Chinese (Traditional)¶
zh-hant, tier B, 繁體中文. 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.
This table is generated from the core translation memory localization/zh-hant-core.tmx, the canonical data for Chinese (Traditional) terminology. Edit the memory, not this page.
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 Chinese (Traditional) localization guide explains the reasoning behind the less obvious choices and the rules that apply to this language.
Names¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Chinese (Traditional) | 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 | Chinese (Traditional) | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ascender | upward extension | 上伸部 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont), justfont's blog, Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and InDesign zh-TW all use 上伸部; the mainland 上升部 is not used in Taiwan. |
| baseline | writing line | 基線 | proposed | Universal: jf 字體口袋書 (justfont), Glyphs 3 zh-Hant, Adobe and Apple zh-TW. |
| bowl | round belly | 字碗 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) lists bowl as 字碗; Apple's shape name 碗 is the wrong sense. |
| cap height | capital-letter height | 大寫字高 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont), justfont's blog and Glyphs 3 zh-Hant use 大寫字高. |
| character | 字元 | proposed | Universal in Taiwan (Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, justfont); kept distinct from 字符, the glyph. The mainland uses 字符 for character, so the two catalogs must not be converted mechanically. | |
| contour | 輪廓 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW uses 輪廓 for one contour (命名輪廓, 關閉開放輪廓); Glyphs 3 zh-Hant says 路徑 and 外框. Unlike Simplified, Taiwan usage lets contour (輪廓) and outline (外框) keep separate words. | |
| counter | enclosed white space | 字腔 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) and justfont's blog use 字腔 for counter, closed or open; 字懷 is their word for the Hanzi concept and 計數器 is the office-suite sense. |
| descender | downward extension | 下伸部 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont), justfont's blog, Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and InDesign zh-TW all use 下伸部. |
| diacritical mark | combining mark | 變音符號 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan's zh-TW Glyphs scripts and Apple zh-TW use 變音符號; 附加符號 is the alternative. |
| em | type body | 字身框 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) calls the design square 字身框; same concept as the Simplified decision. justfont's blog and FontForge zh_TW leave em in Latin script for the unit, which is the alternative. |
| extremum | local extreme point | 極值點 | proposed | Mathematical term, shared with the Simplified decision; FontForge zh_TW's 末端 is a mistranslation. No Taiwan type source found, so check with a reviewer whether 極點 is preferred. |
| glyph | 字符 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) (字符 Glyph), Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and InDesign zh-TW use 字符; Apple zh-TW's 字形 is justfont's word for letterform and FontForge zh_TW's 字圖 is isolated. Departs from the Simplified 字形 on regional evidence. | |
| handle | 控制桿 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan's Glyphs 101 tutorials and Blender zh_HANT use 控制桿; Adobe zh-TW's 控制把手 and 方向控制點 are the alternatives, and 控制代碼 is the programming sense. | |
| ink trap | ink relief notch | 墨溝 | proposed | justfont's blog glosses ink trap as 墨溝; 油墨陷阱 is the literal mainland rendering. |
| italic angle | slant angle | 斜體角度 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW uses 斜體角度 and 斜體 is the Apple, Adobe and Microsoft zh-TW word for italic; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 義大利體斜角 is the alternative. |
| lining figures | capital-height figures | 等高數字 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) uses 等高數字; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 齊高數字 and InDesign's 齊線 are the alternatives. |
| node | 節點 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan's Glyphs 101 and Inkscape zh_TW use 節點; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 控制點 rejected because it must name the off-curve control point. | |
| overshoot | optical surplus | 出框微調整 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont), justfont's blog (出框微調整, overshoot) and Yin Tzu-Yuan use 出框微調整; Blender's 過衝 is the engineering sense. |
| proportional figures | natural-width figures | 比例寬數字 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant uses 比例寬數字; InDesign's 等比 rejected. |
| segment | 線段 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant, Yin Tzu-Yuan and Inkscape zh_TW use 線段. | |
| serif | 襯線 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) and FontForge zh_TW use 襯線 for the serif itself; 襯線體 names the typeface class. | |
