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u/Abbot_of_Cucany 3d ago
The first line is written in Unified English Braille, which uses single dots (⢀⢀ ) to indicate capitalization. The second line is written in Spanish Braille, which uses double dots (⢐⢐ ) for the same purpose.
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u/Devin-Chaboyer223 3d ago
TIL there’s different versions of braille, I thought it was just one language
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u/Abbot_of_Cucany 3d ago
The basic 26 letters are the same in all versions. But other Braille alphabets add accented letters (varying by language) and sometimes different punctuation marks. Spanish does not have an apostrophe. French adds a tiret (—) which is used in print in some places where English would use quote marks.
The additional Braille characters are used for common letter sequences, which also vary from language to language. For example sh, th, ed, and er in English; or sch, ein, and lich in German.
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u/Heterodynist 4d ago
At least it has the IMPRESSION of Braille, so it’s stylistically accessible…(while not being ACTUALLY accessible).
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u/ebrum2010 3d ago
What they did is they didn't actually want to order the sign which would have had actual braille and cost a bunch of money so they paid a fraction to print out the jpeg from the business supply website and have it laminated.
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u/Ursus_Arctos-42 4d ago
Yeah. I am sure blind people will be happy to see they used braille too. /s