Japanese¶
ja, tier A, 日本語. 18.6 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 Japanese localization guide explains the reasoning behind the less obvious choices and the rules that apply to this language.
Names¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Japanese | 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 | Japanese | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ascender | upward extension | アセンダー | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja; long-vowel mark kept per the JTCA rule (Glyphs keeps it too). |
| baseline | writing line | ベースライン | proposed | Glyphs 3, InDesign and Apple ja all use ベースライン. |
| bowl | round belly | ボウル | proposed | Established katakana term in Japanese Latin type anatomy glossaries. |
| cap height | capital-letter height | キャップハイト | proposed | Glyphs 3 and InDesign ja both use キャップハイト. |
| character | 文字 | proposed | Adobe, Apple and Morisawa use 文字 for the abstract character, against グリフ for the drawn shape. | |
| contour | パス | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja (パス方向を逆転, 開いたパスを閉じる) and Adobe both call a contour パス. FontForge's 輪郭 rejected; note that パス also means a file path. | |
| counter | enclosed white space | カウンター | proposed | Japanese Latin type anatomy term; FontForge ja has both カウンター and カウンタ. Long vowel kept per JTCA. |
| descender | downward extension | ディセンダー | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja; long-vowel mark kept per JTCA. |
| diacritical mark | combining mark | ダイアクリティカルマーク | proposed | Adobe Japan and Japanese foundries use ダイアクリティカルマーク. Glyphs' 発音記号 rejected because it normally means phonetic notation. |
| em | type body | 仮想ボディ | proposed | Morisawa's glossary defines 仮想ボディ as the square design body, which is the fallback 'type body'. Glyphs says 全角 (clashes with full-width); keep em as a unit in values. |
| extremum | local extreme point | 極点 | proposed | The Japanese Glyphs handbook translations say 極点を追加; FontForge uses 極値 and 極大点. |
| glyph | グリフ | proposed | Glyphs 3, FontForge, Adobe, Apple and Morisawa all use グリフ. 字形 is kept for letterform in feature names. | |
| handle | ハンドル | proposed | Adobe and the Japanese Glyphs handbook use ハンドル for Bézier handles. | |
| ink trap | ink relief notch | インクトラップ | proposed | Established loan among Japanese type designers and foundries; no native term. |
| italic angle | slant angle | イタリック角度 | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses イタリック角度. |
| lining figures | capital-height figures | ライニング数字 | proposed | InDesign, Glyphs 3, FontForge and Apple CoreText ja use ライニング数字. |
| node | ノード | proposed | The Japanese Glyphs handbook translations and Inkscape use ノード. Adobe's アンカーポイント would collide with アンカー; Glyphs UI ポイント would merge node with point. | |
| overshoot | optical surplus | オーバーシュート | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja and its handbook translations use オーバーシュート. |
| proportional figures | natural-width figures | プロポーショナル数字 | proposed | InDesign, Glyphs 3 and CoreText ja use プロポーショナル数字. |
| segment | セグメント | proposed | Glyphs 3 and Adobe ja use セグメント. | |
| serif | セリフ | proposed | Adobe, Apple, FontForge and Japanese foundries use セリフ. | |
| sharp | シャープ | proposed | Adobe and Inkscape ja use シャープ for sharp corners; the node type itself is コーナーノード. | |
| sharp node | コーナーノード | proposed | Glyphs and Illustrator ja call this node type コーナーポイント, so コーナー plus ノード. Inkscape's シャープノード is the rejected alternative. | |
| stem | main stroke | ステム | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use ステム. |
| swash | flourish | スワッシュ | proposed | InDesign, Glyphs 3 and CoreText ja use スワッシュ (スワッシュ字形 for the feature). |
| terminal | stroke ending | ターミナル | proposed | Japanese Latin type anatomy glossaries use ターミナル; context separates it from the Terminal app. |
| UPM | units per type body | UPM | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja keeps UPM (UPM の変更) and glosses it 全角ユニット数. Abbreviation kept. 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. |
