---
title: Glyph
slug: Glossary/Glyph
tags:
  - Glossary
  - SVG
  - typography
---
A **glyph** is a term used in typography for the visual representation of one or more {{Glossary("character", "characters")}}.

The fonts used by a website contain different sets of glyphs, which represent the characters of the font.

## See also

- [Glyph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyph) on Wikipedia
- [Glyph, character and grapheme](https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-a-character-a-glyph-and-a-grapheme/answer/Thomas-Phinney) on Quora
