1. A method for consolidating a glyph of a font, comprising: normalizing a first contour in the glyph and a second contour in the glyph to generate a first normalized contour and a second normalized contour; comparing the first normalized contour to the second normalized contour, comprising at least one of comparing a first number of points of the first normalized contour to a second number of points of the second normalized contour, comparing a first position of points of the first normalized contour to a second position of points of the second normalized contour or comparing a first order of points of the first normalized contour to a second order of points of the second normalized contour; based upon the comparing, determining that the first normalized contour and the second normalized contour comprise at least one of a same number of points, a same position of points or a same order of points indicating that the first contour and the second contour correspond to a common contour; and based upon the determining, replacing the first contour with a first reference to a common simple glyph for the common contour and replacing the second contour with a second reference to the common simple glyph to consolidate the glyph.