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Design, or shapes of letters or symbols, either as written by hand or as represented in a particular type font | |||
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==== A letterform, letter-form or letter form is a term used especially in typography, palaeography, calligraphy, and epigraphy to mean a letter's shape. A letterform is a type of glyph, which is a specific, concrete way of writing an abstract character or grapheme. ==== [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterform]] | ==== A letterform, letter-form or letter form is a term used especially in typography, palaeography, calligraphy, and epigraphy to mean a letter's shape. A letterform is a type of glyph, which is a specific, concrete way of writing an abstract character or grapheme. ==== [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterform]] | ||
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Definition
Design, or shapes of letters or symbols, either as written by hand or as represented in a particular type font
Origin
==== A letterform, letter-form or letter form is a term used especially in typography, palaeography, calligraphy, and epigraphy to mean a letter's shape. A letterform is a type of glyph, which is a specific, concrete way of writing an abstract character or grapheme. ==== [[1]]
