---
name: "braillefont"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "braillefont"
version: "1.0-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/braillefont"
---

# braillefont(1)

Print text using unicode braille characters

## NAME

**braillefont** - Print text using unicode braille characters

## SYNOPSIS

**braillefont**

## DESCRIPTION

**braillefont** can be used either interactively or non-interactively (eg echo text \| **braillefont**) and does convert a given text to a bitmapped version using the Braille range of Unicode. Individual characters use a grid of 6x8 (5x7 usable) "pixels" which are rendered by 3x2 blocks of Unicode characters.

## CAVEATS

For given text only printable ASCII and a limited number of other characters are supported.

## AUTHOR

**braillefont** was written by Adam Borowski \<kilobyte AT angband.pl\>.