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Photo-Lithography ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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