Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / How To / Family Limitation / Braille

Family Limitation ⠃⠗⠋ 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

24,323 braille cells · 26 embossed pages at 40×25 · 35 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.