# What is padding offset and roundness? What do you use it for?

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-padding-offset-and-roundness-what-do-you-use-it-for/41465
**Category:** Coding Questions
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**Created:** [March 27, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-padding-offset-and-roundness-what-do-you-use-it-for/41465 "2023-03-27T02:03:45Z")
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### Author: ![Rvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rvy](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rvy)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-padding-offset-and-roundness-what-do-you-use-it-for/41465/1 "2023-03-27T02:03:45Z")

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I don’t quite understand about padding offset and roundness in java  
What does we use it for? Can anyone please kindly explain it to me?

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### Author: ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2023, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-padding-offset-and-roundness-what-do-you-use-it-for/41465/2 "2023-03-28T08:00:25Z")

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Hi @Rvy,

> [@Rvy](#):
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> padding offset and roundness in java

I don’t quite understand what you are talking about, is it floating point number rounding or padding/rounding when drawing shapes? 😉