Portuguese (Brazil)¶
pt, tier A, Português (Brasil). 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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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 Portuguese (Brazil) localization guide explains the reasoning behind the less obvious choices and the rules that apply to this language.
Names¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Portuguese (Brazil) | 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 | Portuguese (Brazil) | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ascender | upward extension | ascendente | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR), InDesign and Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR): ascendente, feminine (a ascendente). |
| baseline | writing line | linha de base | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR), Just My Type (BR), Apple and InDesign: linha de base. |
| bowl | round belly | bojo | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR), O traço (Noordzij) and Just My Type (BR) all use bojo; Apple's tigela is the kitchen sense. |
| cap height | capital-letter height | altura de versal | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) uses altura de versal and versais for capitals. Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) has altura da maiúscula; a reviewer may prefer altura das maiúsculas. |
| character | caractere | proposed | Brazilian form in Apple, Adobe and Bringhurst (BR); carácter is European. | |
| contour | contorno | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) (Reverter contorno), Apple and Bringhurst (BR): contorno. | |
| counter | enclosed white space | contraforma | proposed | Priscila Farias and the Brazilian foundry Plau use contraforma; Bringhurst (BR) has miolo and Just My Type (BR) olho, which also means the face of the type. The corpus pick contador is the office sense. |
| descender | downward extension | descendente | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR), InDesign and Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR): descendente, feminine. |
| diacritical mark | combining mark | diacrítico | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) uses diacrítico and sinal diacrítico; Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) has Diacríticos. The shorter form is kept. |
| em | type body | eme | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) uses eme throughout and Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) has Unidades por Eme. Quadratim is the metal-type quad and is rejected. |
| extremum | local extreme point | extremo | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Adicionar extremos. |
| glyph | glifo | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR), Font Book, InDesign and Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR): glifo. | |
| handle | alça | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) (Tamanho da alça) and Illustrator pt-BR use alça. The corpus pick manipulador is rare among Brazilian designers. | |
| ink trap | ink relief notch | armadilha de tinta | proposed | Used beside the loan ink trap in Brazilian type-revival papers (Encontro Internacional de Cultura Gráfica 2023); not in the corpus. |
| italic angle | slant angle | ângulo do itálico | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Ângulo do itálico. |
| lining figures | capital-height figures | algarismos alinhados | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) has algarismos alinhados and Pensar com tipos (Lupton) numerais alinhados. Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) has algarismos lineares, which no textbook uses. |
| node | nó | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): nó, nós. | |
| overshoot | optical surplus | overshoot | proposed | Loan used by the Brazilian foundry Plau (zona de overshoot); no native term is established. Compensação óptica is a gloss, not a term. |
| proportional figures | natural-width figures | algarismos proporcionais | proposed | InDesign pt-BR, with the noun algarismos of Bringhurst (BR) and Glyphs 3. |
| segment | segmento | proposed | Microsoft Visio pt-BR and general geometry. | |
| serif | serifa | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR), Font Book and Just My Type (BR): serifa. | |
| sharp | agudo | proposed | No firm attestation; agudo is the plain word for pointed. The node itself is nó de canto; the corpus pick nítido is the image-sharpening sense. | |
| sharp node | nó de canto | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) preferences name it nó de canto, and Illustrator pt-BR has ponto de canto. It does not derive from agudo, the adjective chosen for sharp. | |
| stem | main stroke | haste | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR), Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR), O traço (Noordzij) and Just My Type (BR): haste. Glyphs 3 leaves Stem in one string. |
