Library / Engineering & Technology / The art of lead burning / Braille
The art of lead burning ⠃⠗⠋ 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
118,566 braille cells · 122 embossed pages at 40×25 · 228 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.