| winding direction | drawing direction | パス方向 | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja says パス方向; FontForge says アウトラインの向き. |
| x-height | small-letter height | x ハイト | proposed | Glyphs 3 and InDesign ja write x ハイト. エックスハイト is the fully katakana alternative used in running prose. |
Font engineering¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Japanese | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| advance height | 縦送り幅 | proposed | Derived from 送り幅 (advance width); FontForge says 縦書き時の送り幅. Same rendering as vertical advance, which names the same value. | |
| advance width | glyph box width | 送り幅 | proposed | FontForge ja and Japanese OpenType engineering usage. Glyphs 3 says グリフ幅 and JIS X 4051 says 字幅; 字幅 is reserved here for the width axis and width class so the two stay distinct. |
| alignment zone | height band for snapping | アラインメントゾーン | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses アラインメントゾーン; FontForge says ゾーン. |
| anchor | attachment point | アンカー | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja both use アンカー for mark attachment points. This is why node is not アンカーポイント. |
| anti-aliasing | edge smoothing | アンチエイリアス | proposed | Adobe ja (Photoshop, Illustrator) and open source graphics tools use アンチエイリアス; アンチエイリアシング is the rarer long form. |
| autohinting | automatic screen fitting | オートヒンティング | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja (オートヒンティングを適用しないグリフ); derived from ヒンティング. |
| axis | 軸 | proposed | FontForge ja uses 軸 and デザイン軸; Glyphs 3 uses 補間軸 and 軸の位置. Plain 軸 is the shared core. | |
| axis map | axis value mapping | 軸マッピング | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja says 軸のマッピング for axis mappings; compacted. |
| bottom sidebearing | 下サイドベアリング | proposed | Derived from サイドベアリング, parallel to Glyphs 3 左サイドベアリング. | |
| component | コンポーネント | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses コンポーネント throughout; FontForge mixes it with 構成要素. | |
| composite glyph | assembled glyph | 複合グリフ | proposed | FontForge ja uses 複合グリフ. Glyphs' コンポーネントグリフ rejected as longer. |
| conversion profile | export settings set | 変換プロファイル | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated with the usual software words 変換 and プロファイル. |
| CVT table | CVT テーブル | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja says cvt テーブル; tag protected, noun translated. | |
| design space | variation range | デザインスペース | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses デザインスペース. |
| device correction | per-size pixel correction | デバイス補正 | proposed | No attestation; FontForge says デバイステーブルの調整 and Glyphs デルタ. Fallback translated. |
| dimensions | 寸法 | proposed | No attestation for this FontLab grouping; 寸法 is the plain Japanese word for design dimensions. | |
| element | エレメント | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja has エレメントの移動, and Morisawa's glossary lists エレメント. 要素 rejected as too generic for a FontLab object. | |
| element reference | shared drawing link | エレメント参照 | proposed | Derived from エレメント and 参照 (FontForge ja uses 参照 for references). |
| family dimensions | ファミリーの寸法 | proposed | Derived from 寸法 (dimensions). | |
| Flex | フレックス | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja writes フレックス; FontForge keeps Flex ヒント. One fixed name for the PostScript hint. | |
| font dimensions | フォントの寸法 | proposed | Derived from 寸法 (dimensions). | |
| font target | export target | ターゲットフォント | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated. 出力フォント was the alternative; ターゲット keeps the short form 'target' usable. |
| font unit | フォントユニット | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja both say ユニット for font units. | |
| fractional coordinates | non-integer coordinates | 小数座標 | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'non-integer coordinates' translated. |
| friendly glyph name | readable glyph name | 読みやすいグリフ名 | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'readable glyph name' translated. Glyphs' デザイン用グリフ名 names its own scheme. |