| sharp | 尖角 | proposed | Adobe zh-TW uses 尖角 for a pointed corner; 銳利 and 銳利化 are image-sharpening words. | |
| sharp node | 尖角節點 | proposed | Built from 尖角 and 節點. | |
| stem | main stroke | 字幹 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont), Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and FontForge zh_TW use 字幹. |
| swash | flourish | 花飾字 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant, Apple CoreText and InDesign zh-TW use 花飾字. |
| terminal | stroke ending | 末端 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) describes serifs as sitting at the 筆畫末端; its anatomy table gives 端點 for terminal, which is rejected here only because 端點 is the stroke cap. 終端機 is the computer terminal. |
| UPM | units per type body | UPM | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant keeps the acronym (變更 UPM, 調整至UPM); spell out as 每字身框單位數 in 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. |
| winding direction | drawing direction | 輪廓方向 | proposed | Fallback drawing direction translated with 輪廓; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant says 外框方向 and Adobe 路徑方向. |
| x-height | small-letter height | x 字高 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont), justfont's blog and Glyphs 3 zh-Hant use x 字高; FontForge zh_TW's 小寫字母高度 rejected. |
Font engineering¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Chinese (Traditional) | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| advance height | 直排字高 | proposed | Vertical counterpart of 字寬; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has 垂直字高 and 垂直高度 for Vertical Width and uses 直排 for vertical setting. FontForge zh_TW's 垂直前加 rejected. | |
| advance width | glyph box width | 字寬 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant uses 字寬 for the glyph's advance (設定字寬, 左邊界+字寬); justfont's blog spells it out as 步進寬度, the form for explanatory prose. FontForge zh_TW's 前加寬度 rejected. |
| alignment zone | height band for snapping | 對齊區域 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Yin Tzu-Yuan's zh-TW Glyphs scripts use 對齊區域. |
| anchor | attachment point | 錨點 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant, FontForge zh_TW and Yin Tzu-Yuan's tutorials all use 錨點. |
| anti-aliasing | edge smoothing | 消除鋸齒 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW uses 消除鋸齒, the usual Adobe zh-TW wording; Krita's 反鋸齒 and 抗鋸齒 are the alternatives. |
| autohinting | automatic screen fitting | 自動 Hinting | proposed | Built from 自動 and the retained loan Hinting; justfont's blog also leaves hinting in English. |
| axis | 變化軸 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont), Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Yin Tzu-Yuan all call a variation axis 變化軸; bare 軸 is kept for compounds (字重軸). FontForge zh_TW's 軸線 and Microsoft's 座標軸 rejected. | |
| axis map | axis value mapping | 變化軸對應 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant renders Axis Mappings as 變化軸對應. |
| bottom sidebearing | 下留白 | proposed | Derived from 留白; FontForge zh_TW has 底留白 for BBearing. | |
| component | 組件 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Yin Tzu-Yuan use 組件; 元件, the general software word (Adobe, Microsoft), rejected to keep component apart from element. | |
| composite glyph | assembled glyph | 組合字符 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan's zh-TW Glyphs scripts say 組合字符 and FontForge zh_TW 組合字圖; the Simplified 复合 has no Taiwan attestation. |
| conversion profile | export settings set | 轉換設定檔 | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated. 設定檔 is the Microsoft zh-TW word for a profile; Apple's 描述檔 is the alternative. |
| CVT table | CVT 表 | proposed | Tag protected, noun translated; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant uses 表 for every font table (kern表, STAT表). | |
| design space | variation range | 設計空間 | proposed | Literal and transparent; follows the Simplified decision. No Taiwan-specific attestation found. |
| device correction | per-size pixel correction | 裝置修正 | proposed | No fixed term; FontForge zh_TW speaks of 裝置表格, combined with 修正. |
| dimensions | 尺寸 | proposed | Plain word for the set of vertical values; kept apart from 度量 (metrics) and 測量 (measurements). | |
| element | 元素 | proposed | Standard rendering (Microsoft zh-TW, Blender, Krita); 元件 rejected because Adobe and Microsoft use it for components. | |
| element reference | shared drawing link | 元素參照 | proposed | Built from 元素 and 參照 (FontForge zh_TW uses 參照 for glyph references). |
| family dimensions | 家族尺寸 | proposed | 家族 is the family word in Glyphs 3 zh-Hant (家族名稱) and justfont (字型家族); 尺寸 from dimensions. | |
| Flex | Flex | proposed | Fixed PostScript hint name, kept as the glossary asks; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 彎曲 rejected. | |
| font dimensions | 字型尺寸 | proposed | Built from 字型 and 尺寸 (dimensions). | |
| font target | export target | 目標字型 | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated, as French police cible. |
