Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / How To / Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play / Braille

Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play ⠃⠗⠋ 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

163,319 braille cells · 168 embossed pages at 40×25 · 5,514 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.