Grapheme vs Glyph - What's the difference?
grapheme | glyph |
A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul.
In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.
A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
(typography, computing) A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
(architecture) A vertical groove.