What do we use glyph for?

Question

What is a glyph and what do we use it for especially in context of silverlight and xaml?

Duce

Answer 1

Glyphs are a low-level depiction of a character to be drawn on-screen. A good article on them is available on MSDN: Introduction to the GlyphRun Object and Glyphs Element.

Posting a link for you read, I think it is better than simply rehashing the information in my answer (it has pictures and links for further reading).

Prehuman

"This topic is no longer available" -- this is why we like to see rehashing of the information instead of links :) – Gastritis

Thanks @DavidBožjak. I've updated the link. It appears MSDN changed their routes so the link now requires the version information as part of the url e.g. (v=VS.100). When you see the content, you'll understand why it wasn't copied into the answer. – Prehuman

Answer 2

See the following MSDN article for info on Glyphs:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb979862(VS.95).aspx

you can also see more examples here:

http://www.wynapse.com/Silverlight/Silverlight_Glyph_Explorer.aspx

Trope