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{{Short description|Louis Braille's original braille alphabet}}
{{Infobox writing system
| name = Braille<br><small>(first edition)</small>
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| type = alphabet
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[[Louis Braille]]'s original publication, ''Procedure for Writing Words, Music, and Plainsong in Dots'' (1829),<ref>[http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/braille/TheFirstPublicationoftheBrailleCode.html ''Procédé pour écrire les Paroles, la Musique, et le Plain-chant au moyen de points''] {{webarchive|url=https://
The first four decades indicated the 40 letters of the alphabet (39 letters of the French alphabet, plus English<!--not German: German was not supported until later--> ''w''); the fifth the digits; the sixth punctuation; the seventh and part of the eighth mathematical symbols. The seventh decade was also used for musical notes. Most of the remaining characters were unassigned.
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|{{bc|type=image|A236}} <br> [[※]]
|{{bc|type=image|A35}} <br> [[√|²√]]
|{{bc|type=image|A356}} <br> [[decimal point|.
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! VIII
|{{bc|type=image|B3}} <br>
|{{bc|type=image|B13}} <br> [[∷]]
|{{bc|type=image|B36}} <br> [[÷]]
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! Supp.
|{{bc|type=image|Apostrophe}} <br> [[apostrophe|
|{{bc|type=image|Hyphen}} <br> [[hyphen|-]]
|{{bc|type=image|Ä}} <br> [[∝]]
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The supplemental signs were {{braille cell|type=text|3|36|345|3456}} and a top dash with {{braille cell|type=text|6|56}}.<ref>Only the four of these without a dash were defined, with their modern values of apostrophe, hyphen, [[∝|proportionality (∝)]], and the number/symbol indicator.</ref> Of the 125 (5
Punctuation differed slightly from today, even accounting for the shift downward when the dash was dropped from the bottom row of the cell. {{braille cell|type=text|()}} was used for both parentheses, as in modern [[English braille]]. {{braille cell|type=text|hh}} was used for either quotation mark; {{braille cell|type=text|jj}} was a [[pipe (punctuation)|pipe]]. {{braille cell|type=text|en}} was the question mark, as in modern French braille, while {{braille cell|type=text|in}} was the asterisk, which is used doubled in English braille.
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!(8th) <br>
|{{Braille cell|type=text|num|⠡}} <br> [[
|{{Braille cell|type=text|num|⠣}} <br> [[∷]]
|{{Braille cell|type=text|num|⠩}} <br> [[÷]]
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==Computer encoding==
The official [[Unicode braille patterns|Unicode encoding]] for Braille only specifies codepoints for modern dot-only patterns. An unofficial encoding for dash patterns can be found in the [[Under-ConScript Unicode Registry]],<ref name=ucsur>{{cite web|url=http://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/ |title=Under-ConScript Unicode Registry |access-date
{{Unicode chart Braille Patterns}}
{{CSUR chart Braille Extended}}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/braille/TheFirstPublicationoftheBrailleCode.html Photographs of the pages of ''Procédé pour écrire les Paroles, la Musique, et le Plain-chant au moyen de points''], with French transcription and English translation (archived [https://
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[[Category:1829 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:1829 in France]]
[[Category:1829 introductions]]
[[Category:Braille]]
[[Category:Miscellaneous Unicode blocks]]
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