diff --git a/src/OT/glyf/Glyph.hh b/src/OT/glyf/Glyph.hh
index eae419db7..590f7a180 100644
--- a/src/OT/glyf/Glyph.hh
+++ b/src/OT/glyf/Glyph.hh
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ struct Glyph
     hb_array_t<contour_point_t> phantoms = points.sub_array (points.length - PHANTOM_COUNT, PHANTOM_COUNT);
     {
       int h_delta = (int) header->xMin -
-		    glyf_accelerator.hmtx->get_side_bearing (gid);
+		    glyf_accelerator.hmtx->get_leading_bearing_without_var_unscaled (gid);
       int v_orig  = (int) header->yMax +
 #ifndef HB_NO_VERTICAL
-		    glyf_accelerator.vmtx->get_side_bearing (gid)
+		    glyf_accelerator.vmtx->get_leading_bearing_without_var_unscaled (gid)
 #else
 		    0
 #endif
diff --git a/src/OT/glyf/GlyphHeader.hh b/src/OT/glyf/GlyphHeader.hh
index 792bd5478..c7bf66624 100644
--- a/src/OT/glyf/GlyphHeader.hh
+++ b/src/OT/glyf/GlyphHeader.hh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct GlyphHeader
   {
     /* Undocumented rasterizer behavior: shift glyph to the left by (lsb - xMin), i.e., xMin = lsb */
     /* extents->x_bearing = hb_min (glyph_header.xMin, glyph_header.xMax); */
-    extents->x_bearing = font->em_scale_x (glyf_accelerator.hmtx->get_side_bearing (gid));
+    extents->x_bearing = font->em_scale_x (glyf_accelerator.hmtx->get_leading_bearing_without_var_unscaled (gid));
     extents->y_bearing = font->em_scale_y (hb_max (yMin, yMax));
     extents->width     = font->em_scale_x (hb_max (xMin, xMax) - hb_min (xMin, xMax));
     extents->height    = font->em_scale_y (hb_min (yMin, yMax) - hb_max (yMin, yMax));
diff --git a/src/OT/glyf/glyf.hh b/src/OT/glyf/glyf.hh
index 0f335b7a0..edd96542e 100644
--- a/src/OT/glyf/glyf.hh
+++ b/src/OT/glyf/glyf.hh
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ struct glyf_accelerator_t
     return hb_clamp (roundf (result), 0.f, (float) UINT_MAX / 2);
   }
 
-  int get_side_bearing_var (hb_font_t *font, hb_codepoint_t gid, bool is_vertical) const
+  int get_leading_bearing_with_var_unscaled (hb_font_t *font, hb_codepoint_t gid, bool is_vertical) const
   {
     if (unlikely (gid >= num_glyphs)) return 0;
 
@@ -291,9 +291,9 @@ struct glyf_accelerator_t
     if (unlikely (!get_points (font, gid, points_aggregator_t (font, &extents, phantoms, false))))
       return
 #ifndef HB_NO_VERTICAL
-	is_vertical ? vmtx->get_side_bearing (gid) :
+	is_vertical ? vmtx->get_leading_bearing_without_var_unscaled (gid) :
 #endif
-	hmtx->get_side_bearing (gid);
+	hmtx->get_leading_bearing_without_var_unscaled (gid);
 
     return is_vertical
 	 ? roundf (phantoms[glyf_impl::PHANTOM_TOP].y) - extents.y_bearing
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-font.cc b/src/hb-ot-font.cc
index 2f206afb1..84769b06b 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-font.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-font.cc
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ hb_ot_get_glyph_v_origin (hb_font_t *font,
     if (ot_face->vmtx->has_data ())
     {
       const OT::vmtx_accelerator_t &vmtx = *ot_face->vmtx;
-      hb_position_t tsb = vmtx.get_side_bearing (font, glyph);
+      hb_position_t tsb = vmtx.get_leading_bearing_with_var_unscaled (font, glyph);
       *y = extents.y_bearing + font->em_scale_y (tsb);
       return true;
     }
@@ -515,9 +515,9 @@ hb_ot_font_set_funcs (hb_font_t *font)
 
 #ifndef HB_NO_VAR
 int
-_glyf_get_side_bearing_var (hb_font_t *font, hb_codepoint_t glyph, bool is_vertical)
+_glyf_get_leading_bearing_with_var_unscaled (hb_font_t *font, hb_codepoint_t glyph, bool is_vertical)
 {
-  return font->face->table.glyf->get_side_bearing_var (font, glyph, is_vertical);
+  return font->face->table.glyf->get_leading_bearing_with_var_unscaled (font, glyph, is_vertical);
 }
 
 unsigned
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-hmtx-table.hh b/src/hb-ot-hmtx-table.hh
index 3f0896cad..7e9fbb07c 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-hmtx-table.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-hmtx-table.hh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 
 HB_INTERNAL int
-_glyf_get_side_bearing_var (hb_font_t *font, hb_codepoint_t glyph, bool is_vertical);
+_glyf_get_leading_bearing_with_var_unscaled (hb_font_t *font, hb_codepoint_t glyph, bool is_vertical);
 
 HB_INTERNAL unsigned
 _glyf_get_advance_with_var_unscaled (hb_font_t *font, hb_codepoint_t glyph, bool is_vertical);
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct hmtxvmtx
 		hb_codepoint_t old_gid;
 		if (!c->plan->old_gid_for_new_gid (_, &old_gid))
 		  return hb_pair (0u, 0);
-		return hb_pair (_mtx.get_advance_without_var_unscaled (old_gid), _mtx.get_side_bearing (old_gid));
+		return hb_pair (_mtx.get_advance_without_var_unscaled (old_gid), _mtx.get_leading_bearing_without_var_unscaled (old_gid));
 	      })
     ;
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ struct hmtxvmtx
 
     bool has_data () const { return (bool) num_bearings; }
 
-    int get_side_bearing (hb_codepoint_t glyph) const
+    int get_leading_bearing_without_var_unscaled (hb_codepoint_t glyph) const
     {
       if (glyph < num_long_metrics)
 	return table->longMetricZ[glyph].sb;
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ struct hmtxvmtx
       return bearings[glyph - num_long_metrics];
     }
 
-    int get_side_bearing (hb_font_t *font, hb_codepoint_t glyph) const
+    int get_leading_bearing_with_var_unscaled (hb_font_t *font, hb_codepoint_t glyph) const
     {
-      int side_bearing = get_side_bearing (glyph);
+      int side_bearing = get_leading_bearing_without_var_unscaled (glyph);
 
 #ifndef HB_NO_VAR
       if (unlikely (glyph >= num_bearings) || !font->num_coords)
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ struct hmtxvmtx
       if (var_table->get_lsb_delta_unscaled (glyph, font->coords, font->num_coords, &lsb))
 	return side_bearing + roundf (lsb);
 
-      return _glyf_get_side_bearing_var (font, glyph, T::tableTag == HB_OT_TAG_vmtx);
+      return _glyf_get_leading_bearing_with_var_unscaled (font, glyph, T::tableTag == HB_OT_TAG_vmtx);
 #else
       return side_bearing;
 #endif