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Grapheme vs Glyph - What's the difference?

grapheme | glyph |

As nouns the difference between grapheme and glyph

is that grapheme is a fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul while glyph is a figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.

grapheme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • glyph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

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    Synonyms

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