| font unit | 字型單位 | proposed | Common engineering term; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Yin Tzu-Yuan use 單位 for font units. | |
| fractional coordinates | non-integer coordinates | 小數座標 | proposed | No attestation; plain mathematical wording for non-integer coordinates, with the Taiwan spelling 座標. |
| friendly glyph name | readable glyph name | 易懂字符名稱 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant calls nice names 易懂名稱 (建立字符的易懂名稱); FontForge zh_TW's 易記名稱 is the alternative. |
| ghost hint | edge-only fitting instruction | Ghost Hint | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant keeps the term in Latin script (上端 Ghost Hint, 建立 Ghost Hint); an attested loan, unlike the unattested 幽靈 Hint. |
| hint | screen fitting instruction | Hint | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant keeps Hint in Latin script throughout (新增 Hint, 字幹 Hint) and the glossary says the word stays English; capitalised as the zh-TW guide asks for retained English words. Departs from the Simplified 渲染提示, which has no Taiwan attestation; FontForge zh_TW's 渲調 and Microsoft's 提示 rejected. |
| hint zone | hinting height band | Hint 區域 | proposed | Built from the retained loan Hint and 區域 (Glyphs 3 zh-Hant: 對齊區域, 無指定區域); kept distinct from the PostScript 對齊區域. |
| hinting | screen fitting | Hinting | proposed | justfont's blog and Glyphs 3 zh-Hant leave the word in English; Wikipedia's 字體微調 and Microsoft's 字型微調 rejected because 微調 also names kerning and nudging. |
| instance | generated design | 實體 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Yin Tzu-Yuan use 實體 (新增實體, 匯出實體); InDesign's 實例 and Microsoft's 執行個體 rejected. |
| interpolation | 內插 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant (內插, 重新內插) and Yin Tzu-Yuan use 內插; Blender's 插補 and the mainland 插值 rejected. | |
| kern exception | pair spacing exception | 調距例外 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan's zh-TW Glyphs scripts use 調距例外. |
| kerning | pair spacing correction | 調距 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Yin Tzu-Yuan's Glyphs 101 (間距和調距) use 調距, the working word of Taiwan type designers and the shortest. 字距微調 (FontForge zh_TW, Adobe zh-TW), justfont's 字間微調整 and InDesign's 字元間距微調 are the alternatives. |
| kerning class | pair spacing group | 調距類別 | proposed | Built from 調距 and 類別, the word for class in Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and FontForge zh_TW (字距微調類別); Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 調距群組 translates kerning group. |
| kerning pair | spacing-corrected pair | 調距配對 | proposed | Built from 調距 and 配對 (FontForge zh_TW: 字距微調配對). |
| left sidebearing | 左留白 | proposed | justfont's blog (左留白, left side bearing) and FontForge zh_TW use 左留白; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 左邊界 rejected with 邊界. Keep numeric controls compact: LSB/RSB (French AG/AD), UPM and PPM. Expanded terms belong in explanatory help; the full Family Dimensions Units Per eM label is an intentional exception. Team UI convention in Proteus 1751b28b0. | |
| Lib | Lib | proposed | Name of the UFO lib dictionary, kept as an identifier as in the reviewed languages. | |
| line gap | 行距 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) defines 行距 (Line Gap) as the gap between one line's descender line and the next line's ascender line. | |
| line height | 行高 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) and Glyphs 3 zh-Hant use 行高. | |
| link metrics | tie spacing to another glyph | 連結度量 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant renders Link Metrics With Master as 將度量連結到主板; shortened. |
| linked metrics | 連動度量 | proposed | Built from 度量 on the model of the Simplified 联动量度; no Taiwan attestation for the compound. | |
| mark attachment | combining mark positioning | 標號定位 | proposed | Built from 標號; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has 標號位置 for Mark Positioning. FontForge zh_TW's 標記附件 is a mistranslation. |
| master | source design | 主板 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant wavers between 主板 and 主版; Yin Tzu-Yuan's Glyphs 101 and zh-TW scripts use 主板 throughout (多主板). 母版 is the mainland term and Microsoft's 母片 is the slide-master sense. |
| master compatibility | matching master structure | 主板相容性 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has 主版相容性; respelled with the chosen 主板. |
| metrics | 度量 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant (顯示度量, 匯入度量資訊) and Yin Tzu-Yuan use 度量; Glyphs' stray 規格框, FontForge zh_TW's 字框 and Apple's 測量指標 rejected. | |
| metrics expression | 度量運算式 | proposed | Built from 度量 and 運算式, the Taiwan word for an expression. | |
| metrics key | 度量鍵 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Yin Tzu-Yuan use 度量鍵 for metrics keys. | |
