Overview of Dot Combinations

On this page you will find the dot combinations for the alphabet and other signs, contractions and punctuation marks that we use in our instructions for the braille drawings.

The groupsigns, wordsigns and contractions (e.g. ch, in or for) are capitalised in our instructions so that they are easier to recognise as such.

The Alphabet

a:
dot 1
b:
dots 12
c:
dots 14
d:
dots 145
e:
dots 15
f:
dots 124
g:
dots 1245
h:
dots 125
i:
dots 24
j:
dots 245
k:
dots 13
l:
dots 123
m:
dots 134
n:
dots 1345
o:
dots 135
p:
dots 1234
q:
dots 12345
r:
dots 1235
s:
dots 234
t:
dots 2345
u:
dots 136
v:
dots 1236
w:
dots 2456
x:
dots 1346
y:
dots 13456
z:
dots 1356

Strong Groupsigns

ch:
dots 16
gh:
dots 126
sh:
dots 146
th:
dots 1456
wh:
dots 156
ed:
dots 1246
er:
dots 12456
ou:
dots 1256
ow:
dots 246
ing:
dots 346
st:
dots 34
ar:
dots 345

Strong Contractions, Lower Wordsigns and Lower Groupsigns

and:
dots 12346
for:
dots 123456
of:
dots 12356
the:
dots 2346
with:
dots 23456
was:
dots 356
were:
dots 2356
en:
dots 26
in:
dots 35

Punctuation and Special Signs

full stop:
dot 256
comma:
dot 2
semicolon:
dots 23
colon:
dots 25
apostrophe:
dot 3
hyphen:
dots 36
question mark:
dots 236
exclamation mark:
dots 235
capital sign:
dot 6
number sign:
dots 3456
space:
no dots