| ghost hint | edge-only fitting instruction | ゴーストヒント | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses ゴーストヒント. |
| hint | screen fitting instruction | ヒント | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use ヒント. |
| hint zone | hinting height band | ヒントゾーン | proposed | No attestation as a compound; built from ヒント and ゾーン (Glyphs TTF ゾーン, FontForge ゾーン). |
| hinting | screen fitting | ヒンティング | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses ヒンティング. |
| instance | generated design | インスタンス | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use インスタンス; Glyphs sometimes says スタイル, rejected because style is a separate concept. |
| interpolation | 補間 | proposed | Glyphs 3, FontForge and Adobe ja use 補間. | |
| kern exception | pair spacing exception | カーニング例外 | proposed | Derived from カーニング; 例外 is the plain word and the usual Japanese term for a class kerning exception. |
| kerning | pair spacing correction | カーニング | proposed | Glyphs 3, FontForge, Adobe, Apple and Morisawa all use カーニング. |
| kerning class | pair spacing group | カーニングクラス | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use カーニングクラス. |
| kerning pair | spacing-corrected pair | カーニングペア | proposed | FontForge ja uses カーニングペア; Morisawa says ペアカーニング for the feature. |
| left sidebearing | 左サイドベアリング | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use 左サイドベアリング; Glyphs abbreviates to 左SB. 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 | Kept in Latin script as the name of the UFO lib dictionary, as the reviewed languages do. | |
| line gap | 行間アキ | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja both translate the hhea and typo line gap as 行間アキ. | |
| line height | 行送り | proposed | JIS X 4051 and Adobe ja define 行送り as the distance between successive baselines. Glyphs' 行の高さ is the rejected alternative. | |
| link metrics | tie spacing to another glyph | メトリクスをリンク | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja says メトリクスをマスターとリンク. |
| linked metrics | リンクされたメトリクス | proposed | Derived from メトリクスをリンク; Glyphs 3 says リンクされたフォント for linked items. | |
| mark attachment | combining mark positioning | マーク接続 | proposed | FontForge ja uses マーク接続 (マーク接続クラス, マークからベースへの接続). |
| master | source design | マスター | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use マスター; long vowel kept per JTCA. |
| master compatibility | matching master structure | マスター互換性 | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses マスター互換性. |
| metrics | メトリクス | proposed | Glyphs 3, InDesign and Font Book ja use メトリクス; FontForge's メトリック rejected. | |
| metrics expression | メトリクス式 | proposed | Derived from メトリクス; 式 is the standard word for an expression. | |
| metrics key | メトリクスキー | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses メトリクスキー. | |
| pin | ピン | 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 | Glyphs 3 ja keeps PPM; write ピクセル/em in explanatory prose. 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. |
| production glyph name | shipping glyph name | 製品用グリフ名 | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses 製品用グリフ名 and 製品用名. |
| rendering | drawing on screen | レンダリング | proposed | Standard loan in Apple, Microsoft and graphics software ja. |
| required glyphs | mandatory glyphs | 必須グリフ | proposed | No attestation; CoreText says 必須 for required features. Fallback translated. |
| right sidebearing | 右サイドベアリング | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses 右サイドベアリング; abbreviates to 右SB. 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 | サイドベアリング | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use サイドベアリング. |
| size | サイズ | proposed | Universal in Adobe, Apple and Glyphs ja. | |
| spacing | スペーシング | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use スペーシング. | |
| standard stem | reference stem width | 標準ステム | proposed | No attestation as a compound; built from ステム. |
