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Let's try to collect and translate a lot of typographical terms...
Please add English terms in alphabetical order. Fill the "ConTeXt" column if ConTeXt uses a different term or for a link. The Description should be rather short (feel free to enhance existing ones). Add translations with an uppercase language code in alphabetical order of that code, separated by commas.
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" valign="top" align="left" width="100%"
! English
! ConTeXt
! Description
! Translations
|-
|baseline
|
|the "line" on that letters without extenders seem to stand
|DE: Grundlinie, FR: , NL:
|-
|baseline skip
|
|the space between to lines of text, from baseline to baseline
|DE: Zeilenabstand, FR: , NL:
|-
|body (text)
|
|continuous text
|DE: Fließtext, FR: , NL:
|-
|body font
|
|the font used for most of the text
|DE: Grundschrift, FR: , NL:
|-
|bold
|
|font style
|DE: (halb)fett, FR: , NL:
|-
|caps
|
|uppercase letters
|DE: Großbuchstaben / Versalien, FR: , NL:
|-
|en
|
|the width of an n (font dependent), half an em
|DE: Halbgeviert, FR: , NL:
|-
|en dash
|
|
|DE: Halbgeviertstrich / Gedankenstrich, FR: , NL:
|-
|em
|
|the width of a m (font dependent), also as unit
|DE: Geviert, FR: , NL:
|-
|em dash
|
|
|DE: Geviertstrich, FR: , NL:
|-
|file
|
|
|DE: Datei, FR: fiche, NL:
|-
|font
|
|
|DE: Schrift, FR: ?, NL: ? ...
|-
|font family
|
|a number of font faces (often 4) that belong together
|DE: Schriftfamilie, FR: , NL:
|-
|font "super family"
|collection
|several font families that are designed to work together, e.g. Serif, Sans and Mono, like Computer Modern
|DE: Schriftsippe, FR: , NL:
|-
|gothic fonts
|
|old font style, where curves are broken to straight lines
|DE: Gebrochene Schriften / Frakturschriften, FR: , NL:
|-
|grid setting
|grid
|typesetting text, keeping lines on a (invisible) fixed "grid", i.e. lines are at the same position on every page
|DE: registerhaltiger Satz, FR: , NL:
|-
|header (text)
|header text
|
|DE: Kolumnentitel, FR: , NL:
|-
|hyphen
|
|
|DE: Trennstrich / Divis, FR: , NL:
|-
|hyphenation
|
|rules for separating word in syllables
|DE: Silbentrennung, FR: , NL:
|-
|initial
|
|big letter (mostly 2-3 lines high) as text start
|DE: Initial, FR: , NL:
|-
|italic
|
|font style
|DE: kursiv, FR: , NL:
|-
|line
|
|
|DE: Zeile, FR: , NL:
|-
|lowercase
|
|
|DE: Kleinbuchstaben / Gemeine, FR: , NL:
|-
|oldstyle
|
|number style for body text, numbers have proportional width and are mostly x-height size
|DE: mediaeval, FR: , NL:
|-
|page number
|
|
|DE: Seitenzahl / Pagina, FR: , NL:
|-
|quote, quotation
|
|a piece of text by another author
|DE: Zitat, FR: , NL:
|-
|quotation marks
|<cmd>quote</cmd>, <cmd>quotation</cmd>
|
|DE: Anführungszeichen / Gänsefüßchen, FR: , NL:
|-
|sans serif (font)
|
|
|DE: Serifenlose (Schrift) / Grotesk, FR: , NL:
|-
|serif (font)
|
|
|DE: Serifenschrift / Antiqua, FR: , NL:
|-
|slanted
|
|font style
|DE: schräg / geschrägt, FR: , NL:
|-
|small caps
|
|uppercase letters of x-height size
|DE: Kapitälchen, FR: , NL:
|-
|title
|
|
|DE: Titel / Überschrift, FR: titre, NL:
|-
|typewriter font
|<cmd>tt</cmd>
|
|DE: Schreibmaschinenschrift, FR: , NL:
|-
|uppercase
|
|
|DE: Großbuchstaben / Versalien, FR: , NL:
|-
|verbose
|
|
|DE: wörtlich / ausführlich, FR: , NL:
|-
|x-height
|
|height of lowercase characters, like x
|DE: Mittelhöhe / x-Höhe, FR: , NL:
|-
|}
Please add English terms in alphabetical order. Fill the "ConTeXt" column if ConTeXt uses a different term or for a link. The Description should be rather short (feel free to enhance existing ones). Add translations with an uppercase language code in alphabetical order of that code, separated by commas.
