After the dot writing by Louis Braille slowly became established
In 1839 he published his new dot writing, which
---------- Table Raphigraphy Alphabet: ---------- Corrected extract by Alexander Fakoó (without the French umlauts) Each characters of the raphigraphy alphabet consist of 10 lines and any number of columns: Line 1: [1] [1] ... Line 2: [2] [2] ... Line 3: [3] [3] ... Line 4: [4] [4] ... Line 5: [5] [5] ... Line 6: [6] [6] ... Line 7: [7] [7] ... Line 8: [8] [8] ... Line 9: [9] [9] ... Line 10: [0] [0] ... The dot-occupancy is therefore given in columns below (column1) (column2) (column3) (column4) and so on. The dots always count from top to bottom, the dot in line 10 is denoted by 0 in the following table: _lowercase letters Character a = d56 + d47 + d47 + d3456 + d7 Character b = d123456 + d47 + d47 + d56 Character c = d56 + d47 + d47 Character d = d56 + d147 + d147 + dP23456 Character e = d56 + d457 + d457 Character f = d9 + d0 + d23456789 + d14 + d2 Character g = d56 + d470 + d470 + d3456789 Character h = d1234567 + d4 + d4567 + d7 Character i = d24567 + d7 Character j = d9 + d0 + d2456789 Character k = d1234567 + d56 + d47 Character l = d1234567 + d7 Character m = d4567 + d4 + d4567 + d4 + d4567 + d7 Character n = d4567 + d4 + d4567 + d7 Character o = d56 + d47 + d47 + d56 Character p = d34567890 + d47 + d47 + d56 Character q = d56 + d47 + d47 + d34567890 Character r = d4567 + d4 + d4 Character s = d6 + d7 + d456 + d3 Character t = d234567 + d47 Character u = d4567 + d7 + d4567 + d7 Character v = d45 + d67 + d6 + d45 Character w = d45 + d67 + d6 + d45 + d67 + d6 + d45 Character x = d47 + d47 + d56 + d47 + d47 Character y = d4 + d45670 + d70 + d456789 Character z = d47 + d467 + d457 + d47 _uppercase letters Character A = d 7 + d 67 + d 57 + d 45 + d 35 + d 257 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 7 Character B = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 147 + d 147 + d 1234567 + d 2356 Character C = d 345 + d 23456 + d 17 + d 17 + d 17 + d 26 Character D = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 17 + d 17 + d 23456 + d 345 Character E = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 147 + d 13457 + d 17 + d 1267 Character F = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 147 + d 1345 + d 1 + d 12 Character G = d 345 + d 23456 + d 17 + d 157 + d 1567 + d 256 + d 5 Character H = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 147 + d 4 + d 147 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 17 Character I = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 17 Character J = d 67 + d 17 + d 1234567 + d 123456 + d 1 Character K = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 147 + d 35 + d 1267 + d 17 Character L = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 17 + d 7 + d 7 + d 67 Character M = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 237 + d 34 + d 45 + d 56 + d 5 + d 4 + d 37 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 17 Character N = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 127 + d 23 + d 34 + d 45 + d 56 + d 167 + d 1234567 + d 1 Character O = d 345 + d 23456 + d 17 + d 17 + d 17 + d 23456 + d 345 Character P = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 147 + d 14 + d 1234 + d 23 Character Q = d 345 + d 23456 + d 17 + d 178 + d 179 + d 234560 + d 345 Character R = d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 147 + d 14 + d 123456 + d 23567 + d 7 Character S = d 6 + d 7 + d 7 + d 234567 + d 123456 + d 1 + d 1 + d 2 Character T = d 12 + d 1 + d 17 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 17 + d 1 + d 12 Character U = d 1 + d 123456 + d 1234567 + d 17 + d 7 + d 17 + d 123456 + d 1 Character V = d 1 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 16 + d 5 + d 4 + d 13 + d 12 + d 1 Character W = d 1 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 16 + d 5 + d 4 + d 13 + d 1234567 + d 1234567 + d 16 + d 5 + d 4 + d 13 + d 12 + d 1 Character X = d 17 + d 1267 + d 12357 + d 134 + d 457 + d 13567 + d 1267 + d 17 Character Y = d 1 + d 12 + d 1237 + d 134567 + d 4567 + d 137 + d 12 + d 1 Character Z = d 1267 + d 1567 + d 1457 + d 1347 + d 1237 + d 1267 _numbers Character 1 = d37 + d34567 + d37 Character 2 = d37 + d267 + d257 + d347 Character 3 = d26 + d17 + d147 + d2356 Character 4 = d6 + d56 + d46 + d36 + d24567 + d16 Character 5 = d346 + d247 + d147 + d156 Character 6 = d456 + d37 + d247 + d156 Character 7 = d0 + d9 + d48 + d47 + d46 + d45 + d4 Character 8 = d2356 + d147 + d147 + d2356 Character 9 = d560 + d479 + d48 + d567 Character 0 = d56 + d47 + d47 + d56 _punctuation marks Character . = d7 Character : = d57 Character , = d8 + d7 Character ; = d8 + d57 Character ? = d13457 + d2 Character ! = d123457 Character - = d5 + d5 + d5 Character ' = d2 + d1 Character ( = d4567 + d38 + d29 + d10 Character ) = d10 + d29 + d38 + d4567 Character * = d35 + d4 + d147 + d23456 + d147 + d4 + d35 Character « = d56 + d4567 + d47 Character » = d47 + d4567 + d56 ------------- End Raphigraphy Alphabet --------------- to the top |
In his list, the dots to be set are listed column by column. Also all French
Excerpt from the brochure of Louis Braille from 1839:
TABLEAU CHIFFRÉ DE LA FORME DES LETTRES | |
a. | 5 6 | 4 7 | 4 7 | 3 4 5 6 | 7. |
b. | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 4 7 | 4 7 | 5 6. |
c. | 5 6 | 4 7 | 4 7. |
d. | 5 6 | 1 4 7 | 1 4 7 | 2 3 4 5 6. |
e. | 5 6 | 4 5 7 | 4 5 7. |
f. | 9 | 10 | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | 1 4 | 2. |
g. | 5 6 | 4 7 10 | 4 7 10 | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. |
... | |
ç. | 5 6 | 4 7 10 | 4 7 9. |
æ. | 5 6 | 4 7 | 4 7 | 3 4 5 6 | 4 5 7 | 4 5 7. |
œ. | 5 6 | 4 7 | 4 7 | 5 6 | 4 5 7 | 4 5 7. |
é. | 5 6 | 2 4 5 7 | 1 4 5 7. |
à. | 5 6 | 1 4 7 | 2 4 7 | 4 5 6 | 7. |
è. | 5 6 | 1 4 5 7 | 2 4 5 7. |
ì. | 1 | 2 4 5 6 7 | 7. |
... | |
A. | 7 | 6 7 | 5 7 | 4 5 | 3 5 | 2 5 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 7. |
B. | 1 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 4 7 | 1 4 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 2 3 5 6. |
C. | 3 4 5 | 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 7 | 1 7 | 1 7 | 2 6. |
D. | 1 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 7 | 1 7 | 2 3 4 5 6 | 3 4 5. |
E. | 1 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 4 7 | 1 3 4 5 7 | 1 7 | 1 2 6 7. |
F. | 1 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 4 7 | 1 3 4 5 | 1 | 1 2. |
G. | 3 4 5 | 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 7 | 1 5 7 | 1 5 6 7 | 2 5 6 | 5. |
H. | 1 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 4 7 | 4 | 1 4 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 7. |
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Source: PROCÉDÉ POUR REPRÉSENTER PAR DES POINTS LA FORME MÊME DES LETTRES
It were written primarily in lowercase letters, but these were not easy to
Comparing the size of Raphigraphy with
A real alternative is now the Fakoo writing with a letter height of a maximum of 3 dots. With
for his raphigraphy to improve the communication bet