| stem link | stem tie | ステムリンク | proposed | No attestation; built from ステム and リンク (Glyphs 3 uses リンク for links). |
| styling group name | スタイルグループ名 | proposed | No attestation; Glyphs 3 says スタイルリンク for style linking. Fallback translated. | |
| subsetting | cutting down a font | サブセット化 | proposed | Font Book and FontForge ja use サブセット化. |
| top sidebearing | 上サイドベアリング | proposed | Derived from サイドベアリング. | |
| tracking | uniform letter spacing | トラッキング | proposed | Illustrator and Apple ja use トラッキング; InDesign's 字送り is the alternative. |
| TrueType instruction | pixel fitting instruction | TrueType インストラクション | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses インストラクション; FontForge says TrueType 命令. |
| typographic family name | タイポグラフィックファミリー名 | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja says タイポグラフィック ファミリー名; closed up per the compound rule. | |
| update metrics | メトリクスを更新 | proposed | Derived from メトリクス; Glyphs 3 talks of メトリクスキー being updated. | |
| variable font | バリアブルフォント | proposed | Glyphs 3, InDesign, Morisawa and Adobe Fonts ja use バリアブルフォント. | |
| variation location | position in the variation range | バリエーション位置 | proposed | No attestation; Glyphs 3 says 軸の位置 for an axis location. Fallback translated. |
| vertical advance | glyph box height | 縦送り幅 | proposed | Derived from 送り幅; FontForge says 縦書き時の送り幅. |
| vertical metrics | 縦方向メトリクス | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses 縦方向メトリクス and 縦メトリクス. | |
| visual kerning | shape-measured spacing correction | ビジュアルカーニング | proposed | No attestation; built from カーニング. Illustrator's オプティカル names Adobe's own method. |
| weight axis | thickness axis | ウエイト軸 | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja says ウエイト軸. |
| weight class | ウエイトクラス | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses ウエイトクラス; FontForge writes ウェイトクラス. | |
| width axis | narrow-to-wide axis | 字幅軸 | proposed | Illustrator ja labels the wdth slider 字幅; kept apart from 送り幅 (advance width). |
| width class | 字幅クラス | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses 字幅クラス. |
OpenType¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Japanese | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Glyph List | Adobe Glyph List | do-not-translate | ||
| alternate glyph | glyph variant | 異体字 | proposed | InDesign and Illustrator ja, Glyphs 3 (すべての異体字) and Morisawa's glossary use 異体字 for OpenType alternates. |
| cmap | cmap | do-not-translate | ||
| code page | legacy character table | コードページ | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses コードページ; closed compound per the house rule. |
| color font table | カラーフォントテーブル | proposed | Built from テーブル, the Glyphs 3 and FontForge word for a font table. | |
| contextual alternates | context-dependent variants | 前後関係に依存する字形 | proposed | InDesign and Glyphs 3 ja both name the calt feature this way. |
| cursive attachment | joined-script connection | 筆記体接続 | proposed | FontForge ja names the GPOS lookup type 筆記体接続. |
| design languages | デザイン対象言語 | proposed | No attestation; translated as the languages the design targets, like German Zielsprachen. Literal デザイン言語 would mean a visual design language. | |
| encoding | エンコーディング | proposed | Glyphs 3, Apple, InDesign and Morisawa's glossary use エンコーディング. | |
| feature code | layout rule code | フィーチャーコード | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses フィーチャーコード. |
| fractions | 分数 | proposed | InDesign, Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use 分数. | |
| glyph index | glyph number | グリフインデックス | proposed | FontForge ja uses グリフインデックス, Font Book グリフのインデックス; GID stays as the abbreviation. |
| glyph name | グリフ名 | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use グリフ名. | |
| GPOS | GPOS | do-not-translate | ||
| GSUB | GSUB | do-not-translate | ||
| ligature | joined letters | 合字 | proposed | Glyphs 3, FontForge and InDesign ja use 合字; Apple's リガチャ is the rejected loan. |
| localized forms | language-specific variants | 言語特有の字形 | proposed | Corpus pick from Glyphs 3 feature names; FontForge says 国・地域固有の字形. |
