Re: What is "glyph"?

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Response from the Working Group
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The characters in hiragana and katakana are glyphs. Kanji are also
glyphs. As are the representations of characters in the Western
Alphabet See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphs


Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group

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> Name: Makoto Ueki
> Email: makoto.ueki@gmail.com
> Affiliation: JIS Working Group
> Document: W2
> Item Number: Success Criterion 1.4.8
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> Comment Type: editorial
> Summary of Issue: What is "glyph"?
> Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
> For Japanese, it can be translated in several ways. We need to make sure what it indicates. Could you provide us with the visual examples(not in text)? It will allow us to find an appropriate word in Japanese.
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> Proposed Change:
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Received on Friday, 29 August 2008 19:13:15 UTC