On a SVG image generated with out shadowing i.e.
for
http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/uml/AyxEp2j8B4hCLIZEI4p9By_CIrT8IymfJkNYAaXCpavCJrK8TlFrKQZcAafDBadCIyy12bGMbwJc8Wc4P-O1jI89k1Sb5cHa9XSZ2JcMfcJc8_7zKalAyukokMgv8COfsEZfmGo2K60Hk4b8gh29GOn74e2Q3m00
when the SVG result
http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/svg/AyxEp2j8B4hCLIZEI4p9By_CIrT8IymfJkNYAaXCpavCJrK8TlFrKQZcAafDBadCIyy12bGMbwJc8Wc4P-O1jI89k1Sb5cHa9XSZ2JcMfcJc8_7zKalAyukokMgv8COfsEZfmGo2K60Hk4b8gh29GOn74e2Q3m00
is embedded in a webpage, the main element has uneven padding (For visibility use a browsers developer tools to add the "border: 1px dashed #000;" to the svg elements style).
i.e. the frame has bounds of 22, 24, 372, 303 while the view port is set to 0, 0, 373, 304. This gives a left padding of 22 units, top padding of 24 units, and bottom and right padding of 1 units.
When requesting a png image, the left and right padding appear to be balanced.