Tremendous Text toolbar technical terminology
Summary:
After seeing inkscape#1639 (closed), I realized that the terminology used in the Text toolbar is, at very least, inaccurate.
- Spacing between baselines (X) should read either Leading or Linespacing.
- I imagine the logic was to simplify for non-professionals, but then why was the term "baseline" used?
- Spacing between letters (px) should read Letterspacing or Tracking.
- If insisted upon, Kerning could be used but kerning is specifically beween two letters and not a line/block of type. But in today's digital world, like the term "font", "kerning" has also been subverted
- Spacing between words (px) should read Word-spacing
- Horizontal kerning doesn't even exist! This option should read Horizontal offset as that is what it does
- Vertical kerning also is a made-up term. This option, like No. 4, shoud read Vertical offset
- Jumping to the last icon (although I can't test it myself) probably should read only Text direction
Not wanting to create a triaging issue here but why are the four spacing options in pixels instead of the chosen measurement unit?
Edited by Teen