Turkish

tr, tier B, Türkçe. 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	Turkish	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	Turkish	Translation status	Notes
ascender	upward extension	yukarı uzantı	proposed	Sarıkavak's textbook term (Yukarı Uzantılar), also in the MEB graphics textbook and İgit 2022. Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim» has üst uzantı; Glyphs 3 (tr) Çıkış Hattı names the metric line, not the letter part.
baseline	writing line	taban çizgisi	proposed	The term of the typography literature (Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim», university course notes) and Apple. Glyphs 3 (tr) has taban hattı; Adobe's satır taban çizgisi is longer.
bowl	round belly	çanak	proposed	Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim» uses çanak for the bowl of g and Q. Apple's Kâse is a general-software literalism.
cap height	capital-letter height	büyük harf yüksekliği	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) and Adobe.
character		karakter	proposed	Universal (Adobe, Apple, Glyphs); Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim» keeps karakter distinct from glif.
contour		kontur	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Konturu Ters Çevir) and general graphics software. Adobe uses kontur for stroke; here stroke is çizgi so the two stay apart.
counter	enclosed white space	iç boşluk	proposed	The term of Turkish typography teaching (Sarıkavak, İgit 2022, university course notes: İç Boşluk (Counter)). Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim» has kapatılmış alan; the corpus pick Sayaç is the office sense and wrong.
descender	downward extension	aşağı uzantı	proposed	Sarıkavak's textbook term (Aşağı Uzantılar), also İgit 2022. Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim» has alt uzantı; Glyphs 3 (tr) İniş Hattı names the metric line.
diacritical mark	combining mark	diyakritik işaret	proposed	MSGSÜ type-design theses use diyakritik işaretler; işaret matches Glyphs 3 (tr) Mark.
em	type body	em	proposed	Adobe's Turkish help and university typography notes keep em (em karesi for the square). The old composing-room word katrat names the metal quad and is no longer used by digital type designers.
extremum	local extreme point	ekstremum	proposed	Turkish mathematical term (ekstremum noktası). Uç nokta is rejected: it reads as endpoint and uç is the terminal.
glyph		glif	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe (Glifler paneli), Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim» and the MSGSÜ theses. Apple's karakter şekli and FontForge's sembol are rejected.
handle		tutamaç	proposed	Adobe Illustrator's Turkish help calls Bézier handles tutamaç; the corpus pick Tut is a verb and wrong.
ink trap	ink relief notch	mürekkep tuzağı	proposed	No textbook attestation; the literal compound is what Turkish design blogs use for ink trap. GPT proposed mürekkep kapanı, also unattested.
italic angle	slant angle	italik açısı	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (İtalik Açısı).
lining figures	capital-height figures	satır içi rakamlar	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Satıriçi Rakamlar), spelled as two words per TDK. Apple CoreText has hizalı rakamlar.
node		düğüm	proposed	Inkscape, Krita and the dergipark variable-font article (dış çizgi düğümleri). Glyphs 3 (tr) uses Nokta, kept here for point so that node and point stay distinct.
overshoot	optical surplus	optik taşma	proposed	No fixed Turkish term; course books describe round letters as taşan/taşırılır. Fallback 'optical surplus' translated; optik also keeps it apart from taşma payı, the print bleed.
proportional figures	natural-width figures	orantılı rakamlar	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr).
segment		parça	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Parça Uzunluğu for Segment Length). The loan segment is the CAD alternative.
serif		serif	proposed	The loan dominates current writing (Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim», university notes: serifli/serifsiz). The traditional tırnak (İgit 2022) is avoided because Tırnak is also the quotation mark, a glyph name in the same interface; Apple's çentik is not a type term.
sharp		keskin	proposed	Adobe and Glyphs 3 (tr) (Köşeyi Keskinleştir).
sharp node		keskin düğüm	proposed	Derived from keskin and düğüm.
stem	main stroke	gövde	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Gövde, Yeni Gövde), Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim» and İgit 2022 (Ana vurgu/Gövde). Dikme is not attested for type.
swash	flourish	süslü harf	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Bağlamsal Süslü Harf) and Adobe. Glyphs' other rendering Çalkantı and Apple's dalga translate the sea sense of swash.
terminal	stroke ending	uç	proposed	Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim» renders terminals as uçlar, and a Turkish academic chapter has uç (terminal). The corpus pick Terminal is the computing sense.
