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“family” in braille

⠋⠁⠍⠊⠇⠽6 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, family in braille is f-a-m-i-l-y, one cell for each letter: ⠋⠁⠍⠊⠇⠽.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Fdots 1-2-4
  2. 2. Adot 1
  3. 3. Mdots 1-3-4
  4. 4. Idots 2-4
  5. 5. Ldots 1-2-3
  6. 6. Ydots 1-3-4-5-6

Capitals

Braille letters are lower case unless marked. To start with a capital, as at the start of a sentence, put the capital sign, dot 6, before the first letter: ⠠⠋⠁⠍⠊⠇⠽. For the whole word in capitals, FAMILY, use two capital signs: ⠠⠠⠋⠁⠍⠊⠇⠽.

Grade 1 and Grade 2

This is uncontracted (Grade 1) braille, every letter written out, which is where learners start. Books, signs and labels mostly use Grade 2, where common letter groups and words take a single cell, so some words come out shorter there. See the Grade 2 contractions.

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