Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / Practical forging and art smithing / Braille

Practical forging and art smithing ⠃⠗⠋ 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

141,016 braille cells · 148 embossed pages at 40×25 · 551 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.