| pin | 圖釘 | 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 | Acronym kept in hinting fields; spell out as 每字身框像素數 in 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 | 發行用字符名稱 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has 建立發行用的字符名稱; its other renderings (輸出用名稱, 產品化名稱, 產品名稱) are inconsistent. |
| rendering | drawing on screen | 渲染 | proposed | justfont's blog (字型的渲染引擎) uses 渲染; 算繪 and Microsoft's 轉譯 are the alternatives. |
| required glyphs | mandatory glyphs | 必要字符 | proposed | No attestation; fallback mandatory glyphs translated. |
| right sidebearing | 右留白 | proposed | justfont's blog (右留白, right side bearing) uses 右留白; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 右邊界 rejected with 邊界. 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 | 側邊留白 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW renders Side Bearings as 側邊留白 and justfont's blog calls the sidebearing 留白; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 邊界 rejected because it also means bounds (圖層邊界). |
| size | 大小 | proposed | Plain interface word (Apple, Microsoft zh-TW). | |
| spacing | 間距 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan's Glyphs 101 titles the lesson 間距和調距 (Spacing & Kerning); Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 空間 is a mistranslation. The Simplified 字间距 would read as tracking next to 字距調整. | |
| standard stem | reference stem width | 標準字幹 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan's zh-TW Glyphs scripts use 標準字幹. |
| stem link | stem tie | 字幹連結 | proposed | Built from 字幹 and 連結; no attestation. Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has 字幹 Hint for a stem hint. |
| styling group name | 樣式群組名稱 | proposed | Built from 樣式 (Glyphs 3 zh-Hant: 樣式連結, 樣式名稱) and 群組; no attestation for the compound. | |
| subsetting | cutting down a font | 子集化 | proposed | Follows the Simplified term; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant describes it as 抽出子集. |
| top sidebearing | 上留白 | proposed | Derived from 留白, pairing 下留白. | |
| tracking | uniform letter spacing | 字距調整 | proposed | InDesign zh-TW uses 字距調整 for tracking and jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) gives 字距 for Tracking; kerning is 調距. |
| TrueType instruction | pixel fitting instruction | TrueType 指令 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW uses TrueType 指令; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has 調節指令. |
| typographic family name | 排印家族名稱 | proposed | Built from 排印 (Glyphs 3 zh-Hant renders Typo Metrics as 排印學度量) and 家族名稱; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 建議的家族名稱 translates the older label Preferred Family. | |
| update metrics | 更新度量 | proposed | Built from 度量; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has 更新左邊界 and similar. | |
| variable font | 可變字型 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and InDesign zh-TW use 可變字型; jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) writes 可變式字型. | |
| variation location | position in the variation range | 位置 | proposed | Follows the reviewed German, French and Polish and the Simplified decision, which use the plain word for position. |
| vertical advance | glyph box height | 直排字高 | proposed | Same concept as advance height; see advance height. |
| vertical metrics | 垂直度量 | proposed | Built from 度量; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 直排度量 names vertical-writing metrics, whereas this term means the ascender, descender and line gap values of horizontal text. | |
| visual kerning | shape-measured spacing correction | 視覺調距 | proposed | Built from 視覺 and 調距; no attestation for the compound. |
| weight axis | thickness axis | 字重軸 | proposed | Built from 字重 and 軸; Yin Tzu-Yuan writes 字重軸線. |
| weight class | 字重類別 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and FontForge zh_TW use 字重類別. | |
| width axis | narrow-to-wide axis | 寬度軸 | proposed | Built from 寬度 and 軸; 字寬 is reserved for the advance width. |
| width class | 寬度類別 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant uses 寬度類別. |
OpenType¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Chinese (Traditional) | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Glyph List | Adobe Glyph List | do-not-translate | ||
| alternate glyph | glyph variant | 替代字符 | proposed | InDesign zh-TW uses 替代字符; built from 替代 and 字符. |
| cmap | cmap | do-not-translate | ||
| code page | legacy character table | 字碼頁 | proposed | Established Microsoft zh-TW term for a numbered legacy encoding. |
| color font table | 彩色字型表 | proposed | 彩色字型 is the usual term for colour fonts and 表 names a font table (Glyphs 3 zh-Hant: COLR表, kern表). | |
| contextual alternates | context-dependent variants | 上下文替代字 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant, InDesign zh-TW and Word zh-TW all name the calt feature 上下文替代字; Apple's 上下文替用項目 rejected. |
| cursive attachment | joined-script connection | 連寫定位 | proposed | Follows the Simplified concept; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant renders Cursive Positioning as 連寫連接位置調整, shortened. FontForge zh_TW's 草寫附件 is a mistranslation of attachment. |
