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1 A glyph is the graphic shape of a character in a writing system. The distinction between the abstract concept of a character and the concrete one of the glyph is a central distinction in the Unicode Standard (ch. 2, pp. 11–12). It is also a useful term in [[paleaography>>doc:stemmatology.Palaeography.WebHome]], even if this discipline prefers a term like //letter-form//. A character can be instantiated in a number of glyphs, which can sometimes look surprisingly different. This observation applies to the variation between fonts (or indeed hand-writings), but sometimes also to the distinction between regular and italic shapes.
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3 See the entry on [[character>>doc:stemmatology.Character.WebHome]] for an illustration of various glyphs.
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6 ==== Reference ====
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9 //– The Unicode Standard.// Version 8.0. Edited by Julie D. Allen et al. Unicode Consortium, Mountain View, CA. [[http:~~/~~/unicode.org/versions/Unicode8.0.0>>url:http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode8.0.0/||shape="rect"]]
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11 ==== In other languages ====
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13 DE: Glyphe (f.)
14 FR: glyphe (f.)
15 IT: glifo (m.)
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18 [[url:http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.3.0||style="text-decoration: none;" shape="rect"]][[OH>>doc:stemmatology.Parvum lexicon stemmatologicum.Contributors.WebHome]]