| swash | flourish | swash | proposed | Loan kept by Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and InDesign pt-BR and used by Brazilian designers. Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) and Just My Type (BR) say caudal, Apple floreado; floreio is the native alternative. |
| terminal | stroke ending | terminal | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) and Just My Type (BR): terminal, masculine. |
| UPM | units per type body | UPM | proposed | Use UPM in compact numeric controls, as in the canonical TS. In explanatory prose: unidades por eme. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording. |
| winding direction | drawing direction | sentido do contorno | proposed | No attestation; Portuguese says sentido horário and anti-horário, so sentido is the noun. |
| x-height | small-letter height | altura-x | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR), Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) and Just My Type (BR): altura-x. |
Font engineering¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Portuguese (Brazil) | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| advance height | altura de avanço | proposed | No attestation; built on avanço to mirror largura de avanço. Glyphs 3 says largura vertical, which contradicts itself. | |
| advance width | glyph box width | largura de avanço | proposed | The pt-BR wording for advance width in Google's font-metrics documentation; Glyphs 3 shortens it to largura, which would collide with the width axis and geometric width. |
| alignment zone | height band for snapping | zona de alinhamento | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Zonas de alinhamento. |
| anchor | attachment point | âncora | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and FontForge: âncora. Ponto de ancoragem is Illustrator's on-curve point and is rejected here. |
| anti-aliasing | edge smoothing | suavização | proposed | Krita and Adobe pt-BR use suavização; the purist antisserrilhamento is rare and long. |
| autohinting | automatic screen fitting | autohinting | proposed | Professional loan; Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) keeps autohinting and Bringhurst (BR) keeps hinting. |
| axis | eixo | proposed | InDesign, Illustrator, Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR): eixo. | |
| axis map | axis value mapping | mapeamento de eixo | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated from eixo. |
| bottom sidebearing | espaço inferior | proposed | No attestation; built on the espaço lateral family, dropping lateral because the space is below the glyph. | |
| component | componente | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): componente, masculine (o componente). | |
| composite glyph | assembled glyph | glifo composto | proposed | No tool attestation; fallback translated, parallel to Spanish glifo compuesto. |
| conversion profile | export settings set | perfil de conversão | proposed | No attestation; translated literally. |
| CVT table | tabela CVT | proposed | Tag kept, noun translated; tabela is the pt-BR word for a font table. | |
| design space | variation range | espaço de design | proposed | Brazilian variable-font literature writes espaço de design; Glyphs 3 says espaço de interpolação in one message. |
| device correction | per-size pixel correction | correção de tamanho | proposed | No attestation; follows the reviewed languages (size correction). |
| dimensions | dimensões | proposed | Plain cognate, as French dimensions; keeps métricas free for glyph spacing. | |
| element | elemento | proposed | Plain cognate used by Apple and Microsoft pt-BR. | |
| element reference | shared drawing link | referência de elemento | proposed | No attestation; derived from elemento and referência. |
| family dimensions | dimensões da família | proposed | No attestation; derived from dimensões. | |
| Flex | Flex | proposed | Fixed PostScript hint name; Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) keeps Flex. | |
| font dimensions | dimensões da fonte | proposed | No attestation; derived from dimensões. | |
| font target | export target | fonte de destino | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated. |
| font unit | unidade da fonte | proposed | No attestation; translated literally. | |
| fractional coordinates | non-integer coordinates | coordenadas fracionárias | proposed | No attestation; the standard Portuguese technical adjective for non-integer values. |
| friendly glyph name | readable glyph name | nome legível | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated, as Spanish nombre legible. |
| ghost hint | edge-only fitting instruction | hint fantasma | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Hint Fantasma. |
| hint | screen fitting instruction | hint | proposed | Professional loan; Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) (Adicionar hint) and Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) keep hint. Dica is the tooltip sense. |
| hint zone | hinting height band | zona de hint | proposed | No attestation; derived from hint and Glyphs 3 zona. |
