Bitmap fonts describe glyph shapes by plotting the pixels directly onto a two-dimensional grid of determined size, while vector fonts describe the outlines of the glyphs with line and curve drawing instructions.

• 点阵字体通过直接在确定大小的二维网格上描画像素来描述符号形状，而向量字体用勾画直线和曲线的指令描述符号的轮廓。