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)