| lookup | procedure | ルックアップ | approved | Fontographer 5 Japanese manual, Features and Lookups section (PDF page index 369), uses ルックアップ in explanatory prose; FontForge Japanese translations corroborate it. 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 | マークグリフ | proposed | Derived from マーク and グリフ. |
| nonspacing mark | zero-width combining mark | 非スペーシングマーク | proposed | Derived from Glyphs 3 非スペーシング and マーク; names Unicode category Mn. |
| oldstyle figures | lowercase-style figures | オールドスタイル数字 | proposed | InDesign, Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use オールドスタイル数字. |
| OpenType class | layout glyph group | OpenType クラス | proposed | Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja use クラス; format name kept in Latin script. |
| OpenType feature | layout feature | OpenType フィーチャー | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja says OpenType フィーチャー. InDesign's OpenType 機能 rejected for consistency with フィーチャー. |
| OS/2 table | OS/2 テーブル | proposed | Tag protected, noun translated with テーブル as in Glyphs 3 and FontForge ja. | |
| Private Use Area | Private Use Area | do-not-translate | ||
| single substitution | 単純置換 | proposed | FontForge ja names GSUB type 1 単純置換; 単一置換 is the literal alternative. | |
| small caps | small capitals | スモールキャップス | proposed | InDesign and Illustrator ja use スモールキャップス. 小型大文字 (FontForge) and 小さな大文字 (Apple) rejected. |
| stylistic set | デザインのセット | proposed | InDesign and Illustrator ja name ss01 to ss20 デザインのセット. Apple's スタイルセット is the alternative. | |
| tabular figures | equal-width figures | 等幅数字 | proposed | InDesign and Glyphs 3 ja use 等幅数字 (等幅ライニング数字). |
| Unicode codepoint | character code | Unicode コードポイント | proposed | Standard Japanese Unicode term; 文字コード (Morisawa) is broader and was rejected. |
| variation selector | variant picker character | 異体字セレクター | proposed | Established Unicode term 異体字セレクタ; long vowel added per JTCA, as Microsoft now writes. FontForge's 字形選択子 rejected. |
| writing system | 文字体系 | proposed | The Japanese Glyphs handbook and general usage say 文字体系. Font Book's スクリプト rejected because it also means a Python script. |
File formats¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Japanese | 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 | Japanese | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| action | アクション | proposed | Adobe (Illustrator, InDesign) and Apple both use アクション for an invokable operation; 操作 is the generic alternative. | |
| add | 追加 | proposed | Standard command word in Glyphs 3, FontForge, Adobe and Apple Japanese interfaces. | |
| alternate | 異体字 | proposed | Same word as alternate glyph (Adobe, Glyphs 3, Morisawa). Glyphs also has オルタネート for alternate layers; rejected as less familiar. | |
| anchor cloud | attachment point cloud | アンカークラウド | proposed | No attestation; katakana compound from アンカー. クラウド alone can read as cloud storage, and 点群 (point cloud) was considered; a reviewer should confirm. |
| auto layer | recipe-built layer | 自動レイヤー | proposed | No attestation; built from レイヤー with 自動, as Glyphs says 自動整列 for auto-aligned layers. オートレイヤー rejected as less plain. |
| autohint | オートヒント | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses オートヒント; FontForge says 自動ヒント. | |
| Brush | ブラシ | proposed | Illustrator, Photoshop and Glyphs 3 ja all use ブラシ. | |
| collapse | 1 点に揃える | proposed | The definition is aligning nodes to one point, so the panel sense 折りたたむ is wrong here. No attestation; described plainly (Illustrator calls a similar command 平均). | |
| color flag | color mark | カラーフラグ | proposed | No attestation as a compound; Apple Mail ja uses フラグ for colored flags. Glyphs' カラーラベル rejected to keep flag apart from labels and tags. |
| corner angles | コーナー角度 | proposed | No attestation; built from コーナー, which Glyphs 3 and Adobe use for a contour corner. | |
| cousins | related glyphs alongside | いとこ | proposed | No attestation; house voice asks for the plain everyday word, as Polish kuzynostwo. The descriptive 関連グリフ was the rejected alternative. |
