Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / Hopes and Fears for Art / Braille

Hopes and Fears for Art ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

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

256,398 braille cells · 266 embossed pages at 40×25 · 83 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.