter		Filtro furbo	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	controlli di spaziatura	proposed	Derived from spaziatura; no attestation.
sticker		adesivo	proposed	The everyday Italian word for a sticker. Rejected autoadesivo (Microsoft, a self-adhesive label).
tab		scheda	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Nuova scheda) and Microsoft use scheda for a tab in a window. Rejected tabulazione, which is the tab character.
text element	text block	elemento di testo	proposed	Derived from elemento.
thickness		spessore	proposed	Italian edition of Hochuli (spessore del tratto), Gill (spessore) and Apple. Kept apart from peso, the typographic weight.
Transform		trasforma	proposed	Glyphs 3 it, Adobe and Apple: Trasforma.
transformation		trasformazione	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Trasformazioni) and Adobe.
True Fill	final black rendering	Nero su bianco	proposed	House voice: an everyday idiom (in black and white, for all to see) that also says what the view shows, the final black fill.
uncheck		deseleziona	proposed	Apple and Microsoft Italian say deselezionare una casella; Italian has no separate verb for unchecking, so it coincides with deselect.
Vexy coins		Vexy coins	do-not-translate
waterfall	size ladder preview	cascata	proposed	Apple Font Book Italian: Cascata, esempio a cascata.
weight		peso	proposed	Italian editions of Hochuli and Garfield (peso, pesi), Apple CoreText and Glyphs 3 it (Classe di peso). Rejected spessore, which is the measured thickness.
whitespace		spazio bianco	proposed	Adobe InDesign and Apple Italian.

Vector drawing

English term	Fallback original term	Italian	Translation status	Notes
Appearance panel		pannello Aspetto	proposed	Adobe Illustrator Italian names the panel Aspetto.
autotrace	bitmap to outline conversion	ricalco automatico	proposed	Adobe Illustrator Italian calls tracing ricalco (Ricalco immagine). Rejected vettorizzazione (Inkscape: Vettorizza bitmap) and the bare loan autotrace (FontForge it).
centerline		linea centrale	proposed	No font-editor attestation; plain Italian. Rejected linea mediana, which Italian typography uses for the x-height line.
clipping mask		maschera di ritaglio	proposed	Adobe Illustrator Italian: maschera di ritaglio.
control point	control handle point	punto di controllo	proposed	FontForge it (punti di controllo), Apple and Blender.
Fill Grid	grid of fill lines	griglia dei riempimenti	proposed	No attestation; translated from the fallback, a grid of fills.
fill mode	line fill style	modalità di riempimento	proposed	Krita and Blender Italian: modalità di riempimento.
G2 continuity		continuità G2	proposed	Standard Italian mathematical term (continuità di curvatura).
Live Effect	editable effect	effetto dinamico	proposed	Adobe Italian renders Live as dinamico (Pittura dinamica, Ricalco dinamico, Angoli dinamici). No attestation of the full term in the corpus.
off-curve point	point off the curve	punto fuori curva	proposed	No attestation; fallback point off the curve translated.
on-curve point	point on the curve	punto sulla curva	proposed	No attestation; fallback point on the curve translated.
outline		contorno	proposed	FontForge it (Contorno) and Glyphs 3 it (Riempi contorni); Italian, like French, has one word for outline and contour.
stroke		tratto	proposed	Glyphs 3 it (Tratto, Crea tratto), FontForge it (Espandi il tratto) and Apple; it is also the Italian word for the stroke of a letter (Noordzij, Il tratto). Adobe Illustrator says traccia.
stroke cap	stroke end cap	estremità del tratto	proposed	Adobe uses estremità for the cap (InDesign: Estremità traccia); joined to the chosen noun tratto.
stroke join	stroke corner shape	giunzione del tratto	proposed	Inkscape Italian uses giunzione for the join; joined to tratto. Adobe Illustrator labels the control Angolo, kept here for corner.
tangent node	straight-to-curve node	nodo tangente	proposed	FontForge it (punto tangente) with the chosen noun nodo.
tonal map	darkness map	mappa tonale	proposed	No attestation; regular Italian imaging term (valori tonali).
Tunni line		linea di Tunni	proposed	Eponym; formed as Spanish and French did.