This appendix was prepared by the BANA Literary Technical Committee.
Braille |
|
Meaning |
---|---|---|
1 |
, |
comma |
2 |
; |
semicolon |
3 |
: |
colon |
4 |
. |
period |
6 |
! |
exclamation point |
8 |
? |
question mark |
' |
' ' |
apostrophe |
''' |
... |
ellipsis |
- |
- |
hyphen |
-- |
— |
dash |
---- |
—— |
double dash |
. |
. |
decimal point (within a number) |
/ |
/ |
fraction line (within a number) |
Braille |
|
Meaning |
---|---|---|
dg |
° |
degrees |
ft |
′ |
single prime meaning foot or feet |
m9 |
′ |
single prime meaning minutes of arc |
@9 |
″ |
double prime meaning inches |
sec |
″ |
double prime meaning seconds of arc |
Braille |
|
Meaning |
---|---|---|
8 |
" " |
opening double quotation mark |
0 |
" " |
closing double quotation mark |
,8 |
' ' |
opening single quotation mark |
0' |
' ' |
closing single quotation mark |
7 |
( ) |
opening or closing parenthesis |
,7 |
[ |
opening bracket |
7' |
] |
closing bracket |
;8 |
‹ |
opening angle bracket |
02 |
› |
closing angle bracket |
;7 |
{ |
opening brace |
72 |
} |
closing brace |
Braille |
|
Meaning |
---|---|---|
@+ |
+ |
plus |
@- |
− |
minus |
@+- |
± |
plus or minus |
@* |
× |
multiplication, times |
./ |
÷ |
division |
.k |
= |
equal |
/.k |
≠ |
not equal |
.1 |
> |
greater than |
"k |
< |
less than |
"1 |
: |
ratio, is to |
;2 |
:: |
proportion, as |
@/ |
∵ |
because |
,* |
∴ |
therefore |
_0 |
ø |
null or empty set |
Braille |
|
Meaning |
---|---|---|
@c |
¢ |
cents |
4 |
$ |
dollar sign before a number |
@4 |
$ |
dollar sign elsewhere |
l |
£ |
pounds sterling sign before a number |
@l |
£ |
pounds sterling sign elsewhere |
@e |
€ |
euro |
@y |
¥ |
yen |
Note: The asterisk, dagger and double dagger are used in regular
text; see reference marks for use with footnotes.
Braille |
|
Meaning |
---|---|---|
@A |
@ |
at sign (2007) |
@& |
& |
ampersand |
_? |
# |
crosshatch (2007) |
_/ |
/ |
slash |
_// |
// |
double slash |
@3p |
% |
percent |
99 |
* |
asterisk |
55 |
† |
dagger |
95 |
‡ |
double dagger |
p> |
¶ |
paragraph |
s' |
§ |
section |
@\ |
| |
vertical bar |
\\ |
‖ |
double vertical bar |
^C |
© |
copyright (2007) |
^R |
® |
registered trademark (2007) |
^T |
™ |
trademark (2007) |
@> |
ü |
check mark |
"1 |
" |
ditto |
@8 |
? |
question mark standing alone |
_4 |
• |
primary bullet (2011) |
_9 |
◦ |
secondary bullet (2011) |
Braille |
|
Meaning |
---|---|---|
$[33 |
f |
left arrow |
$33o |
g |
right arrow |
$[33o |
n |
left and right arrow |
$<33o |
h |
up arrow |
$%33o |
i |
down arrow |
$<[33o |
o |
up and down arrow |
$^33o |
k |
northeast arrow |
$;33o |
m |
southeast arrow |
$^[33 |
j |
northwest arrow |
$;[33 |
l |
southwest arrow |
$[ |
< |
left arrowhead, derived from |
$o |
> |
right arrowhead, whence is derived |
$[ @8 |
< ? |
left arrowhead and question mark, source unknown |
Braille |
Meaning |
---|---|
77 |
basic reference indicator |
77# |
numbered indicator |
77l# |
line number indicator |
77; |
lettered indicator |
77a |
asterisk |
77_ |
color indicator, followed by letter denoting color |
77d |
dagger |
77dd |
double dagger |
77h |
highlight |
77o |
hollow dot |
77i |
italic |
77q |
question mark |
77u |
underline |
Braille |
Meaning |
---|---|
; |
letter indicator |
# |
number indicator |
@ |
print symbol indicator |
; |
foreign language punctuation indicator (2011) |
@ |
accent indicator |
, |
capital indicator |
,, |
double capital indicator |
1 |
non-Latin letter indicator |
; |
non-Latin word indicator |
;; |
double non-Latin word indicator |
,' |
transcriber's note indicator (beginning and ending) |
,' |
termination indicator |
$ |
(followed by letters) shape indicator |
_% |
begin Nemeth code indicator (2011) |
_: |
end Nemeth code indicator (2011) |
Braille |
Meaning |
---|---|
. |
italic indicator |
.. |
double italic indicator |
_. |
boldface indicator |
_.. |
double boldface indicator |
._. |
single boldface-italic indicator (2011) |
._.. |
double boldface-italic indicator (2011) |
_- |
single-underline indicator (2011) |
_7 |
double-underline indicator (2011) |
_ |
(followed by letters) color indicator |