glyph

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

glyph
    n 1: glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or
         incised in relief

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Glyph \Glyph\ (gl[i^]f), n. [Gr. glyfh` carving, fr. gly`fein to
   carve: cf. F. glyphe. Cf. {Cleave} to split.]
   1. (Arch.) A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See
      {Triglyph}.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Arch[ae]ol.) A carved figure or character, incised or in
      relief; a carved pictograph; hence, a pictograph
      representing a form originally adopted for sculpture,
      whether carved or painted.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

glyph

   <character> 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)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "glyph":
      anaglyph, bas-relief, boss, cameo, cameo glass, cavo-rilievo,
      cut glass, embossment, glyptograph, high relief, intaglio,
      intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, low relief, mask, medal,
      medallion, plaquette, relief, relievo, sculptured glass