| crop | 切り抜き | proposed | Photoshop and Illustrator ja use 切り抜き; Apple and Microsoft say トリミング. | |
| cubic | 3 次 | proposed | Standard mathematical term (3 次ベジェ曲線). キュービック and 立方体 rejected. | |
| current | 現在の | proposed | Glyphs 3 (現在のレイヤー, 現在のマスター) and general software usage; カレント is developer jargon. | |
| cusp | 尖点 | proposed | Mathematical term for a cusp; keeps the geometric point apart from the node type (コーナーノード). カスプ is the rejected loan. | |
| decompose | break into contours | 分解 | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses 分解 and コンポーネントを分解. |
| default | デフォルト | proposed | Apple, FontForge and Qt ja use デフォルト; Microsoft's 既定 and Adobe's 初期設定 are the alternatives. | |
| demo mode | デモモード | proposed | No attestation; both parts are everyday katakana. | |
| dialog | ダイアログ | proposed | Apple and Adobe ja use ダイアログ; Microsoft says ダイアログボックス. | |
| Dream Up | generate shapes | 思い描く | proposed | No attestation; house voice asks for a plain playful verb, as Polish wyczaruj. ドリームアップ and the dry 字形を生成 are the rejected alternatives. |
| echo text | repeated text | テキストを反映 | proposed | No attestation; fallback adapted. 繰り返す would suggest repetition, so 反映 (mirror the window's text) is used. |
| Eraser | 消しゴム | proposed | Illustrator, Photoshop and Apple ja use 消しゴム for the tool. | |
| expand filter | bake filter into contours | フィルターをアウトライン化 | proposed | Japanese design idiom for baking live artwork into paths is アウトライン化 (Adobe usage, Morisawa glossary entry). Long vowel in フィルター per JTCA and Adobe; Glyphs writes フィルタ. |
| expand stroke | bake stroke into contours | 線をアウトライン化 | proposed | Illustrator ja converts a stroke with パスのアウトライン, commonly called 線のアウトライン化. FontForge's 輪郭を太らせる rejected. |
| expand transformation | bake transformation into contours | 変形を確定 | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated. The transformation is written into coordinates, not outlined, so 確定 is used. |
| feature | フィーチャー | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses フィーチャー. FontForge and InDesign say 機能, rejected because 機能 also means any function of the app. | |
| Fills | 塗り | proposed | Illustrator ja pairs 塗り with 線; Vexy plug-ins live in Illustrator. 塗りつぶし (FontForge, Microsoft) rejected as longer. | |
| FontAudit | フォントオーディット | proposed | User requires phonetic transliteration, explicitly including Chinese. Russian and Ukrainian spellings were recovered from team QPH; other spellings are proposals. Retain the FontAudit identity; do not translate as a generic audit command. Preserve FontAudit in code and identifiers. | |
| FontLab account | FontLabアカウント | 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 | 溶接工 | 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 | ジーニアスノード | proposed | No attestation; Japanese software keeps such names in katakana, and ジーニアス is a familiar word. 天才ノード was the rejected native option. |
| grid | グリッド | proposed | Glyphs 3, Adobe and Apple ja use グリッド. | |
| Groups | グループ | proposed | Glyphs 3 (カーニンググループ), FontForge and Adobe use グループ. | |
| guide | ガイド | proposed | Illustrator, InDesign and FontForge ja use ガイド; Glyphs 3 says ガイドライン. | |
| kerning mode | カーニングモード | proposed | Derived from カーニング. | |
| Knife | ナイフ | proposed | Illustrator ja ナイフツール and Glyphs 3 ナイフツール. | |
| layer | レイヤー | proposed | Glyphs 3, Adobe and Apple ja use レイヤー; long vowel kept per JTCA. | |
| Layers | レイヤー | proposed | Same word as layer; Japanese has no plural form. | |
| mark | マーク | proposed | FontForge ja and OpenType usage say マーク. Glyphs' 発音記号 rejected because it normally means phonetic notation. | |
| Masks | マスク | proposed | Glyphs 3 and Adobe ja use マスク. | |
| match | 一致させる | proposed | No type-specific attestation; plain verb for making properties correspond. マッチ rejected as vague. | |
| matching | 一致 | proposed | Derived from 一致させる; Microsoft and Apple use 一致 for matching items. | |
