Dictionary

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.

English	ConTeXt	Description	Translations
			German	French	Dutch	Russian
baseline		the "line" on which letters without extenders seem to stand	Grundlinie	ligne de pied/ligne de base	basisregel	базовая линия
baseline skip		the space between two lines of text, from baseline to baseline	Zeilenabstand	interlignage	interlinie	интерлиньяж
body (text)		continuous text	Fließtext	texte courant	broodtext	основное содержание
body font		the font used for most of the text	Grundschrift	police de labeur	broodletter
bold	\bf	font style	(halb)fett	gras	vet	полужирный
caps		uppercase letters	Großbuchstaben / Versalien	grandes capitales	kapitalen	прописные буквы
cover		"wrapping" of the book content	Umschlag	couverture	omslag	обложка
en		the width of an n (font dependent), half an em	Halbgeviert	demi-cadratin	halfkwadraat (?)
en dash	--	A dash of width 1 en	Halbgeviertstrich / Gedankenstrich	tiret sur demi-cadratin		короткое тире
em		the width of an m (font dependent)	Geviert	cadratin	kwadraat / concordans (?)
em dash	---	A dash of width 1 em	Geviertstrich	tiret sur cadratin	kastlijntje	тире
file			Datei	fichier	bestand	файл
font		A collection of glyphs used to represent text	Schrift	fonte	lettertype / font	шрифт
font family		a number of font faces (often 4) that are designed to be used together	Schriftfamilie	police d’écriture/police de caractères/police
font "super family"	collection	several font families that are designed to work together, e.g. Serif, Sans and Mono, like Computer Modern	Schriftsippe	Famille de polices
gothic fonts		old font style, where curves are broken into straight lines	Gebrochene Schriften / Frakturschriften	fractures/gothiques
grid setting	grid	typesetting text, keeping lines on an (invisible) fixed "grid", i.e. lines are at the same position on every page	registerhaltiger Satz	registre/grille	geregistreerd (zetwerk)
header (text)	header text		Kolumnentitel	en-tête	koptekst
hyphen	-	a short dash, used to join compound words	Trennstrich / Divis	trait d’union	afbreekstreep	дефис
hyphenation		splitting a word over multiple lines, and the rules for doing so	Silbentrennung	coupure de mot/division	afbreking	перенос
image processing			Bildbearbeitung / EBV	traitement d’image	beeldverwerking
imprint		metadata in a print product (publisher, ISBN etc.)	Impressum	métadonnées / données bibliographiques
index	\index		Register	index	register	предметный указатель
initial		a large letter (usually 2-3 lines high) that starts the first word of a chapter or section	Initial	lettrine	initiaal	буквица
italic	\it	font style	kursiv	italique	cursief	курсив
gutter		margin where the book gets bound	Bundsteg			переплёт
line			Zeile	ligne	regel	строка
lowercase	\word, \words		Kleinbuchstaben / Gemeine	bas de casse	onderkast	строчные буквы
margin			Rand	marge	marge	поле
oldstyle	\os	number style for body text, numbers have proportional width and are mostly x-height size	mediäval	(chiffre) elzévirien
page			Seite	page	pagina	страница
page number			Seitenzahl / Pagina	folio/numéro de page/pagination	paginanummer	номер страницы
page style	makeup	A page layout with special headers, footers, and text placement like e.g. a title page	aufbau		opmaak
perfect binding		book pages are glued to the cover	Klebebindung	dos collé		клеевое скрепление
(printing) press		the machine that prints the ink on the paper	Druckmaschine	presse	drukpers	печатный станок
printshop		company/workshop for printing	Druckerei	imprimerie	drukker	типография
process colors (CMYK)		the four printing inks used in professional printing	Prozessfarben	quadrichromie	processkleuren	основные краски (голбая пурпурная жёлтая)
quote, quotation		a piece of text by another author	Zitat	citation	citaat	цитата
quotation marks	\quote, \quotation	punctuation which enclose quotes	Anführungszeichen / Gänsefüßchen	guillemets	aanhalingstekens	кавычки
sans serif (font)	\ss	font without serifs	Serifenlose (Schrift) / Grotesk	linéale/grotesque/police sans empattements/police « bâton »	schreefloos (font)	(шрифт) без засечек
serif (font)	\rm		Serifenschrift / Antiqua	police romaine	romein	(шрифт) с засечками
slanted	\sl	slanting font style	schräg / geschrägt	oblique	schuin	наклонный (шрифт)
small caps	\sc	uppercase letters of x-height size	Kapitälchen	petites capitales	kleinkapitaal	капитель
spot colors		printing inks other than CMYK (e.g. Pantone)	Sonderfarben		NL: spotkleur (?)
title			Titel / Überschrift	titre	titel	заголовок
table of contents (toc)			Inhaltsverzeichnis	sommaire (au début)/ table des matières (à la fin)	inhoudsopgave	оглавление
typewriter font	\tt	fixed-width (mono-space) characters	Schreibmaschinenschrift	police à chasse fixe		машинописный шрифт
uppercase	\WORD, \WORDS		Großbuchstaben / Versalien	grandes capitales/haut de casse	bovenkast	прописная буква
verbose			wörtlich / ausführlich
x-height		height of lower-case glyphs, like x	Mittelhöhe / x-Höhe	œil/hauteur d’x	x-hoogte