仮想ボディ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
そう
Grade: 3
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
假想ボディ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

仮想 (imaginary) + ボディ (body), as in the "imaginary body" of a sort in movable type printing

Noun

()(そう)ボディ • (kasō bodi) 

  1. (typography) a em-square or em-box, sometimes literally translated as "imaginary body" or "virtual body", whose dimension is 1em, that defines the bounds of a CJK glyph, or that is used for defining font size
    Coordinate term: 平均字面
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