UPM	units per type body	UPM	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) keeps UPM even for Units per Em. In prose expand it as em başına birim. 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	kontur yönü	proposed	Fallback 'drawing direction' translated on the German and Polish model; yön as in Glyphs 3 (tr) (Yönü Ayarla).
x-height	small-letter height	x-yüksekliği	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim» and university course notes all hyphenate it; TDK orthography would write x yüksekliği.

Font engineering

English term	Fallback original term	Turkish	Translation status	Notes
advance height		ilerleme yüksekliği	proposed	No attestation in Glyphs or the books; built as the vertical twin of ilerleme genişliği so the advance family stays consistent.
advance width	glyph box width	ilerleme genişliği	proposed	No Turkish type source names it apart from plain Genişlik (Glyphs 3 tr); ilerleme genişliği is the literal rendering of the OpenType term and keeps it distinct from geometric width and the width axis. GPT second opinion agrees.
alignment zone	height band for snapping	hizalama alanı	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) has Hizalama Alanları for Alignment Zones. Bölge would be the more natural word for zone but is unattested here.
anchor	attachment point	çıpa	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) uses Çıpa for the mark attachment point (Çıpa Ekle, Çıpaları Göster); Microsoft uses the same word for object anchors. Adobe's bağlantı noktası is rejected because it names a path node, which would merge anchor and node.
anti-aliasing	edge smoothing	kenar yumuşatma	proposed	Established in Adobe and open-source graphics software (Inkscape, GIMP, Krita).
autohinting	automatic screen fitting	otomatik hinting	proposed	Derived from hinting, kept as a loan; Glyphs' otomatik iz is rejected with iz.
axis		eksen	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe, Apple and the dergipark articles on variable fonts all use eksen.
axis map	axis value mapping	eksen eşlemesi	proposed	Eşleme is the standard Turkish software word for mapping (Microsoft, Adobe). Glyphs 3 (tr) Eksen İzdeşimleri is obscure and rejected.
bottom sidebearing		alt boşluk	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) abbreviates BSB as ALB (alt boşluk); yan is dropped because the space is not at the side.
component		bileşen	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe and Apple.
composite glyph	assembled glyph	bileşik glif	proposed	Fallback 'assembled glyph' translated; Glyphs 3 (tr) has Bileşim/Birleşim for Composite, bileşik is the adjective of the same root as bileşen.
conversion profile	export settings set	dönüştürme profili	proposed	No attestation; fallback translated on the Polish model (profil konwersji).
CVT table		CVT tablosu	proposed	Tag protected, noun translated; tablo is the word Glyphs 3 (tr) and FontForge use for font tables.
design space	variation range	tasarım alanı	proposed	Attested in the dergipark article on OpenType variable fonts (tasarım alanı, çeşitleme tasarım alanı). Tasarım uzayı is the mathematical alternative.
device correction	per-size pixel correction	boyut düzeltmesi	proposed	No attestation; fallback 'per-size pixel correction' translated, as German and Polish did.
dimensions		ölçüler	proposed	Chosen to stay distinct from boyut (size); Glyphs 3 (tr) labels its Dimensions palette Boyutlar, which would merge the two.
element		öğe	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Öğeleri Taşı), Adobe, Apple and Microsoft all write öğe; TDK's öge is rare in software.
element reference	shared drawing link	öğe referansı	proposed	Derived from öğe and referans.
family dimensions		aile ölçüleri	proposed	Derived from ölçüler (dimensions) and aile, the word Glyphs 3 (tr) and Apple use for family.
