single-font character的意思|示意

In some awkward formats, like Adobe's Type 1, a single font face is described through several files (i. e. one contains the character images, another one the character metrics).

对有些难用的格式，像Adobe的Type1，一个字体外观由几个文件描述(一个包含字符映象，一个包含字符度量等)。

Defining the contrast and the width are decisions which count for every single character in a font.

定义对比度和宽度对于一种字体的每一个字母是很重要的。