Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / The Practice and Science of Drawing / Braille

The Practice and Science of Drawing ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

443,803 braille cells · 469 embossed pages at 40×25 · 978 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠙⠑⠏⠞⠓⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠊⠉⠅⠝⠑⠎⠎⠂⠀⠃⠽⠀⠍⠑⠁⠝⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠋⠇⠁⠞⠀
⠏⠊⠉⠞⠥⠗⠑⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠺⠕⠀⠙⠊⠍⠑⠝⠎⠊⠕⠝⠎⠦⠀⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠏⠕⠺⠑⠗⠀
⠞⠕⠀⠚⠥⠙⠛⠑⠀⠙⠊⠎⠞⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀⠙⠥⠑⠀⠏⠗⠊⠝⠉⠊⠏⠁⠇⠇⠽⠀⠞⠕⠀
⠕⠥⠗⠀⠏⠕⠎⠎⠑⠎⠎⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠺⠕⠀⠑⠽⠑⠎⠀⠎⠊⠞⠥⠁⠞⠑⠙⠀⠊⠝⠀
⠎⠇⠊⠛⠓⠞⠇⠽⠀⠙⠊⠋⠋⠑⠗⠑⠝⠞⠀⠏⠕⠎⠊⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓
⠀⠺⠑⠀⠛⠑⠞⠀⠞⠺⠕⠀⠧⠊⠑⠺⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠕⠃⠚⠑⠉⠞⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠁⠇⠎⠕⠀
⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠏⠕⠺⠑⠗⠀⠏⠕⠎⠎⠑⠎⠎⠑⠙⠀⠃⠽⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠑⠽⠑⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠋⠕⠉⠥⠎⠎⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠞⠀⠙⠊⠋⠋⠑⠗⠑⠝⠞⠀⠙⠊⠎⠞⠁⠝⠉⠑⠎⠂⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠎
⠀⠃⠑⠊⠝⠛⠀⠕⠥⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠋⠕⠉⠥⠎⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠞⠊⠍⠑⠀⠃⠑⠊⠝⠛⠲⠀
⠠⠊⠝⠀⠁⠀⠏⠊⠉⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠑⠽⠑⠎⠀⠉⠁⠝⠀⠕⠝⠇⠽⠀⠋⠕⠉⠥⠎⠀⠁⠞
⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠙⠊⠎⠞⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠶⠞⠓⠑⠀⠙⠊⠎⠞⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠑⠽⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀
⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠏⠇⠁⠝⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠏⠊⠉⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠺⠓⠑⠝⠀⠽⠕⠥⠀
⠁⠗⠑⠀⠇⠕⠕⠅⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠞⠀⠊⠞⠶⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀⠊⠎⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠓⠊⠑⠋⠀⠉⠁⠥⠎⠑⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠏⠑⠗⠑⠝⠝⠊⠁⠇⠀
⠙⠊⠋⠋⠊⠉⠥⠇⠞⠽⠀⠊⠝⠀⠏⠁⠊⠝⠞⠊⠝⠛⠀⠃⠁⠉⠅⠛⠗⠕⠥⠝⠙⠎⠲⠀⠠⠊⠝⠀
⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠽⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠕⠥⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠋⠕⠉⠥⠎⠀⠺⠓⠑⠝⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠊⠎
⠀⠇⠕⠕⠅⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠞⠀⠁⠝⠀⠕⠃⠚⠑⠉⠞⠂⠀⠃⠥⠞⠀⠊⠝⠀⠁⠀⠏⠁⠊⠝⠞⠊⠝⠛
⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠃⠁⠉⠅⠛⠗⠕⠥⠝⠙⠀⠊⠎⠀⠝⠑⠉⠑⠎⠎⠁⠗⠊⠇⠽⠀⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠎⠁⠍⠑⠀⠋⠕⠉⠁⠇⠀⠏⠇⠁⠝⠑⠀⠁⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠕⠃⠚⠑⠉⠞⠲⠀
⠠⠝⠥⠍⠑⠗⠕⠥⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠙⠑⠧⠊⠉⠑⠎⠀⠗⠑⠎⠕⠗⠞⠑⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠽
⠀⠏⠁⠊⠝⠞⠑⠗⠎⠀⠞⠕⠀⠕⠧⠑⠗⠉⠕⠍⠑⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀⠙⠊⠋⠋⠊⠉⠥⠇⠞⠽⠂⠀
⠃⠥⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠽⠀⠙⠕⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠉⠕⠝⠉⠑⠗⠝⠀⠥⠎⠀⠓⠑⠗⠑⠲⠀⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠋⠁⠉⠞⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠺⠑⠀⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀⠞⠺⠕⠀⠋⠇⠁⠞⠀⠏⠊⠉⠞⠥⠗⠑⠎⠀⠕⠝⠀
⠕⠥⠗⠀⠞⠺⠕⠀⠗⠑⠞⠊⠝⠁⠎⠀⠞⠕⠀⠓⠑⠇⠏⠀⠥⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠺⠑⠀
⠉⠁⠝⠀⠋⠕⠉⠥⠎⠀⠁⠞⠀⠙⠊⠋⠋⠑⠗⠑⠝⠞⠀⠏⠇⠁⠝⠑⠎⠂⠀⠺⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀⠝⠕⠞

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.