Flex		Flex	proposed	Fixed PostScript hint name, kept as in German and Polish. Glyphs 3 (tr) Esnek is rejected because the definition says to keep the name.
font dimensions		font ölçüleri	proposed	Derived from ölçüler (dimensions); font is the word of Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe and Apple.
font target	export target	hedef font	proposed	No attestation; fallback 'export target' translated on the Polish model (font docelowy).
font unit		font birimi	proposed	No attestation; literal, with font as in Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe and Apple rather than Microsoft's yazı tipi.
fractional coordinates	non-integer coordinates	kesirli koordinatlar	proposed	No attestation; fallback translated, kesir as in Kesirler.
friendly glyph name	readable glyph name	okunaklı glif adı	proposed	Fallback 'readable glyph name' translated. Glyphs 3 (tr) calls its nice names Güzel İsimler, a different product's coinage.
ghost hint	edge-only fitting instruction	hayalet hint	proposed	Derived from hint with the literal hayalet; Glyphs 3 (tr) has gölge iz, rejected together with iz.
hint	screen fitting instruction	hint	proposed	The glossary definition says the word stays English in every language; Turkish type writing also keeps it. Glyphs 3 (tr) iz, and ipucu (Sarıkavak, Microsoft), are rejected: ipucu is the interface word for a tip.
hint zone	hinting height band	hint alanı	proposed	Derived from hint and from alan, the Glyphs 3 (tr) word for zone.
hinting	screen fitting	hinting	proposed	Kept as a professional loan, used so in Turkish type writing (Manifold, MSGSÜ theses) and consistent with hint. Glyphs' iz işaretleme is rejected.
instance	generated design	örnek	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Örnek Ekle), Adobe, Microsoft and the dergipark variable-font article (adlandırılmış örnek).
interpolation		interpolasyon	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (İnterpolasyon) and the MSGSÜ type-design theses. Adobe writes enterpolasyon, the TDK spelling; ara değerleme is the purist alternative.
kern exception	pair spacing exception	kerning istisnası	proposed	Derived from kerning; no separate attestation.
kerning	pair spacing correction	kerning	proposed	The loan is what Turkish typography writing uses (Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim», MSGSÜ theses 'kerning ayarları', course books). Glyphs 3 (tr) has Uyumlama and Adobe Karakter Aralığı; the latter back-translates as character spacing and blurs kerning with tracking.
kerning class	pair spacing group	kerning sınıfı	proposed	Derived from kerning; sınıf as in Glyphs 3 (tr) Uyumlama Sınıfı.
kerning pair	spacing-corrected pair	kerning çifti	proposed	Derived from kerning; çift is the Glyphs 3 (tr) word for a pair (%@ çift).
left sidebearing		sol yan boşluk	proposed	Derived from yan boşluk (Glyphs 3 (tr)); Glyphs abbreviates it SOB. 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 dictionary, kept as in German and Polish.
line gap		satır boşluğu	proposed	No type-design attestation; literal, and kept apart from satır aralığı, the layout term for leading.
line height		satır yüksekliği	proposed	Standard Turkish software and CSS term.
link metrics	tie spacing to another glyph	metrikleri bağla	proposed	No attestation; fallback translated, bağla being the plain verb for tying one thing to another.
linked metrics		bağlı metrikler	proposed	Derived from metrikleri bağla.
mark attachment	combining mark positioning	işaret konumlama	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (İşaret Konumlama for Mark Positioning).
master	source design	master	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) keeps master, and so do the MSGSÜ theses (master çizimleri). Sarıkavak-style ana kopya/kalıp and the office-suite ana belge are rejected.
master compatibility	matching master structure	master uyumluluğu	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Master Uyumluluğu).
metrics		metrikler	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Metrikler, Dikey Metrikler).
metrics expression		metrik ifadesi	proposed	Derived from metrik; ifade is the standard word for an expression.
metrics key		metrik anahtarı	proposed	Literal and transparent. Glyphs 3 (tr) has Metrik Kodları for Metrics Keys, rejected because kod suggests code.
pin		pim	proposed	English term: draft. Proposed form retained from the current FontLab main menu and pin controls. A pin is a named positioning point, distinct from an anchor used for glyph attachment.
