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Front Matter
Braille
Invented in 1824 by 15-year-old Louis Braille, this tactile writing system uses combinations of six raised dots (64 possible patterns) to represent letters, numbers, and even music notation.
Invented in 1824 by 15-year-old Louis Braille, this tactile writing system uses combinations of six raised dots (64 possible patterns) to represent letters, numbers, and even music notation. Now the global standard for the visually impaired, adapted to over 140 languages.
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The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
좌→우 (LTR)
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System
Alphabet
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
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