Glossary
- AAT.
Abbreviation for Apple Advanced Typography.
- Abstract character repertoire.
A collection of characters with no reference to their encoded representation (for example, “the English alphabet”).
- Accent.
A diacritical mark, usually modifying the sound of a vowel or indicating that a syllable has stress applied to it.
- Accent stacking.
The process of adjusting multiple diacritical marks applied to the same base character so that they don't collide with each other.
- Accented letter.
A letter with one or more accents or other diacritical marks applied to it.
- Accounting numerals.
Chinese characters that are used in place of the “normal” Chinese numerals for accounting and commercial purposes, generally because they're more difficult to alter.
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