PPM	pixels per type body	PPM	proposed	Abbreviation kept, as Apple and vector software do; in prose expand it as em başına piksel. 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	üretim glif adı	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) has Üretim İsimleri / Yapım İsmi for production names; üretim is the clearer of the two.
rendering	drawing on screen	görüntü oluşturma	proposed	Adobe and Microsoft wording for rendering as a process; the colloquial render is avoided.
required glyphs	mandatory glyphs	gerekli glifler	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) renders Required as Gerekli (Gerekli Bağlı Harfler).
right sidebearing		sağ yan boşluk	proposed	Derived from yan boşluk (Glyphs 3 (tr)); Glyphs abbreviates it SAB. 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	yan boşluk	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Yan boşluklara hizala).
size		boyut	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) and Adobe. Punto is the text size in points only.
spacing		espaslama	proposed	Espas is the profession's word for letter space (Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim»: espas bırakma; university notes: espaslama). Glyphs 3 (tr) has Aralama.
standard stem	reference stem width	standart gövde	proposed	Derived from gövde.
stem link	stem tie	gövde bağlantısı	proposed	No attestation; fallback 'stem tie' translated.
styling group name		stil grubu adı	proposed	No attestation; literal, stil as in Glyphs 3 (tr) (Stil İsmi).
subsetting	cutting down a font	alt küme oluşturma	proposed	Apple Font Book (alt kümesi oluşturulamaz). Glyphs' Alt Ayar is a mistranslation.
top sidebearing		üst boşluk	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) abbreviates TSB as ÜSB (üst boşluk); yan is dropped because the space is not at the side.
tracking	uniform letter spacing	harf espası	proposed	Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim» and university course notes use harf espası / harf arası espası for uniform letter spacing. Adobe's izleme is a calque of the verb to track and is rejected.
TrueType instruction	pixel fitting instruction	TrueType yönergesi	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) renders instructions as yönerge (düşük seviyeli yönergeler).
typographic family name		tipografik aile adı	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Tipografik Aile İsimleri), with ad for name as in glif adı.
update metrics		metrikleri güncelle	proposed	Derived from metrikler; güncelle as in Glyphs 3 (tr) (Update).
variable font		değişken font	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe and the dergipark article on variable fonts. MSGSÜ theses also say değişken yazı karakteri.
variation location	position in the variation range	varyasyon konumu	proposed	No fixed term; konum is the word of the dergipark variable-font article for a location in the design space. Glyphs uses çeşitleme for variation.
vertical advance	glyph box height	dikey ilerleme	proposed	Derived from ilerleme genişliği; Glyphs 3 (tr) has Dikey Genişlik.
vertical metrics		dikey metrikler	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr).
visual kerning	shape-measured spacing correction	görsel kerning	proposed	Derived from kerning.
weight axis	thickness axis	ağırlık ekseni	proposed	Derived from ağırlık and eksen.
weight class		ağırlık sınıfı	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Ağırlık Sınıfı).
width axis	narrow-to-wide axis	genişlik ekseni	proposed	Derived from genişlik and eksen.
width class		genişlik sınıfı	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Genişlik Sınıfı).

OpenType

English term	Fallback original term	Turkish	Translation status	Notes
Adobe Glyph List		Adobe Glyph List	do-not-translate
alternate glyph	glyph variant	alternatif glif	proposed	Derived from alternatif and glif, both in Glyphs 3 (tr); Apple CoreText also uses Alternatifler.
cmap		cmap	do-not-translate
code page	legacy character table	kod sayfası	proposed	Standard Turkish computing term; Glyphs 3 (tr) has Kodsayfaları, written as two words per TDK.
color font table		renkli font tablosu	proposed	No attestation; composed from font and tablo as in Polish.
contextual alternates	context-dependent variants	bağlamsal alternatifler	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe and Apple CoreText all use Bağlamsal Alternatifler.
