#grapheme__character__graphic_symbol__graphicsymbol  a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
  supertype:  written_symbol__writtensymbol__printed_symbol__printedsymbol  a written or printed symbol
  subtype:  allograph.grapheme  a variant form of a grapheme as `m' or `M'
  subtype:  superscript__superior  a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
  subtype:  subscript__inferior  a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
  subtype:  ASCII_character  any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers
     subtype:  ASCII_control_character__control_character__controlcharacter  ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
        subtype:  backspace_character__backspacecharacter  a control character that indicates moving a space to the left
  subtype:  monogram  a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing
  subtype:  upper_case__uppercase__capital__uppercaseletter  one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in proper names and sometimes for emphasis; (printers once kept type for capitals and small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters)
     subtype:  small_capital__smallcapital__small_cap__smallcap  a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
  subtype:  small_letter__smallletter__lower_case__lowercase__lower-case_letter  the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
  subtype:  type.grapheme  printed characters; "small type is hard to read"
     subtype:  type_family  a complete set of type suitable for printing text
     subtype:  font__fount__face  a specific size and style of type within a type family
        subtype:  typewriter_font__constant-width_font__fixed-width_font__fixedwidthfont__monospaced_font  a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter)
        subtype:  proportional_font  any font whose different characters have different widths
           subtype:  modern_font__modern__Bodoni__Bodoni_font  a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
           subtype:  old_style_font__oldstylefont__old_style__oldstyle  a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
           subtype:  roman_letters__romanletter__roman__roman_type__romantype__roman_print__romanprint  a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
        subtype:  font_cartridge__cartridge_font__cartridgefont  (computer science) any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer
        subtype:  black_letter__blackletter__gothic  a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
        subtype:  boldface__bold_face__bold  a typeface with thick heavy lines
        subtype:  italic.font  a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
        subtype:  screen_font__raster_font  (computer science) the font that is displayed on a computer screen; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed"
        subtype:  sans_serif__Helvetica  a typeface in which characters have no serifs
  subtype:  percent_sign__percentsign__percentage_sign  %
  subtype:  asterisk__star  a star-shaped character * used in printing
  subtype:  dagger__obelisk  a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
  subtype:  double_dagger__double_obelisk__dieses  a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
  subtype:  letter_of_the_alphabet__letter__alphabetic_character  the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
     subtype:  ascender.letter_of_the_alphabet  a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
     subtype:  descender.letter_of_the_alphabet  a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
     subtype:  digraph  two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
     subtype:  initial  the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
     subtype:  A  the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  B  the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  c__C  the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  D  the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  E  the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  F  the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  G  the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  H  the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  i__I  the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  J  the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  K  the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  L  the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  M  the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  n  the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  O  the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  P  the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  Q  the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  R  the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  S__s__  the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  T  the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  U  the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  V  the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  W  the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  X  the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  Y  the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
     subtype:  z__Z__zee__zed  the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed but Americans call it zee"
     subtype:  alpha  the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  beta  the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  gamma  the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  delta.letter_of_the_alphabet  the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  epsilon  the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  zeta  the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  eta  the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  theta  the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  iota  the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  kappa  the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  lambda.letter_of_the_alphabet  the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  mu  the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  nu  the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  xi  the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  omicron  the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  pi  the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  rho  the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  sigma  the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  tau  the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  upsilon  the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  phi  the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  chi  the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  psi  the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  omega  the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
     subtype:  aleph  the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  beth  the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  gimel  the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  daleth  the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  he  the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  waw  the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  zayin  the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  heth  the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  teth  the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  yodh  the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  kaph  the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  lamedh  the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  mem  the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  nun.letter_of_the_alphabet  the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  samekh  the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  ayin  the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  pe  the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  sadhe  the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  qoph  the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  resh  the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  sin  the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  shin.letter_of_the_alphabet  the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  taw  the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     subtype:  polyphone__polyphonicletter  a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
     subtype:  block_letter__blockletter__block_capital__blockcapital  a plain hand-drawn letter
     subtype:  vowel  a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
        subtype:  vowel_point__vowelpoint  a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel
     subtype:  consonant.letter_of_the_alphabet  a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
  subtype:  space.grapheme__blank  a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
  subtype:  phonetic_symbol  a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound
  subtype:  mathematical_symbol  a character that is used to indicates a mathematical relation or operation
  subtype:  rune__runic_letter__runicletter  any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each rune had its own magical significance"
     subtype:  thorn  a Germanic character of runic origin
  subtype:  pictograph  a graphic character used in picture writing
  subtype:  ideogram__ideograph  a graphic character used in ideography
     subtype:  logogram__logograph  a single symbol that represents an entire word or phrase
  subtype:  radical.grapheme  a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

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