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I'm sorry for the clickbait-y title... it's the one on the page itself. I did think that this was an interesting design, and might be of interest to people her

• mistersquid 9y ago
  It's great Takahashi lists prior art under "Reference of Past Works", explaining Braille Neue differs from previous attempts by >design[ing] a typeset that correspond[s] not only to latin alphabets but also to Japanese fonts. I wonder why those other efforts (or any effort) were not used for the braille signage one often sees at bank ATMs and in building interiors. The idea is really cool and I like the aesthetic of Braille Neue, which looks monospace in its capital letters version. (Presumably a lowercase, if there were lowercase versions, would not map so cleanly.) Also, there is the issue of punctuation which would in some cases would defy visual/tactile mapping. [0] In any case, what Takahashi presents so far is very very cool. [0] http://www.brl.org/codes/session01/punc.html http://www.brl.org/codes/session01/punc.html