Glyph (nonfiction)

Various glyphs representing the lower case letter "a".

In typography, a glyph is an elemental symbol within an agreed set of symbols, intended to represent a readable character for the purposes of writing and thereby expressing thoughts, ideas and concepts.

In the News

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  Cryptographer and actor Niles Cartouchian confirms that he personally designed the computational security protocols featured in the action-adventure film Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden.

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  The Uncials (or simply Uncials) is an unlicensed transdimensional street gang. Shown here: a scene from "Exosomatic Gang Signs During Donnybrook" in which The Uncials beat the glyphs out of a suspected APTO informant.

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  Glyph Wardens rescue litter of abandoned baby glyphs during raid on math lab, vow to use all the powers of their office to find good homes for the glyphs.

Fiction cross-reference

• Glyph Warden
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• The Uncials

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Sigil (nonfiction)

External links

• Glyph @ Wikipedia