kirjapilt
Kirjapilt is a term used in Estonian-language scholarship to denote the graphical image of a single character within a writing system—the glyph as it appears in inscriptions, manuscripts, or print. The concept emphasizes form over phonetic value or meaning and is used across palaeography, epigraphy, and typography.
The word is formed from kiri, meaning writing, and pilt, meaning image, and it is employed to
Scope and usage: Researchers describe kirjapildid to compare script styles across time and space, classify historical
In practice, documenting kirjapilt helps with typographic restoration, font design, and digital recognition. Digital humanities projects
See also: epigraphy, paleography, grapheme, glyph, script, typography.