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What's a pictogram?

As defined by Webster's Third New International Dictionary, pictogram is a variant of the word pictograph. While pictogram can be substituted for pictograph, the word pictogram itself has no real meaning—unless, of course, you are referring to our studio! So, what's a pictograph? Webster's defines
a pictograph as:

1) an ancient or prehistoric drawing or painting on a rock wall
[Like you might spy in a cave or cliff: a petroglyph]

2) a pictorial representation of some object used to symbolize that object in pictography or a writing system that includes elements of pictography
[Like you might read if you are fluent in Chinese: a word picture]

3) one of the symbols belonging to any graphic system the characters
of which are to considerable extent pictorial in appearance regardless of whether the symbols serve a pictographic, ideographic or phonetic function
[Like you might spot on the walls of ancient pyramids: a hieroglyph]

4) a diagram representing statistical data by pictorial forms which can be
varied in color, size, or number to indicate change.
[Like you might find in a science book: a diagram]

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