Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / A short history of architecture / Braille

A short history of architecture ⠃⠗⠋ 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

244,658 braille cells · 258 embossed pages at 40×25 · 156 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.