cursive attachment	joined-script connection	el yazısı bitiştirme	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) renders the GPOS feature Cursive Positioning as El Yazısı Bitiştirme.
design languages		tasarım dilleri	proposed	No attestation; literal translation of the meta table record name.
encoding		kodlama	proposed	FontForge (tr), Adobe, Apple and Microsoft.
feature code	layout rule code	özellik kodu	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (özellik kodu üreticisi).
fractions		kesirler	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe and Apple CoreText.
glyph index	glyph number	glif dizini	proposed	Apple Font Book uses dizin for index (Karakter Dizini ve Adı); glif replaces Apple's karakter şekli.
glyph name		glif adı	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) has Glif İsmi; ad is the shorter synonym that Apple uses (Font adı, Aile adı) and it compounds better.
GPOS		GPOS	do-not-translate
GSUB		GSUB	do-not-translate
ligature	joined letters	ligatür	proposed	The loan of the profession: Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim», the MSGSÜ theses (stilistik ligatürler) and the foundry name Ligatür. Glyphs 3 (tr) Bağlı Harfler and Apple Birleşik Harfler are plural descriptions that do not work as a singular noun.
localized forms	language-specific variants	yerel formlar	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) name of the locl feature.
lookup	procedure	yordam	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	işaret glifi	proposed	Derived from işaret and glif.
nonspacing mark	zero-width combining mark	boşluksuz işaret	proposed	Derived from boşluksuz and işaret.
oldstyle figures	lowercase-style figures	eski stil rakamlar	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) and Apple CoreText (Eski stil rakamlar).
OpenType class	layout glyph group	OpenType sınıfı	proposed	Name protected, noun translated; sınıf as in Glyphs 3 (tr).
OpenType feature	layout feature	OpenType özelliği	proposed	Adobe and Glyphs 3 (tr).
OS/2 table		OS/2 tablosu	proposed	Tag protected, noun translated.
Private Use Area		Private Use Area	do-not-translate
single substitution		tekli değiştirme	proposed	No fixed term; Glyphs 3 (tr) wavers between Değiştirim and Ornatım for substitution, Apple has değişim. The plain verbal noun is used.
small caps	small capitals	küçük büyük harf	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe and Apple CoreText.
stylistic set		stilistik set	proposed	Adobe's OpenType panel and MSGSÜ theses use stilistik; Glyphs 3 (tr) has Biçimsel Set, Apple Stilistik Küme.
tabular figures	equal-width figures	tablo rakamları	proposed	Apple CoreText (Tablo rakamları); Glyphs 3 (tr) has the ungrammatical Tablo Rakamlar.
Unicode codepoint	character code	Unicode kod noktası	proposed	Standard Turkish rendering of code point; Unicode stays a proper name.
variation selector	variant picker character	varyasyon seçici	proposed	Unicode name as rendered in Apple's Turkish character names (Varyasyon Seçiciler).
writing system		yazı sistemi	proposed	Standard linguistic and operating-system term.

File formats

English term	Fallback original term	Turkish	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	Turkish	Translation status	Notes
action		eylem	proposed	Adobe (Illustrator, InDesign) and Apple use Eylem for an invokable action; İşlem is the general word for an operation and is left free for prose.
add		ekle	proposed	Universal in Glyphs 3 (tr), FontForge, Adobe and Apple.
alternate		alternatif	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Apple Font Book and CoreText all use Alternatif.
anchor cloud	attachment point cloud	çıpa bulutu	proposed	No attestation; fallback translated, derived from çıpa.
auto layer	recipe-built layer	otomatik katman	proposed	No attestation; fallback translated from otomatik and katman, following Glyphs' Otomatik pattern.
autohint		otomatik hint ekle	proposed	The command, built on the Glyphs 3 (tr) pattern Otomatik İz / İz Ekle with the loan hint that the glossary keeps in every language. A coined verb hintlemek is unattested and avoided.