| hinting | screen fitting | hinting | proposed | Professional loan in Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR). |
| instance | generated design | instância | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Instância. |
| interpolation | interpolação | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR), InDesign and O traço (Noordzij): interpolação. | |
| kern exception | pair spacing exception | exceção de kerning | proposed | No attestation; derived from kerning. |
| kerning | pair spacing correction | kerning | proposed | Professional loan in Glyphs 3 (pt-BR), InDesign pt-BR and Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR). |
| kerning class | pair spacing group | classe de kerning | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Classe de kerning. |
| kerning pair | spacing-corrected pair | par de kerning | proposed | FontForge pt (pares de kerning); derived from kerning. |
| left sidebearing | espaço lateral esquerdo | proposed | Derived from espaço lateral. Glyphs 3 abbreviates it LE. 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 | Identifier of the UFO lib; kept. | |
| line gap | espaço entre linhas | proposed | No attestation. Entrelinha is rejected because in Brazilian usage (InDesign, Bringhurst) it is the whole baseline-to-baseline distance, not the extra gap. | |
| line height | altura da linha | proposed | Common pt-BR software wording; no attestation in the font tools. | |
| link metrics | tie spacing to another glyph | vincular métricas | proposed | No attestation; vincular is the pt-BR verb for linking in Adobe software. |
| linked metrics | métricas vinculadas | proposed | No attestation; derived from vincular métricas. | |
| mark attachment | combining mark positioning | ancoragem de marcas | proposed | No attestation; built from âncora, with FontForge's marca. Rejected anexação, which reads as a file attachment. |
| master | source design | mestra | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) (Mestra, Mestras) and Brazilian variable-font papers use the feminine mestra. Rejected the office mestre/modelo; the loan master is also heard. |
| master compatibility | matching master structure | compatibilidade de mestras | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): compatibilidade de mestras. |
| metrics | métricas | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and Font Book pt-BR: métricas. | |
| metrics expression | expressão de métricas | proposed | No attestation; derived from métricas. | |
| metrics key | chave de métricas | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) wavers between chaves métricas and métricas-chave; the regular compound is chosen. | |
| pin | pino | 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: pixels por eme. The expanded Units Per eM: label retains its full wording. |
| production glyph name | shipping glyph name | nome de produção | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Nome de produção. |
| rendering | drawing on screen | renderização | proposed | Final Cut Pro, GIMP and Inkscape pt-BR: renderização. |
| required glyphs | mandatory glyphs | glifos obrigatórios | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated. |
| right sidebearing | espaço lateral direito | proposed | Derived from espaço lateral. Glyphs 3 abbreviates it LD. 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 | espaço lateral | proposed | Brazilian type-design theses (UTFPR, UFSC, UFPE) and one passage of Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) use espaços laterais. Bringhurst mostly has proteções laterais, also found in theses, and Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) barreiras laterais. |
| size | tamanho | proposed | Standard pt-BR term in Apple and Adobe. | |
| spacing | espaçamento | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and Apple pt-BR: Espaçamento. Bringhurst (BR) uses espacejamento, which is a book term. | |
| standard stem | reference stem width | haste padrão | proposed | Derived from haste; no attestation of the compound. |
| stem link | stem tie | vínculo de haste | proposed | No attestation; derived from haste and the vincular family. |
| styling group name | nome do grupo de estilos | proposed | No attestation; translated literally. | |
| subsetting | cutting down a font | criação de subconjunto | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and Font Book use subconjunto; fallback translated. |
| top sidebearing | espaço superior | proposed | No attestation; built on the espaço lateral family. | |
| tracking | uniform letter spacing | tracking | proposed | Professional loan: InDesign pt-BR titles the topic Kerning e tracking. The corpus pick rastreamento is the surveillance sense. |
| TrueType instruction | pixel fitting instruction | instrução TrueType | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): instruções TrueType. |
| typographic family name | nome de família tipográfica | proposed | No attestation; translated literally. | |
| update metrics | atualizar métricas | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) pattern: Atualizar largura, Atualizar LSB. | |
