sidebearing

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noun

The margin of empty space around a glyph in a font, measured from the glyph contour's leftmost, rightmost, topmost and bottommost points to the sides of its bounding box

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Meanings

nounsidebearing (plural sidebearings)

plural sidebearings

  1. mediaThe margin of empty space around a glyph in a font, measured from the glyph contour's leftmost, rightmost, topmost and bottommost points to the sides of its bounding box

Origin

From side + bearing.

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Translations

French approche
  • approchemargin of empty space
Hungarian oldaltávolság
  • oldaltávolságmargin of empty space
Cite this entry
APA

sidebearing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidebearing

MLA

“sidebearing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidebearing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sidebearing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidebearing.

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