sidebearing

Italian translation: spaziatura laterale

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English term or phrase:sidebearing
Italian translation:spaziatura laterale
Entered by: Dinny

02:18 Apr 4, 2004
English to Italian translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: sidebearing
You see, in typography there is padding around characters that ensure that, for example, the right side of a capital “T” doesn’t smash into the following “H”—the stems on the “T” are taken into consideration with left and right sidebearings.
Valentina
spaziatura laterale
Explanation:
Il termine viene praticamente sempre lasciato in inglese - ma volendo definirlo in italiano penso che si possa chiamarlo "spaziatura laterale"
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Dinny
Greece
Local time: 05:34
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spaziatura laterale


Explanation:
Il termine viene praticamente sempre lasciato in inglese - ma volendo definirlo in italiano penso che si possa chiamarlo "spaziatura laterale"

Dinny
Greece
Local time: 05:34
Native speaker of: Danish
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