| variable font | fonte variável | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): fonte variável. InDesign's fonte de variável is a slip. | |
| variation location | position in the variation range | posição | proposed | No firm attestation; follows the reviewed languages (position). Glyphs 3 says locais de eixo. |
| vertical advance | glyph box height | avanço vertical | proposed | No attestation; derived from avanço. |
| vertical metrics | métricas verticais | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Métricas verticais. | |
| visual kerning | shape-measured spacing correction | kerning visual | proposed | Derived from kerning. |
| weight axis | thickness axis | peso | proposed | Axis name as shown in the interface, as in the reviewed languages; Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) and Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) use peso. |
| weight class | classe de peso | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Classe de peso. | |
| width axis | narrow-to-wide axis | largura | proposed | Axis name as shown in the interface; Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) and Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) use largura. |
| width class | classe de largura | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Classe de largura. |
OpenType¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Portuguese (Brazil) | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Glyph List | Adobe Glyph List | do-not-translate | ||
| alternate glyph | glyph variant | glifo alternativo | proposed | InDesign pt-BR (glifos alternativos); derived from glifo and alternativa. |
| cmap | cmap | do-not-translate | ||
| code page | legacy character table | página de códigos | proposed | Microsoft Windows pt-BR glossary: página de códigos. |
| color font table | tabela de fonte colorida | proposed | No attestation; translated literally. Tabela is the pt-BR word for a font table. | |
| contextual alternates | context-dependent variants | alternativas contextuais | proposed | Apple CoreText and InDesign pt-BR: Alternativas contextuais. |
| cursive attachment | joined-script connection | ancoragem cursiva | proposed | No attestation; built with ancoragem to pair with ancoragem de marcas, since both are made from âncoras. |
| design languages | idiomas-alvo | proposed | No attestation; follows the reviewed languages (target languages). Font Book pt-BR uses idioma for language. | |
| encoding | codificação | proposed | Apple, InDesign, FontForge and Bringhurst (BR): codificação. | |
| feature code | layout rule code | código de recursos | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): código do recurso; derived from recurso. |
| fractions | frações | proposed | Apple CoreText and InDesign pt-BR: Frações. | |
| glyph index | glyph number | índice do glifo | proposed | No attestation; translated literally. |
| glyph name | nome do glifo | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Nome do glifo. | |
| GPOS | GPOS | do-not-translate | ||
| GSUB | GSUB | do-not-translate | ||
| ligature | joined letters | ligatura | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR), Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and Plau use ligatura; Apple's ligadura is the less common form among Brazilian typographers. |
| localized forms | language-specific variants | formas localizadas | proposed | InDesign and Krita pt-BR: Formas localizadas. |
| lookup | procedure | procedimento | approved | User/team procedure fallback. No sufficiently strong established OpenType-specific alternative verified in the reviewed primary sources. Keep the approved contextual Rules panel title. Preserve literal FEA lookup/lookupflag keywords, identifiers and OpenType structure names. Ordinary search senses are separate. |
| mark glyph | combining mark glyph | glifo de marca | proposed | No attestation; derived from marca and glifo. |
| nonspacing mark | zero-width combining mark | marca sem avanço | proposed | No attestation; derived from marca and avanço. |
| oldstyle figures | lowercase-style figures | algarismos de texto | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) and Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): algarismos de texto. Apple's números em estilo antigo is a calque. |
| OpenType class | layout glyph group | classe OpenType | proposed | Derived from classe (Glyphs 3). |
| OpenType feature | layout feature | recurso OpenType | proposed | InDesign pt-BR: Recurso OpenType. |
| OS/2 table | tabela OS/2 | proposed | Tag kept, noun translated. | |
| Private Use Area | Private Use Area | do-not-translate | ||
| single substitution | substituição simples | proposed | No attestation; translated literally, as Spanish and French. | |
| small caps | small capitals | versalete | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR), Apple, InDesign and Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): versalete. |
