Margens

Margens is a term used in several languages and fields. In Portuguese, margens is the plural of margem and commonly refers to banks or shores—the edges of rivers, lakes, or coastlines. In publishing and design, margin refers to the blank space that surrounds the main content on a page or screen. Margins help frame text, improve readability, and provide room for binding in books. They also define the safe area for digital UI and can be adjusted to balance white space, alignment, and visual hierarchy. In printing, margins are connected to bleed and trim zones to ensure content is not cut off during production; a gutter margin is added on the inner side of pages to accommodate binding.

Geographically, in Portuguese usage margens describes riverbanks and shorelines and is used in everyday speech to denote the edge of a land feature. In a broader sense, margins can refer to any edges or borders of a surface or field.

In economics and business, margin describes the difference between costs and revenue, typically expressed as a percentage of revenue. Common terms include gross margin, operating margin, and net margin. Margin also appears in finance as margin trading, where investors borrow funds to increase a position, subject to margin requirements.