braillefont(6)

braillefont6

Print text using unicode braille characters

Usage

braillefont

Overview

braillefont runs interactively on the console and will 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>.

From braillefont 1.0-3 in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.