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?

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).

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