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" valign="top" align="left" width="100%"
! English
! ConTeXt
! Description
! Translations
|-
|baseline
|
|the "line" on that letters without extenders seem to stand
|DE: Grundlinie, FR: , NL:
|-
|baseline skip
|
|the space between to lines of text, from baseline to baseline
|DE: Zeilenabstand, FR: , NL:
|-
|body (text)
|
|continuous text
|DE: Fließtext, FR: , NL:
|-
|body font
|
|the font used for most of the text
|DE: Grundschrift, FR: , NL:
|-
|bold
|
|font style
|DE: (halb)fett, FR: , NL:
|-
|caps
|
|uppercase letters
|DE: Großbuchstaben / Versalien, FR: , NL:
|-
|en
|
|the width of an n (font dependent), half an em
|DE: Halbgeviert, FR: , NL:
|-
|en dash
|
|
|DE: Halbgeviertstrich / Gedankenstrich, FR: , NL:
|-
|em
|
|the width of a m (font dependent), also as unit
|DE: Geviert, FR: , NL:
|-
|em dash
|
|
|DE: Geviertstrich, FR: , NL:
|-
|file
|
|
|DE: Datei, FR: fiche, NL:
|-
|font
|
|
|DE: Schrift, FR: ?, NL: ? ...
|-
|font family
|
|a number of font faces (often 4) that belong together
|DE: Schriftfamilie, FR: , NL:
|-
|font "super family"
|collection
|several font families that are designed to work together, e.g. Serif, Sans and Mono, like Computer Modern
|DE: Schriftsippe, FR: , NL:
|-
|gothic fonts
|
|old font style, where curves are broken to straight lines
|DE: Gebrochene Schriften / Frakturschriften, FR: , NL:
|-
|grid setting
|grid
|typesetting text, keeping lines on a (invisible) fixed "grid", i.e. lines are at the same position on every page
|DE: registerhaltiger Satz, FR: , NL:
|-
|header (text)
|header text
|
|DE: Kolumnentitel, FR: , NL:
|-
|hyphen
|
|
|DE: Trennstrich / Divis, FR: , NL:
|-
|hyphenation
|
|rules for separating word in syllables
|DE: Silbentrennung, FR: , NL:
|-
|initial
|
|big letter (mostly 2-3 lines high) as text start
|DE: Initial, FR: , NL:
|-
|italic
|
|font style
|DE: kursiv, FR: , NL:
|-
|line
|
|
|DE: Zeile, FR: , NL:
|-
|lowercase
|
|
|DE: Kleinbuchstaben / Gemeine, FR: , NL:
|-
|oldstyle
|
|number style for body text, numbers have proportional width and are mostly x-height size
|DE: mediaeval, FR: , NL:
|-
|page number
|
|
|DE: Seitenzahl / Pagina, FR: , NL:
|-
|quote, quotation
|
|a piece of text by another author
|DE: Zitat, FR: , NL:
|-
|quotation marks
|<cmd>quote</cmd>, <cmd>quotation</cmd>
|
|DE: Anführungszeichen / Gänsefüßchen, FR: , NL:
|-
|sans serif (font)
|
|
|DE: Serifenlose (Schrift) / Grotesk, FR: , NL:
|-
|serif (font)
|
|
|DE: Serifenschrift / Antiqua, FR: , NL:
|-
|slanted
|
|font style
|DE: schräg / geschrägt, FR: , NL:
|-
|small caps
|
|uppercase letters of x-height size
|DE: Kapitälchen, FR: , NL:
|-
|title
|
|
|DE: Titel / Überschrift, FR: titre, NL:
|-
|typewriter font
|<cmd>tt</cmd>
|
|DE: Schreibmaschinenschrift, FR: , NL:
|-
|uppercase
|
|
|DE: Großbuchstaben / Versalien, FR: , NL:
|-
|verbose
|
|
|DE: wörtlich / ausführlich, FR: , NL:
|-
|x-height
|
|height of lowercase characters, like x
|DE: Mittelhöhe / x-Höhe, FR: , NL:
|-
|}
