Glyph

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glyph \Glyph\ (gl[i^]f), n. [Gr. glyfh` carving, fr. gly`fein to
     carve: cf. F. glyphe. Cf. {Cleave} to split.]
     1. (Arch.) A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See
        {Triglyph}.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glyph
       n : glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or
           incised in relief

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "glyph":
     anaglyph, bas-relief, boss, cameo, cameo glass, cavo-rilievo,
     cut glass, embossment, glyptograph, high relief, intaglio,
     intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, low relief, mask, medal,
     medallion, plaquette, relief, relievo, sculptured glass
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)