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Glyph : (noun)
1: glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or
incised in relief
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Glyph : \Glyph\, n. (Arch[ae]ol.)
A carved figure or character, incised or in relief; a carved
pictograph; hence, a pictograph representing a form
originally adopted for sculpture, whether carved or painted.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Glyph : \Glyph\ (gl[i^]f), n. [Gr. glyfh` carving, fr. gly`fein to
carve: cf. F. glyphe. Cf. Cleave to split.] (Arch.)
A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Glyph :
An image used in the visual representation of
characters; roughly speaking, how a character looks. A
font is a set of glyphs.
font_({typeface">In the simple case, for a given font ({typeface and size),
each character corresponds to a single glyph but this is not
always the case, especially in a language with a large
alphabet where one character may correspond to several glyphs
or several characters to one glyph (a character encoding).
Usually used in reference to outline fonts, in particular
TrueType.
(1998-05-31)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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