glyph
An {image} used in the visual representation of
{characters}; roughly speaking, how a character looks. A
{font} is a set of glyphs.
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)