| Matchmaker | master matcher | 仲人 | proposed | No attestation; house voice asks for the plain word for a matchmaker, as Polish swat. マッチメーカー and the descriptive マスター間の対応付け are the rejected alternatives. |
| measurement line | 計測線 | proposed | No attestation; built from 計測, kept apart from メトリクス. | |
| measurements | 計測値 | proposed | No attestation; 計測 is the plain word for on-canvas measuring (Glyphs calls its tool ものさしツール). | |
| Measurements panel | 計測パネル | proposed | No attestation; built from 計測 and パネル. | |
| merge | 結合 | proposed | Most frequent rendering in the corpus (Adobe, FontForge); マージ is developer jargon. | |
| mesh | メッシュ | proposed | Illustrator and Photoshop ja use メッシュ. | |
| metrics mode | メトリクスモード | proposed | Derived from メトリクス. | |
| metrics table | メトリクス表 | proposed | Derived from メトリクス; 表 for an interface table, so テーブル stays reserved for font tables. | |
| metrics tool | メトリクスツール | proposed | Derived from メトリクス; tools are ツール in Adobe and Glyphs ja. | |
| monospaced | 等幅 | proposed | Font Book, CoreText and FontForge ja use 等幅. | |
| multi-line | 複数行 | proposed | InDesign and Microsoft ja use 複数行. | |
| nonspacing | zero-width | 非スペーシング | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja uses 非スペーシング. |
| Nudge | push move | ナッジ | proposed | Blender ja uses ナッジ and the word is known in Japanese. 微調整 rejected because it hides that this is a named mode; ひと押し was the native option. |
| Oblique | オブリーク | proposed | Apple CoreText ja style name; a fixed operation name, so one fixed rendering. | |
| panel | パネル | proposed | Adobe and Apple ja use パネル. | |
| Pencil | 鉛筆 | proposed | Illustrator and Glyphs 3 ja call the tool 鉛筆ツール; the bare name is 鉛筆. | |
| Power Brush | power calligraphic brush | パワーブラシ | proposed | Power names keep katakana パワー, which in Japanese has the energy drink and superhero ring the house voice wants. |
| Power Guide | power guideline | パワーガイド | proposed | Katakana パワー plus ガイド; same pattern as the other Power names. |
| Power Nudge | power push move | パワーナッジ | proposed | Katakana パワー plus ナッジ; same pattern as the other Power names. |
| Power Stroke | power stroke outline | パワーストローク | proposed | Inkscape ja attests パワーストローク. Kept as a feature name although the plain stroke is 線. |
| project | プロジェクト | approved | Team agreement recovered from Proteus QPH on 2026-10-04. Project names the editable document; do not replace it with package. | |
| property bar | プロパティバー | proposed | No attestation for FontLab's bar; standard katakana compound. | |
| quick measurement | クイック計測 | proposed | No attestation; built from 計測 with the familiar クイック. | |
| Rapid | ラピッド | proposed | Issue 161 names the tool Rapid in Latin scripts and requires transliteration elsewhere. Canonical TS uses ラピッド. Do not translate the tool name as fast or quick, and do not use Rapidograph. Contrast classifications use the ordinary speed adjective. | |
| redo | やり直す | proposed | Apple ja platform command; Adobe and FontForge use the noun やり直し. | |
| reference | 参照 | proposed | FontForge ja and InDesign use 参照; リファレンス is the rejected loan. | |
| Remove Overlap | merge overlapping contours | 重なったパスを合体 | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja command name, and it matches パス for contour. FontForge says 重なり合う図形を結合. |
| repeat | 繰り返す | proposed | Adobe and Apple ja use 繰り返し / 繰り返す; kept apart from やり直す (redo). | |
| reverse contour | flip drawing direction | パス方向を逆転 | proposed | Glyphs 3 ja command name. |
| Scissors | はさみ | proposed | Illustrator ja calls the tool はさみツール. | |
| Servant node | Follower node | 追従ノード | proposed | No attestation; translates Follower node as a node that physically follows movement. フォロワー rejected for its social media sense, 従属 for implying dependency. |
| Sigma | Sigma | do-not-translate | ||
| Sketchboard | scratch canvas | スケッチボード | proposed | No attestation; plain katakana compound, parallel to アートボード in Illustrator ja. |
| Skin | wrapping outline | スキン | proposed | Everyday katakana word; no established Japanese term for this FontLab filter. |