| stylistic set | conjunto estilístico | proposed | Microsoft Word and InDesign pt-BR: conjunto estilístico. | |
| tabular figures | equal-width figures | algarismos tabulares | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) (Algarismos de texto tabulares) and InDesign pt-BR. |
| Unicode codepoint | character code | ponto de código Unicode | proposed | Standard Portuguese Unicode terminology (ponto de código); Glyphs 3 just says Unicode. |
| variation selector | variant picker character | seletor de variação | proposed | Standard Portuguese Unicode term. |
| writing system | sistema de escrita | proposed | Microsoft and Qt pt-BR: sistema de escrita. |
File formats¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Portuguese (Brazil) | 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 | Portuguese (Brazil) | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| action | ação | proposed | Apple, Adobe and Microsoft pt-BR all use ação. | |
| add | adicionar | proposed | Standard pt-BR command in Glyphs 3, Apple and Adobe (Adicionar âncora, Adicionar mestra). | |
| alternate | alternativa | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) (Alternativa) and Apple CoreText (Alternativas). Rejected variante, which Portuguese type literature does not use for OpenType alternates. | |
| anchor cloud | attachment point cloud | nuvem de âncoras | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated from the chosen noun âncora. |
| auto layer | recipe-built layer | camada automática | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated from camada. |
| autohint | autohint | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) keeps autohint for the command (o autohint do glifo); the process is autohinting. | |
| Brush | Pincel | proposed | Illustrator and Apple pt-BR: Pincel; the real tool's name. | |
| collapse | contrair | proposed | Apple pt-BR uses contrair; it also describes nodes drawn to one point, which recolher (fold a panel) does not. | |
| color flag | color mark | etiqueta de cor | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) calls the same glyph annotation etiqueta (Cor da etiqueta); marca de cor is rejected because marca is the mark glyph. |
| corner angles | ângulos dos cantos | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) calls a corner canto; no attestation of the compound. | |
| cousins | related glyphs alongside | primos | proposed | House-voice name rendered with the plain Portuguese word for cousins, as Polish kuzynostwo. |
| crop | recortar | proposed | Apple Photos and Adobe pt-BR: recortar. | |
| cubic | cúbico | proposed | Standard mathematical adjective (curva cúbica); Blender and Motion pt-BR. | |
| current | atual | proposed | Apple, Adobe and Glyphs 3 pt-BR (mestra atual); actual is European spelling. | |
| cusp | cúspide | proposed | Geometric term used by Inkscape and CorelDRAW pt-BR for a cusp node. | |
| decompose | break into contours | decompor | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Decompor componentes. |
| default | padrão | proposed | Apple, Adobe and Microsoft pt-BR: padrão; predefinição is European. | |
| demo mode | modo demo | proposed | Common Brazilian software usage; shorter than modo de demonstração. | |
| dialog | caixa de diálogo | proposed | Microsoft and Adobe pt-BR: caixa de diálogo. | |
| Dream Up | generate shapes | bolar | proposed | House-voice name: bolar is the informal Brazilian verb for thinking something up. Rejected inventar (flat) and gerar formas (a description). |
| echo text | repeated text | repetir texto | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated, as in the four reviewed languages. |
| Eraser | Borracha | proposed | Illustrator and Apple pt-BR: Borracha; the real tool's name. | |
| expand filter | bake filter into contours | expandir filtro | proposed | Expandir is the established Illustrator pt-BR verb for turning a live appearance into plain paths. |
| expand stroke | bake stroke into contours | expandir traço | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) has Expandir traço; expandir is also Illustrator's verb. |
| expand transformation | bake transformation into contours | expandir transformação | proposed | No attestation; keeps the expandir family. |
| feature | recurso | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) (Recursos) and InDesign (Recurso OpenType). FontForge's função is rejected. | |
| Fills | Preenchimentos | proposed | InDesign and Illustrator pt-BR: preenchimento. | |
| FontAudit | FontAudit | do-not-translate | ||
| FontLab account | conta FontLab | proposed | Translate the common noun account and inflect it in complete sentences; preserve the FontLab brand. German, Spanish and French wording is already used in current FontLab UI. Other language forms are proposals. Do not duplicate account when the surrounding sentence already translates it. | |
| Fusion | Welder | Soldador | proposed | User decision 2026-10-04: translate the fallback Welder, the named live boolean group filter. Polish Spawacz is explicit; other renderings are proposals. Preserve Fusion in code identifiers. |
