Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / A Practical Hand-book of Drawing for Modern Methods of Reproduction / Braille

A Practical Hand-book of Drawing for Modern Methods of Reproduction ⠃⠗⠋ 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

135,824 braille cells · 142 embossed pages at 40×25 · 386 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.