| design languages | 目標語言 | proposed | No attestation; follows the reviewed German, French and Polish (target languages) and the Simplified decision, because the literal 設計語言 means a visual design language. | |
| encoding | 編碼 | proposed | Universal (FontForge, Apple, Adobe, Microsoft zh-TW). | |
| feature code | layout rule code | 特性程式碼 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan's zh-TW Glyphs scripts say 特性程式碼; 程式碼 is the Taiwan word for code. Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has 特性原始碼. |
| fractions | 分數 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Apple CoreText zh-TW use 分數; InDesign's 分數字 is longer. | |
| glyph index | glyph number | 字符索引 | proposed | Apple Font Book zh-TW has 字形索引; rebuilt with 字符, the Taiwan professional word for glyph. |
| glyph name | 字符名稱 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant uses 字符名稱. | |
| GPOS | GPOS | do-not-translate | ||
| GSUB | GSUB | do-not-translate | ||
| ligature | joined letters | 連字 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont), justfont's blog, Adobe and Apple zh-TW use 連字; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant uses 合字 for the glyph and 連字 in feature names, and FontForge zh_TW's 連體字 is isolated. |
| localized forms | language-specific variants | 在地化形式 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant names the locl feature 在地化形式. |
| lookup | procedure | 程序 | 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 | 標號字符 | proposed | Built from 標號 (Glyphs 3 zh-Hant) and 字符. |
| nonspacing mark | zero-width combining mark | 非間距標號 | proposed | Built from 非間距 and 標號; Yin Tzu-Yuan writes 非間距重音符號. |
| oldstyle figures | lowercase-style figures | 不等高數字 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) lists oldstyle figures as 不等高數字, the pair of 等高數字; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 古典數字 and Apple's 舊式數字 are the alternatives. |
| OpenType class | layout glyph group | OpenType 類別 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and FontForge zh_TW use 類別 for classes; name protected. |
| OpenType feature | layout feature | OpenType 特性 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan writes OpenType 特性; InDesign's OpenType 功能 rejected with 功能. |
| OS/2 table | OS/2 表 | proposed | Tag protected, noun translated with 表. | |
| Private Use Area | Private Use Area | do-not-translate | ||
| single substitution | 單一替換 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW has 單一替代; 替換 is used instead (Glyphs 3 zh-Hant: 以替換方式) so that substitution stays apart from 替代, the word for alternates. | |
| small caps | small capitals | 小型大寫字母 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) and FontForge zh_TW use 小型大寫字母; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 小字大寫 and InDesign's 小型大寫字 are the alternatives. |
| stylistic set | 文體集 | proposed | Word zh-TW and Apple CoreText zh-TW use 文體集; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 文樣集 and InDesign's 文體組合 are the alternatives. | |
| tabular figures | equal-width figures | 等寬數字 | proposed | Built from 等寬 (jf 字體口袋書 (justfont)); Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 等寬齊高 names tabular lining only and FontForge zh_TW has 定寬數字. |
| Unicode codepoint | character code | Unicode 碼位 | proposed | 碼位 is the Chinese Unicode term for a code point, shared with the Simplified decision; not attested in the corpus. FontForge zh_TW's 編碼點 and 字元代碼 rejected. |
| variation selector | variant picker character | 變體選擇器 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW uses 變體選擇器; its 異體字選擇器 covers only the ideographic use. |
| writing system | 書寫系統 | proposed | W3C's Chinese layout requirements use 書寫系統; Microsoft zh-TW's 文字系統 is the alternative, and Glyphs' 語系 and Apple's 文字 name the OpenType script. |
File formats¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Chinese (Traditional) | 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 | Chinese (Traditional) | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| action | 動作 | proposed | Apple (Final Cut, Motion) and Inkscape zh_TW use 動作 for a named invokable operation; 操作 stays free for the generic word. | |
| add | 新增 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant (新增錨點, 新增主版), Adobe and Microsoft zh-TW use 新增; Apple's 加入 is the alternative. | |
| alternate | 替代 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant feature names and InDesign zh-TW use 替代字 for alternates; Apple's 替用項目 rejected. 替換 is kept for substitution. | |
| anchor cloud | attachment point cloud | 錨點雲 | proposed | No attestation; built from 錨點 plus 雲, as the Simplified 锚点云 and German Ankerwolke do. |
| auto layer | recipe-built layer | 自動圖層 | proposed | No attestation; fallback translated from 圖層, as the Simplified 自动图层. |
