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Safe Zone / Title Safe Area

The portion of the screen guaranteed to be visible on all displays, accounting for overscan on TVs. UI placed outside this zone may be cut off on some screens.

In games, this means

Quest text or health bars appearing at the very screen edge may be invisible on some TVs due to overscan. Allowing players to adjust UI padding in settings, or defaulting to a conservatively inset safe zone, prevents this.

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Visual Design
Accessibility
HUD