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title: "Glyphs"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
f1_keywords: 
  - "AutoGeneratedOrientationPage"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "Glyphs elements [WPF]"
  - "GlyphRun object [WPF]"
  - "text [WPF], glyphs"
  - "GlyphRunDrawing objects [WPF]"
  - "glyphs [WPF]"
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---
# Glyphs
Glyphs are a low-level depiction of a character to be drawn on-screen. [!INCLUDE[TLA#tla_winclient](../../../includes/tlasharptla-winclient-md.md)] provides direct access to glyphs for customers who want to intercept and persist text after formatting.  
  
## In This Section  
 [Introduction to the GlyphRun Object and Glyphs Element](introduction-to-the-glyphrun-object-and-glyphs-element.md)  
  [How to: Draw Text Using Glyphs](draw-text-using-glyphs.md)  
  
## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.Media.GlyphRun>
- <xref:System.Windows.Media.DrawingContext.DrawText%2A>
- <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Glyphs>
- [Documents in WPF](documents-in-wpf.md)
- [Typography in WPF](typography-in-wpf.md)