December 2008
Intermediate to advanced
912 pages
33h 22m
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Chapter 1: CJKV Information Processing Overview
Abstract character, character, glyph, glyph image, and grapheme denitionsTable 1-13.
Terminology ISO Unicode
a
Abstract character n/a A unit of information used for the organization, control, or
representation of textual data. (See denition D7 in Section
3.4, Characters and Encoding.)
Character A member of a set of elements used
for the organization, control, or
representation of data.
b
An atom of information with an
individual meaning, dened by a
character repertoire.
c
(1) The smallest component of written language that has
semantic value; refers to the abstract meaning and/or shape,
rather than a specic shape (see also glyph), though in code
tables some form of visual representation is essential for the
reader’s understanding. (2) Synonym for abstract character.
(3) The basic unit of encoding for the Unicode character
encoding. (4) The English name for the ideographic written
elements of Chinese origin. [See ideograph (2).]
Glyph A recognizable abstract graphical
symbol which is independent of any
specic design.
c
(1) An abstract form that represents one or more glyph im-
ages. (2) A synonym for glyph image. In displaying Unicode
character data, one or more glyphs may be selected to
depict a particular character. These glyphs are selected by a
rendering engine during composition and layout processing.
(See also character.)
Glyph ...
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