Braille numbers and punctuation
Braille has no separate digits. The number sign (dots 3-4-5-6) turns the letters a–j into 1–9 and 0 until the next space. Most punctuation sits in the lower part of the cell.
Numbers
The number sign, then a–j.
- 1number sign, then a (dot 1)
- 2number sign, then b (dots 1-2)
- 3number sign, then c (dots 1-4)
- 4number sign, then d (dots 1-4-5)
- 5number sign, then e (dots 1-5)
- 6number sign, then f (dots 1-2-4)
- 7number sign, then g (dots 1-2-4-5)
- 8number sign, then h (dots 1-2-5)
- 9number sign, then i (dots 2-4)
- 0number sign, then j (dots 2-4-5)
Punctuation
- ,comma, dot 2
- ;semicolon, dots 2-3
- :colon, dots 2-5
- .full stop, dots 2-5-6
- !exclamation mark, dots 2-3-5
- ?question mark, dots 2-3-6
- 'apostrophe, dot 3
- -hyphen, dots 3-6