Brush		Fırça	proposed	The real tool's name; Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe and Apple.
collapse		daralt	proposed	The most frequent rendering in the corpus (Microsoft, open source); German and Polish also took the interface word for collapse. Birleştir is rejected because the nodes are not merged.
color flag	color mark	renk etiketi	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) calls the same glyph annotation Renk Etiketi (Color Label). Bayrak is rejected: Glyphs uses it for the flag emoji category.
corner angles		köşe açıları	proposed	No attestation; literal, with köşe and açı from Glyphs 3 (tr).
cousins	related glyphs alongside	kuzenler	proposed	House-voice name: the plain family word, plural as in English. No attestation needed; fallback is 'related glyphs alongside'.
crop		kırp	proposed	Adobe, Apple and Microsoft.
cubic		kübik	proposed	Standard in vector software and mathematics (kübik Bézier).
current		geçerli	proposed	Adobe and Microsoft use Geçerli for the active item; güncel means up to date and is rejected.
cusp		sivri nokta	proposed	No type-design attestation; sivri nokta is the Turkish mathematical term for a cusp. Kept apart from keskin (sharp).
decompose	break into contours	ayrıştır	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Bileşenleri Ayrıştır).
default		varsayılan	proposed	Adobe and Microsoft; the word most users expect. Apple and Glyphs 3 (tr) use saptanmış, which is the macOS platform word.
demo mode		demo modu	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Demo Modunda Çalışıyor).
dialog		iletişim kutusu	proposed	Microsoft and open-source standard. Apple's sorgu kutusu is macOS-only.
Dream Up	generate shapes	Hayal Et	proposed	House-voice name: the plain verb for dreaming something up, like Polish wyczaruj. The corpus fallback Şekil Oluşturun is a description, not a name.
echo text	repeated text	metni tekrarla	proposed	No attestation; fallback 'repeated text' translated with tekrarla, the verb chosen for repeat.
Eraser		Silgi	proposed	The real tool's name; Adobe and Apple.
expand filter	bake filter into contours	filtreyi kontura çevir	proposed	No attestation; fallback 'bake filter into contours' translated. Çevir is used for conversion so that dönüştür stays reserved for Transform.
expand stroke	bake stroke into contours	çizgiyi kontura çevir	proposed	No attestation; fallback 'bake stroke into contours' translated, parallel to the other expand commands. Glyphs' Anahattı Genişlet is a literal calque of expand.
expand transformation	bake transformation into contours	dönüşümü kontura çevir	proposed	No attestation; fallback 'bake transformation into contours' translated, parallel to the other expand commands.
feature		özellik	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Özellikler), Adobe (OpenType özellikleri). The same word also renders property; context separates them.
Fills		Dolgular	proposed	Adobe's Dolgu, plural as a panel/section name.
FontAudit		FontAudit	do-not-translate
FontLab account		FontLab hesabı	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	Kaynakçı	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	Dâhi düğüm	proposed	House-voice name: dâhi is the plain Turkish word for a genius. German and Polish kept Genius; the circumflex distinguishes it from dahi (even).
grid		ızgara	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe and Apple.
Groups		Gruplar	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Uyumlama Grupları), Adobe and Apple.
guide		kılavuz	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Kılavuz Ekle) and Adobe.
kerning mode		kerning modu	proposed	Derived from kerning; mod as in Glyphs 3 (tr).
Knife		Bıçak	proposed	The real tool's name; Glyphs 3 (tr) and Adobe.
layer		katman	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) and Adobe.
Layers		Katmanlar	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) and Adobe.
mark		işaret	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (İşaret, İşaretler).
Masks		Maskeler	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Maske) and Adobe.
match		eşleştir	proposed	The corpus alternative with the right sense (Blender, general software); the top pick Kibrit is the matchstick.
matching		eşleşen	proposed	Apple; derived from the same root as eşleştir.
Matchmaker	master matcher	Çöpçatan	proposed	House-voice name: the village matchmaker, as Polish took swat. Fallback is 'master matcher'; GPT's eşleştirici is a description without the joke.
measurement line		ölçüm çizgisi	proposed	Derived from ölçüm (Glyphs 3 (tr) Measurement).
measurements		ölçümler	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) has Ölçüm for Measurement.
