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search Various glyphs representing the lower case letter "a".  A
glyph /ˈɡlɪf/ is an element of writing: An individual mark on a
written medium that contributes to the meaning of what is
written.  For example, in most languages written in any variety
of the Latin alphabet the dot on a lower-case "i" is not a glyph
because it does not convey any distinction, and an i in which
the dot has been accidentally omitted is still likely to be read
as an "i". In Turkish, however, it is a glyph because that
language has two distinct versions of the letter "i", with and
without a dot.  In Japanese syllabaries, a number of the
characters are made up of more than one separate mark, but in
general these separate marks are not glyphs because they have no
meaning by themselves. However, in some cases, additional marks
fulfill the role of diacritics, to differentiate distinct
characters. Such additional marks constitute glyphs.  In
general, a diacritic is a glyph, even