Bezel
The bezel of a drawing tablet is the area on its surface that is not the Active area.
For many devices such as phones and TVs, people make a big deal about having the smallest bezels possible. For drawing tablets, a wide bezel is often helpful.
Ergonomic benefits
Avoids your pen uncomfortably "dropping off" when you make strokes near the edge of the active area
Provides a place for you to rest your wrist or forearm so the tablet edge does not dig into them.
Drawing benefits
The EMR sensor (digitizer) needs to be a bit wider than the active area so that it is still accurate at the edges. A wider bezel provides that extra space for the digitizer.
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