| autohint | 自動 Hint | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant labels the command 自動 Hint and keeps Hint in Latin script; FontForge zh_TW's 自動渲調 rejected with its coinage 渲調. | |
| Brush | 筆刷 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Adobe zh-TW use 筆刷; 畫筆 is the less common alternative. | |
| collapse | 收攏 | proposed | No attestation for this node operation; the everyday verb for gathering things to one spot, as in the Simplified decision. 收合 (fold a panel) and Blender's 塌陷 rejected. | |
| color flag | color mark | 顏色標記 | proposed | Fallback color mark translated; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 顏色標籤 rejected because 標籤 is its word for tags, and 標記 is free since mark glyphs are 標號. |
| corner angles | 轉角角度 | proposed | No attestation; descriptive rendering with 轉角, Adobe zh-TW's word for a corner (即時轉角). | |
| cousins | related glyphs alongside | 表親 | proposed | No attestation; house voice. The plain family word for cousins, kept from the Simplified decision; it reads the same in Taiwan. |
| crop | 裁切 | proposed | Apple and Adobe zh-TW use 裁切; 裁剪 is the alternative. | |
| cubic | 三次 | proposed | Mathematical term (三次貝茲曲線); FontForge zh_TW's 正方體形 and Blender's 立方 are the volume sense. | |
| current | 目前 | proposed | Standard zh-TW interface word (FontForge zh_TW, GIMP, Apple 目前使用者); 當前 is the mainland word. | |
| cusp | 尖點 | proposed | Mathematical term for a cusp; kept apart from 尖角 (sharp) and from a smooth join. | |
| decompose | break into contours | 分解 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan's zh-TW Glyphs scripts use 分解組件 and Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has 字符組合與分解; the Glyphs command label 拆開 is the alternative. |
| default | 預設 | proposed | Standard zh-TW interface word (Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, Glyphs). | |
| demo mode | 展示模式 | proposed | No attestation; standard zh-TW rendering of demo. 演示 is the mainland word. | |
| dialog | 對話框 | proposed | Apple zh-TW, Qt and Krita use 對話框; Microsoft's 對話方塊 is longer. | |
| Dream Up | generate shapes | 發想 | proposed | No attestation; house voice. Same idea as the Simplified 畅想 (imagine freely), but 暢想 reads as mainland usage; 發想 is the everyday Taiwan design-studio verb for coming up with ideas. |
| echo text | repeated text | 重複文字 | proposed | No attestation; fallback repeated text translated. The Simplified 回显 is a mainland computing term not used in Taiwan. |
| Eraser | 橡皮擦 | proposed | The real tool's name, as in Adobe and Apple zh-TW. | |
| expand filter | bake filter into contours | 展開濾鏡 | proposed | 展開 is Adobe zh-TW's word for baking a live appearance into paths (展開外觀) and FontForge zh_TW's for expanding a stroke; 濾鏡 is the filter word in Glyphs 3 zh-Hant. |
| expand stroke | bake stroke into contours | 展開筆畫 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW has exactly 展開筆畫; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 擴展外框 rejected to keep the 展開 family. |
| expand transformation | bake transformation into contours | 展開變形 | proposed | Same expand family as 展開濾鏡 and 展開筆畫; no attestation for the exact phrase. |
| feature | 特性 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Yin Tzu-Yuan use 特性 for OpenType features; FontForge zh_TW's 特徵 and Adobe's and Apple's 功能 rejected. | |
| Fills | 填色 | proposed | Adobe Illustrator and InDesign zh-TW use 填色 for fill; 填充 is the mainland word and Glyphs' 塗滿 is a verb. | |
| FontAudit | 豐特奧迪特 | 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 帳號 | 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 | 焊工 | 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 | 天才節點 | proposed | No attestation; house voice. Genius rendered with the plain word 天才, as in the Simplified decision. |
| grid | 格線 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant, Apple and Microsoft zh-TW use 格線 for the drawing grid; 網格 is left for mesh. | |
| Groups | 群組 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant, Apple, Adobe and Microsoft zh-TW use 群組. | |
| guide | 參考線 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant, InDesign and Inkscape zh_TW use 參考線; FontForge zh_TW's 引導 rejected. | |
| kerning mode | 調距模式 | proposed | Built from 調距 and 模式. | |
| Knife | 小刀 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant names the tool 小刀, the real tool; Illustrator zh-TW's 美工刀 is the alternative. | |
| layer | 圖層 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant, Adobe and FontForge zh_TW use 圖層. | |
| Layers | 圖層 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Adobe zh-TW use 圖層; Chinese has no plural form. | |
| mark | 標號 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and Yin Tzu-Yuan use 標號 for mark glyphs (字母與標號, 組合標號), which keeps them apart from 標記 (flags); FontForge zh_TW and Microsoft use 標記. | |
| Masks | 遮罩 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant, Apple zh-TW and Inkscape use 遮罩; Adobe's 遮色片 is kept only in the Illustrator term 剪裁遮色片. | |
