English Braille
American Edition
1994

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Definition of Braille
Rules of Braille
  1. Punctuation Signs
  2. Special Composition Signs
  3. Format
  4. Asterisk, Footnotes, References
  5. Accent Sign, Diphthongs, Foreign Languages
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Numbers and Roman Numerals
  8. Coinage, Weights, and Other Special Symbols
  9. Poetry, Scansion, and Stress
  10. General Use of Contractions
  11. One-cell whole-word contractions
  12. One-cell part-word contractions
  13. Lower Signs
  14. Initial-letter contractions
  15. Final-letter contractions
  16. Short-form words
Appendices
  • Index
    Typical and Problem Words
    Indices
  • Index
    BRL Courses
  • Intro to Braille
  • Braille Transcribers
  • Specialized Codes
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      9.   Special Symbols Page:  Include a special symbols page following the title page in each braille volume listing special symbols which are encountered in that volume. These should include:
      symbols which have been devised or assigned special usage;

      symbols from other braille codes, e.g. Nemeth, Music, Computer Braille Code;

      all symbols required by English Braille American Edition to be listed on the special symbols page. These are: accent sign, asterisk, ditto sign, line sign, print symbol indicator, termination sign, scansion and stress signs, end of foot sign, caesura sign, diacritic marks, phonetic symbols, Spanish punctuation marks, non-Latin letter indicator, letter sign used before words printed in a non-Latin alphabet, and Greek and other non-Latin alphabet letters and other special signs for that language.
      Use the following format in preparing a special symbols list:

      a.  Begin a new braille page and center the heading SPECIAL SYMBOLS USED IN THIS VOLUME followed by one blank line.   On the second and succeeding pages, center the heading SPECIAL SYMBOLS (cont.) without a blank line following.

      b.  Begin each symbol in cell 1 followed by its meaning according to the wording in the text. If the text does not explain a symbol, give its name.

      c.  Begin all runover lines in cell 3.

      d.  List the symbols in the order found in that braille volume.

      e.  When they fall into categories, list the symbols following the appropriate cell 5 heading.

      f.  When a noted symbol contains only right-column or only lower-cell dots, enclose the dot numbers in parentheses following the symbol. [See example on pages A-5 and A-6.]