Measurements panel		Ölçümler paneli	proposed	Derived from ölçümler and panel.
merge		birleştir	proposed	FontForge (tr), Adobe, Apple and Microsoft.
mesh		ağ	proposed	Adobe's Turkish word for mesh (degrade ağı); keeps it apart from ızgara (grid).
metrics mode		metrik modu	proposed	Derived from metrik and mod.
metrics table		metrik tablosu	proposed	Derived from metrik and tablo.
metrics tool		metrik aracı	proposed	Derived from metrik; araç is the Glyphs and Adobe word for a tool.
monospaced		eşit aralıklı	proposed	Apple Font Book and Fontmatrix.
multi-line		çok satırlı	proposed	Adobe and Microsoft.
nonspacing	zero-width	boşluksuz	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Nonspacing category).
Nudge	push move	İteleme	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) has Noktaları İtele for Nudge Nodes; itelemek is the everyday verb for a small push. The corpus pick Dürtmek means to poke.
Oblique		Oblique	proposed	Fixed FontLab operation name; the definition says to keep it. Eğik (Apple) names any slant.
panel		panel	proposed	Adobe, Apple and Glyphs 3 (tr).
Pencil		Kurşun Kalem	proposed	Adobe's name for the Pencil tool; plain Kalem is its Pen tool. Glyphs 3 (tr) has Kalem Aracı.
Power Brush	power calligraphic brush	Süper Fırça	proposed	House-voice name: süper is the cartoon-superhero word and keeps the wink. Güçlü Fırça (strong brush) reads as a rating; Güç Fırçası is the alternative.
Power Guide	power guideline	Süper Kılavuz	proposed	House-voice name, same süper as the other Power names; kılavuz from Glyphs 3 (tr).
Power Nudge	power push move	Süper İteleme	proposed	House-voice name derived from İteleme with the playful süper; GPT proposed güçlü dürtme.
Power Stroke	power stroke outline	Süper Çizgi	proposed	House-voice name derived from çizgi. The corpus has Güçlü kontur from general vector software.
project		proje	approved	Team agreement recovered from Proteus QPH on 2026-10-04. Project names the editable document; do not replace it with package.
property bar		özellik çubuğu	proposed	Standard interface Turkish (özellik, araç çubuğu); no type-specific attestation.
quick measurement		hızlı ölçüm	proposed	Derived from ölçüm; no separate attestation.
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		yinele	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe and Apple.
reference		referans	proposed	Adobe and Apple; başvuru is Microsoft's word for a bibliographic reference.
Remove Overlap	merge overlapping contours	Örtüşmeyi Kaldır	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr).
repeat		tekrarla	proposed	Common alternative in the corpus; chosen because yinele is taken by redo.
reverse contour	flip drawing direction	konturu ters çevir	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Konturu Ters Çevir).
Scissors		Makas	proposed	The real tool's name; Adobe and Apple.
Servant node	Follower node	Takipçi düğüm	proposed	The Follower node of the principles page: takipçi is the plain word for one that follows. No attestation; fallback translated.
Sigma		Sigma	do-not-translate
Sketchboard	scratch canvas	Eskiz Panosu	proposed	House-voice name: eskiz is the designer's everyday word for a sketch and pano the board. Karalama defteri is the homelier alternative.
Skin	wrapping outline	Kabuk	proposed	House-voice name: the peel or shell that wraps something, as Polish took skórka. Adobe's cilt/deri is human skin; GPT proposed kaplama.
smart	clever	kurnaz	proposed	House voice: the plain word for clever with fox-like cunning, parallel to German schlau and Spanish astuto. Akıllı (Glyphs, Apple) is the smart-device and AI word; uyanık first reads as awake, cin fikirli is too long for compounds.
Smart Corner	clever corner	Kurnaz Köşe	proposed	Derived from kurnaz; köşe from Glyphs 3 (tr).