| match | 匹配 | proposed | Follows the Simplified decision; FontForge zh_TW uses 匹配. Apple and Microsoft zh-TW's 符合 and 比對 mean meeting a criterion or comparing. | |
| matching | 相匹配 | proposed | Adjectival form of 匹配; no separate attestation. | |
| Matchmaker | master matcher | 紅娘 | proposed | No attestation; house voice, kept from the Simplified decision. 紅娘 is the proverbial matchmaker in Taiwan as well; 媒人 is the alternative. |
| measurement line | 測量線 | proposed | Built from 測量 (Glyphs 3 zh-Hant: 顯示測量, 測量工具). | |
| measurements | 測量 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant uses 測量 (顯示測量); kept apart from 度量 (metrics) and 尺寸 (dimensions). | |
| Measurements panel | 測量面板 | proposed | Built from 測量 and 面板. | |
| merge | 合併 | proposed | Standard interface word (Apple, Adobe, Microsoft zh-TW). | |
| mesh | 網格 | proposed | Adobe zh-TW (漸層網格) and Blender zh_HANT use 網格 for a mesh; the drawing grid is 格線, so no qualifier is needed as it is in Simplified. | |
| metrics mode | 度量模式 | proposed | Built from 度量 and 模式. | |
| metrics table | 度量表 | proposed | Built from 度量 and 表. | |
| metrics tool | 度量工具 | proposed | Built from 度量 and 工具. | |
| monospaced | 等寬 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) (等寬字型) and Apple zh-TW use 等寬; FontForge zh_TW's 定寬 rejected. | |
| multi-line | 多行 | proposed | Standard rendering (InDesign, Microsoft zh-TW). | |
| nonspacing | zero-width | 非間距 | proposed | Yin Tzu-Yuan's zh-TW Glyphs scripts use 非間距; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 非空間 is a mistranslation. |
| Nudge | push move | 輕推 | proposed | Blender zh_HANT uses 輕推, an everyday word, as in the Simplified decision; Microsoft's 微調 rejected because it also glosses kerning and hinting. |
| Oblique | Oblique | proposed | Fixed FontLab operation name, kept as the glossary asks; 假斜體 and 傾斜 name a plain slant, which is something else. | |
| panel | 面板 | proposed | Standard in Adobe zh-TW and Glyphs 3 zh-Hant. | |
| Pencil | 鉛筆 | proposed | The real tool's name (Adobe and Apple zh-TW); Glyphs 3 zh-Hant's 徒手畫筆工具 is a description. | |
| Power Brush | power calligraphic brush | 超能筆刷 | proposed | No attestation; house voice, kept from the Simplified decision. 超能 is the superhero word for power (超能力) in Taiwan too; 強力 would read as an industrial rating. |
| Power Guide | power guideline | 超能參考線 | proposed | No attestation; house voice, 超能 plus 參考線. |
| Power Nudge | power push move | 超能輕推 | proposed | No attestation; house voice, 超能 plus 輕推. |
| Power Stroke | power stroke outline | 超能筆畫 | proposed | No attestation; house voice, 超能 plus 筆畫. Inkscape's 神奇邊框 names a different effect. |
| project | 專案 | approved | Team agreement recovered from Proteus QPH on 2026-10-04. Project names the editable document; do not replace it with package. | |
| property bar | 屬性列 | proposed | No type-tool attestation; 列 is the Taiwan word for a bar (工具列, 過濾列). | |
| quick measurement | 快速測量 | proposed | Built from 測量; no attestation for the compound. | |
| Rapid | 拉皮德 | proposed | Issue 161 names the tool Rapid in Latin scripts and requires transliteration elsewhere. Canonical TS uses 拉皮德. Do not translate the tool name as fast or quick, and do not use Rapidograph. Contrast classifications use the ordinary speed adjective. | |
| redo | 重做 | proposed | The commonest rendering in the Taiwan corpus (Apple, Adobe, Qt); Microsoft's 取消復原 is longer and reads as cancel undo. | |
| reference | 參照 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW uses 參照 for references to glyphs and Microsoft zh-TW for references in general; 參考 means reference material. | |
| Remove Overlap | merge overlapping contours | 移除重疊 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW uses 移除重疊; Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has both 移除重疊 and 合併重疊的外框. |
| repeat | 重複 | proposed | Platform word in Apple, Adobe and Microsoft zh-TW; distinct from 重做 (redo). | |
| reverse contour | flip drawing direction | 反轉輪廓方向 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant has 逆轉外框方向; rebuilt with 輪廓, the chosen word for contour, and 反轉, Adobe zh-TW's verb. |
| Scissors | 剪刀 | proposed | The real tool's name, as in Illustrator zh-TW. | |
| Servant node | Follower node | 跟隨節點 | proposed | No attestation; translates the fallback Follower node as a node that follows movement, not the servant metaphor. |
| Sigma | Sigma | do-not-translate | ||
| Sketchboard | scratch canvas | 速寫板 | proposed | No attestation; house voice, kept from the Simplified decision. The real board artists sketch on; 草圖板 is the alternative and 工作區域 is Illustrator's artboard. |
| Skin | wrapping outline | 外皮 | proposed | No attestation; house voice, kept from the Simplified decision: the outer skin or peel of a thing, as Polish skórka. 皮膚 is the body or theme sense; 外衣 is the alternative. |