| Genius node | self-balancing node | nó gênio | proposed | House-voice name: gênio is the plain Brazilian word, so the English is not kept. The reviewed languages kept Genius; a reviewer may prefer nó Genius. |
| grid | grade | proposed | Apple and Adobe pt-BR: grade. Glyphs 3 has grelha, which is European. | |
| Groups | Grupos | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) (Grupos de kerning), Apple and InDesign. | |
| guide | guia | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and InDesign pt-BR: guia, feminine (a guia). | |
| kerning mode | modo de kerning | proposed | No attestation; derived from kerning. | |
| Knife | Faca | proposed | Illustrator pt-BR: Faca; the real tool's name. | |
| layer | camada | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and Adobe pt-BR: camada. | |
| Layers | Camadas | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and Adobe pt-BR: Camadas. | |
| mark | marca | proposed | FontForge pt: marca. Glyphs 3 has acento, which is too narrow for marks that are not accents. | |
| Masks | Máscaras | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) (Máscara) and Adobe pt-BR. | |
| match | casar | proposed | House voice: casar is the plain Brazilian verb for making things match (as in casamento de padrões) and ties in with Casamenteiro. Corresponder is the neutral alternative. | |
| matching | que casam | proposed | Derived from casar, as Spanish que casan. Correspondente is the neutral alternative. | |
| Matchmaker | master matcher | Casamenteiro | proposed | House-voice name: the plain word for a matchmaker, as Spanish Casamentero and Polish Swatka. |
| measurement line | linha de medição | proposed | No attestation; derived from medida/medição and kept apart from métricas. | |
| measurements | medidas | proposed | No attestation; canvas measurements, kept distinct from métricas (spacing). | |
| Measurements panel | Medidas | proposed | No attestation; panel name kept as short as the English and distinct from Métricas. | |
| merge | mesclar | proposed | Adobe and Microsoft pt-BR: mesclar. | |
| mesh | malha | proposed | Illustrator and Photoshop pt-BR: malha. | |
| metrics mode | modo de métricas | proposed | No attestation; derived from métricas. | |
| metrics table | tabela de métricas | proposed | No attestation; derived from métricas. | |
| metrics tool | ferramenta de métricas | proposed | No attestation; derived from métricas. | |
| monospaced | monoespaçado | proposed | Usual Brazilian adjective (fonte monoespaçada); Font Book's largura fixa is a different phrase. | |
| multi-line | multilinha | proposed | InDesign pt-BR: multilinha. | |
| nonspacing | zero-width | sem avanço | proposed | No usable attestation (Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) has the broken Não espaço); fallback translated with avanço. |
| Nudge | push move | Empurrãozinho | proposed | House-voice name: dar um empurrãozinho is the Brazilian idiom for a nudge, parallel to Spanish Empujoncito; Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) uses empurrar nós. Blender's cutucar is a poke that does not move. |
| Oblique | Oblíquo | proposed | Apple and InDesign pt-BR style name; fixed name for this operation. | |
| panel | painel | proposed | Apple and Adobe pt-BR: painel. | |
| Pencil | Lápis | proposed | Illustrator and Apple pt-BR: Lápis; the real tool's name. | |
| Power Brush | power calligraphic brush | Superpincel | proposed | House-voice name: super carries the cartoon-superhero wink of Power. Rejected potente and poderoso, which read as a rating. |
| Power Guide | power guideline | Superguia | proposed | House-voice name, same super prefix as the other Power names. |
| Power Nudge | power push move | Superempurrão | proposed | House-voice name: the super counterpart of Empurrãozinho. |
| Power Stroke | power stroke outline | Supertraço | proposed | House-voice name, derived from traço. Inkscape's traço variável is a description. |
| project | projeto | approved | Team agreement recovered from Proteus QPH on 2026-10-04. Project names the editable document; do not replace it with package. | |
| property bar | barra de propriedades | proposed | Usual pt-BR software term (CorelDRAW). | |
| quick measurement | medição rápida | proposed | No attestation; derived from medição. | |
| 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 | refazer | proposed | Platform command in macOS and Windows pt-BR. | |
| reference | referência | proposed | Apple and Microsoft pt-BR: referência. | |
| Remove Overlap | merge overlapping contours | remover sobreposição | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): Remover sobreposição. |
| repeat | repetir | proposed | Apple and Adobe pt-BR: repetir; distinct from refazer. | |
| reverse contour | flip drawing direction | inverter sentido do contorno | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) has reverter contorno, but reverter means to revert; inverter with sentido follows the reviewed languages. |
