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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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⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠋⠕⠗⠑⠀⠀⠃⠑⠀⠕⠧⠑⠗⠏⠗⠊⠝⠞⠑⠙⠀⠼⠉⠑⠀⠺⠓⠑⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀

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