| smart | clever | 機靈 | proposed | No attestation; house voice, kept from the Simplified decision and equally plain in Taiwan. 智慧 and 智慧型, the industry habit (Glyphs 3 zh-Hant 智慧組件, Apple 智慧型字體集), mean intelligent and are ruled out; 聰明 is the alternative. |
| Smart Corner | clever corner | 機靈轉角 | proposed | House voice: 機靈 plus 轉角 (Adobe zh-TW 即時轉角); 智慧 is ruled out by the principles. |
| Smart Filter | 機靈篩選器 | 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 | 間距控制桿 | proposed | No attestation; fallback side space handles translated with 間距 and 控制桿. |
| sticker | 貼紙 | proposed | Microsoft and Photoshop zh-TW use 貼紙 for a movable visual note. | |
| tab | 分頁 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant (在新分頁顯示) and Yin Tzu-Yuan use 分頁 for document tabs; Apple's 標籤頁 clashes with 標籤 (tags), and 定位點 is the tab stop. | |
| text element | text block | 文字元素 | proposed | Built from 文字 and 元素; Apple's 文字元件 rejected with 元件. |
| thickness | 粗細 | proposed | Krita zh_TW and most of the Taiwan corpus use 粗細 for stroke thickness; kept apart from 字重 (weight). | |
| Transform | 變形 | proposed | Adobe zh-TW and Glyphs 3 zh-Hant use 變形 for Transform; FontForge zh_TW's and Blender's 變換 is the alternative. | |
| transformation | 變形 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant renders Transformations as 變形; the noun and the command share the word. | |
| True Fill | final black rendering | 如實填色 | proposed | No attestation; house voice. Keeps the Simplified idea 如实 (as it truly is) and takes 填色, the Taiwan word for fill. |
| uncheck | 取消勾選 | proposed | Apple zh-TW (Keynote, Pages, Notes) uses 取消勾選; Microsoft's 取消核取 rejected. | |
| Vexy coins | Vexy coins | do-not-translate | ||
| waterfall | size ladder preview | 瀑布 | proposed | Apple Font Book zh-TW uses 瀑布式 for its waterfall sample; the bare noun is kept, as in the Simplified decision, and 瀑布圖 (a chart type) rejected. |
| weight | 字重 | proposed | jf 字體口袋書 (justfont) (字重 Font Weight), Glyphs 3 zh-Hant and FontForge zh_TW use 字重; 粗細 is thickness and 權重 is the statistical sense. | |
| whitespace | 空白字元 | proposed | Standard zh-TW programming term; InDesign's 空格 is the single space character. |
Vector drawing¶
| English term | Fallback original term | Chinese (Traditional) | Translation status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearance panel | 外觀面板 | proposed | Adobe Illustrator zh-TW names the panel 外觀; 面板 follows the panel term. | |
| autotrace | bitmap to outline conversion | 自動描圖 | proposed | Adobe Illustrator zh-TW uses 描圖 for tracing a bitmap (影像描圖); Inkscape zh_TW's 自動描繪 and FontForge's 自動追蹤 rejected. |
| centerline | 中心線 | proposed | Standard drafting word for a line down the middle of a stroke; Microsoft zh-TW's 中央線 is the alternative. | |
| clipping mask | 剪裁遮色片 | proposed | Adobe Illustrator zh-TW uses 剪裁遮色片 for the Illustrator object; Microsoft's 裁剪遮罩 rejected. FontLab's own mask stays 遮罩. | |
| control point | control handle point | 控制點 | proposed | Universal: FontForge zh_TW, Blender zh_HANT, Apple and Microsoft zh-TW. Glyphs 3 zh-Hant uses 控制點 for nodes, which is rejected here. |
| Fill Grid | grid of fill lines | 填色格線 | proposed | No attestation; fallback grid of fill lines translated from 填色 and 格線. |
| fill mode | line fill style | 填色模式 | proposed | Built from 填色; Apple Motion and Krita zh_TW have 填充模式, rejected to keep one fill word. |
| G2 continuity | G2 連續 | proposed | Standard CAD and geometry wording (G1 連續, G2 連續). | |
| Live Effect | editable effect | 即時效果 | proposed | Adobe zh-TW renders Live as 即時 (即時上色, 即時形狀, 即時轉角) and Effect as 效果. |
| off-curve point | point off the curve | 曲線外點 | proposed | Paired with 曲線上點 (FontForge zh_TW); compact form of 曲線外的點. |
| on-curve point | point on the curve | 曲線上點 | proposed | FontForge zh_TW has 曲線上點. |
| outline | 外框 | proposed | Glyphs 3 zh-Hant (塗滿外框, 請檢查外框), Adobe zh-TW (建立外框) and Apple use 外框 for a glyph's whole outline; contour is 輪廓. Simplified shares one word for both. | |
| stroke | 筆畫 | proposed | Adobe zh-TW (填色與筆畫), Glyphs 3 zh-Hant (建立為筆畫) and FontForge zh_TW (展開筆畫) use 筆畫 for a stroke applied to a path. It is also the letter stroke, as in English; the Simplified catalog separates them with 描边, which Taiwan tools do not use. | |
| stroke cap | stroke end cap | 筆畫端點 | proposed | Adobe Illustrator and InDesign zh-TW use 端點 for the stroke cap; built on 筆畫. Kept apart from 末端 (terminal). |
| stroke join | stroke corner shape | 筆畫接合 | proposed | Built from 筆畫 and 接合 (join); Illustrator zh-TW labels the control 尖角, which is taken here by sharp. Needs a check against the current InDesign zh-TW Stroke panel. |
| tangent node | straight-to-curve node | 切線節點 | proposed | Blender zh_HANT has 切線節點; built from 切線 and 節點. |
| tonal map | darkness map | 色調圖 | proposed | No attestation; 色調 is Adobe zh-TW's word for tone. |
| Tunni line | Tunni 線 | proposed | Eponym kept in Latin script; 線 for line. |