| Scissors | Tesoura | proposed | Illustrator and Apple pt-BR: Tesoura; the real tool's name. | |
| Servant node | Follower node | nó seguidor | proposed | Follower node rendered as a node that follows movement, as Spanish nodo seguidor. |
| Sigma | Sigma | do-not-translate | ||
| Sketchboard | scratch canvas | prancheta | proposed | House-voice name: prancheta is the everyday drawing board. Note that Illustrator pt-BR uses prancheta for artboard. |
| Skin | wrapping outline | casca | proposed | House-voice name: casca is the peel that wraps a fruit, as Polish skórka. Pele is the alternative; the loan skin means a software theme in Brazil. |
| smart | clever | esperto | proposed | House voice: esperto is the plain Brazilian word for clever with a hint of cunning. Never inteligente; astuto is too literary. |
| Smart Corner | clever corner | canto esperto | proposed | Derived from esperto and canto (Glyphs 3 (pt-BR)). |
| Smart Filter | Filtro esperto | proposed | Named glyph-selection filter; not a graphical live effect. Match this term in the Font window, Aidus settings, dialogs and help. | |
| spacing controls | side space handles | controles de espaçamento | proposed | No attestation; derived from espaçamento. |
| sticker | adesivo | proposed | The plain Brazilian word for a sticker; etiqueta is the color flag. | |
| tab | aba | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) and Font Book pt-BR: Nova aba. Tabulação is the tab character. | |
| text element | text block | elemento de texto | proposed | Derived from elemento. |
| thickness | espessura | proposed | Microsoft and Adobe pt-BR: espessura; kept apart from peso. | |
| Transform | transformar | proposed | Illustrator and InDesign pt-BR: Transformar. | |
| transformation | transformação | proposed | Standard pt-BR term in GIMP and Microsoft. | |
| True Fill | final black rendering | Preto no branco | proposed | House-voice name: the idiom means the plain truth set down, and the view shows the final black fill. The descriptive alternative is Preenchimento real. |
| uncheck | desmarcar | proposed | Apple and Microsoft pt-BR: desmarcar. | |
| Vexy coins | Vexy coins | do-not-translate | ||
| waterfall | size ladder preview | cascata | proposed | Font Book pt-BR: Cascata. |
| weight | peso | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR), Apple and Glyphs 3 (pt-BR): peso; espessura is the measured thickness. | |
| whitespace | espaço em branco | proposed | InDesign and Microsoft pt-BR: espaço em branco. |
Vector drawing¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Portuguese (Brazil) | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearance panel | painel Aparência | proposed | Illustrator pt-BR names the panel Aparência. | |
| autotrace | bitmap to outline conversion | vetorizar | proposed | Vetorizar is the everyday Brazilian design verb for tracing a bitmap into outlines; Inkscape's traçamento automático is rejected as a calque. |
| centerline | linha central | proposed | Microsoft Visio pt-BR: linha central; plain geometric term. | |
| clipping mask | máscara de recorte | proposed | Illustrator and Photoshop pt-BR: máscara de recorte. | |
| control point | control handle point | ponto de controle | proposed | Final Cut Pro, Motion and QCAD pt-BR: ponto de controle (Brazilian spelling, not controlo). |
| Fill Grid | grid of fill lines | grade de preenchimento | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated with the Brazilian grade. |
| fill mode | line fill style | modo de preenchimento | proposed | Krita, Blender and Motion pt-BR: modo de preenchimento. |
| G2 continuity | continuidade G2 | proposed | Standard mathematical term. | |
| Live Effect | editable effect | efeito dinâmico | proposed | No firm attestation; follows the reviewed languages (dynamic). Check against the Illustrator pt-BR wording before approval. |
| off-curve point | point off the curve | ponto fora da curva | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated. |
| on-curve point | point on the curve | ponto na curva | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated. |
| outline | contorno | proposed | Glyphs 3 (pt-BR) (Preencher contornos) and Bringhurst (BR). Portuguese has one word for outline and contour. | |
| stroke | traço | proposed | Bringhurst, Elementos do estilo tipográfico (BR) and O traço (Noordzij) use traço for the stroke of a letter and Glyphs 3 has Expandir traço. Illustrator pt-BR says traçado; traço is kept as the shorter type-design word. | |
| stroke cap | stroke end cap | arremate do traço | proposed | InDesign and Illustrator pt-BR call the cap arremate; traço replaces Adobe's traçado. |
| stroke join | stroke corner shape | junção do traço | proposed | InDesign pt-BR calls the join junção; derived from traço. |
| tangent node | straight-to-curve node | nó tangente | proposed | No attestation; translated literally from nó. |
| tonal map | darkness map | mapa tonal | proposed | No attestation; translated literally. |
| Tunni line | linha de Tunni | proposed | Eponym with the Portuguese preposition. |