| smart | clever | スマート | proposed | Glyphs 3 (スマートフィルタ) and Adobe ja use スマート. In Japanese it means neat or sharp, not AI-powered, so it fits the house voice; かしこい was considered. |
| Smart Corner | clever corner | スマートコーナー | proposed | スマート plus コーナー (Glyphs 3 コーナーコンポーネント). |
| Smart Filter | スマートフィルター | 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 | スペーシングコントロール | proposed | No attestation; built from Glyphs 3 スペーシング. |
| sticker | ステッカー | proposed | Apple and Microsoft ja use ステッカー; 付箋 would mean a sticky note only. | |
| tab | タブ | proposed | Universal in Japanese interfaces. | |
| text element | text block | テキストエレメント | proposed | Derived from エレメント. |
| thickness | 太さ | proposed | Plain Japanese word for stroke thickness (Illustrator 太さ slider); kept apart from ウエイト. | |
| Transform | 変形 | proposed | Illustrator ja (変形パネル) and Glyphs 3 use 変形; トランスフォーム rejected. | |
| transformation | 変形 | proposed | Same word as transform; Japanese uses 変形 for both the operation and its result. | |
| True Fill | final black rendering | 本塗り | proposed | No attestation; house voice asks for a snappy idiom. 本塗り is the painter's final coat and builds on 塗り; 出力時の塗り is the descriptive alternative. |
| uncheck | チェックを外す | proposed | Common Japanese interface phrase; Apple says チェックマークを外す. | |
| Vexy coins | Vexy coins | do-not-translate | ||
| waterfall | size ladder preview | ウォーターフォール | proposed | Apple Font Book ja uses ウォーターフォール. |
| weight | ウエイト | proposed | Morisawa, other Japanese foundries, Glyphs 3 and Apple CoreText write ウエイト. Adobe and FontForge write ウェイト; 太さ is kept for thickness. | |
| whitespace | 空白 | proposed | InDesign ja uses 空白 and 空白文字. |
Vector drawing¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Japanese | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearance panel | アピアランスパネル | proposed | Illustrator ja names the panel アピアランス. | |
| autotrace | bitmap to outline conversion | オートトレース | proposed | Inkscape and FontForge ja use トレース / オートトレース; Illustrator's 画像トレース names its own feature. |
| centerline | 中心線 | proposed | Standard Japanese drafting word; センターライン is the rarer loan. | |
| clipping mask | クリッピングマスク | proposed | Illustrator and Photoshop ja term; written without a space per the Japanese compound rule. | |
| control point | control handle point | コントロールポイント | proposed | Common katakana term in Japanese vector software; Blender's 制御点 is the native alternative. |
| Fill Grid | grid of fill lines | 塗りグリッド | proposed | No attestation; built from 塗り (Adobe) and グリッド. |
| fill mode | line fill style | 塗りモード | proposed | Built from 塗り; Krita's 塗りつぶしモード is the longer alternative. |
| G2 continuity | G2 連続 | proposed | Standard CAD and mathematics term (G2 連続). | |
| Live Effect | editable effect | ライブエフェクト | proposed | Adobe Japan uses ライブエフェクト for Illustrator plug-in effects that stay editable. |
| off-curve point | point off the curve | オフカーブポイント | proposed | Standard loan in Japanese font engineering, parallel to FontForge オンカーブポイント. |
| on-curve point | point on the curve | オンカーブポイント | proposed | FontForge ja uses オンカーブポイント. |
| outline | アウトライン | proposed | Glyphs 3, FontForge, Adobe and Morisawa use アウトライン for the whole glyph drawing. | |
| stroke | 線 | proposed | Illustrator ja pairs 塗り and 線, and Glyphs 3 says 線色 and 線幅. ストローク rejected for the plain term; it survives in パワーストローク. | |
| stroke cap | stroke end cap | 線端 | proposed | Illustrator ja Stroke panel term. Not キャップ, which Glyphs uses for cap components. |
| stroke join | stroke corner shape | 角の形状 | proposed | Illustrator ja Stroke panel term for the join. |
| tangent node | straight-to-curve node | 接線ノード | proposed | No attestation; 接線 is the Japanese word for tangent. FontForge describes it as 曲線と直線の接点; タンジェントノード rejected. |
| tonal map | darkness map | 濃淡マップ | proposed | No attestation; fallback 'darkness map' translated with 濃淡. |
| Tunni line | Tunni 線 | proposed | Eponym kept in Latin script, with 線 as in 中心線 and 計測線. |