Smart Filter		Kurnaz Filtre	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	yan boşluk tutamaçları	proposed	No attestation; fallback 'side space handles' translated from the chosen yan boşluk and tutamaç.
sticker		çıkartma	proposed	Apple and Adobe; the everyday word for a sticker.
tab		sekme	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Adobe, Apple and Microsoft.
text element	text block	metin öğesi	proposed	Derived from öğe; Apple has the same compound.
thickness		kalınlık	proposed	Universal for a measured thickness; ağırlık is reserved for weight.
Transform		Dönüştür	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) and Adobe.
transformation		dönüşüm	proposed	Vector-software standard; the noun of dönüştür.
True Fill	final black rendering	Has Dolgu	proposed	House-voice name: has is the folksy word for the genuine article, so the name keeps a wink where Gerçek Dolgu (GPT's choice) only describes. Fallback is 'final black rendering'.
uncheck		işareti kaldır	proposed	Apple and Microsoft.
Vexy coins		Vexy coins	do-not-translate
waterfall	size ladder preview	şelale	proposed	Apple Font Book and Fontmatrix use Şelale for the size ladder preview.
weight		ağırlık	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr), Apple CoreText axis names and Garfield, «Tam Benim Tipim». Kalınlık is kept for measured thickness.
whitespace		boşluk karakteri	proposed	Adobe has plain boşluk; karakteri is added because boşluk alone also names sidebearings and gaps here.

Vector drawing

English term	Fallback original term	Turkish	Translation status	Notes
Appearance panel		Görünüm paneli	proposed	Adobe Illustrator's Turkish name of the panel.
autotrace	bitmap to outline conversion	otomatik vektörleştirme	proposed	Attested in vector software (Inkscape/CorelDRAW family); names what the command does. Adobe's görüntü izleme is a calque of trace.
centerline		merkez çizgisi	proposed	No attestation; translated literally. Orta çizgi is avoided because the typography literature uses it for the mean line.
clipping mask		kırpma maskesi	proposed	Adobe Illustrator's Turkish term.
control point	control handle point	kontrol noktası	proposed	Attested in Blender and QCAD; denetim noktası (Microsoft) is the purist alternative.
Fill Grid	grid of fill lines	Dolgu Izgarası	proposed	Panel area name, both words capitalized as in English; dolgu (Adobe) plus ızgara (Glyphs, Adobe).
fill mode	line fill style	dolgu modu	proposed	Dolgu is Adobe's noun for fill; mod follows Glyphs 3 (tr) (Liste Modu). Kip is the purist alternative.
G2 continuity		G2 sürekliliği	proposed	Mathematical term; süreklilik is the Turkish word for continuity.
Live Effect	editable effect	Canlı Efekt	proposed	Illustrator feature name; Adobe's Turkish uses efekt, and canlı is its word for live features.
off-curve point	point off the curve	eğri dışı nokta	proposed	No attestation; fallback 'point off the curve' translated.
on-curve point	point on the curve	eğri üstü nokta	proposed	No attestation; fallback 'point on the curve' translated.
outline		anahat	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Anahatları doldur) and Adobe (Anahat Oluştur). Sarıkavak's dış çizgi is the purist alternative.
stroke		çizgi	proposed	Glyphs 3 (tr) (Çizgi, Çizgi Yap); Adobe's help heading also pairs çizgi with kontur. Adobe's kontur is rejected because kontur is the contour here.
stroke cap	stroke end cap	çizgi ucu	proposed	Derived from çizgi; Adobe has Kontur Ucu with its own word for stroke.
stroke join	stroke corner shape	çizgi birleşimi	proposed	Derived from çizgi; Adobe calls the join types birleşim.
tangent node	straight-to-curve node	teğet düğüm	proposed	Derived from düğüm; teğet is the geometric term, attested in vector software.
tonal map	darkness map	ton haritası	proposed	No attestation; literal, as in Polish (mapa tonalna).
Tunni line		Tunni çizgisi	proposed	Eponym kept, noun translated.