Additional Credits

AGENCY:
WALDA VERBAENEN / Belgium


PRINCIPAL TYPE:
Braille alphabet with 9-dot addition, Overview alphabet & Emoticons: Braille Dingbats (© 2020, Walda Verbaenen) / text with explanation: PT Sans (© 2009, ParaType Ltd.)


DIMENSIONS:

50 x 70 cm




CONCEPT:

Braille Dingbats, where braille meets emoticons. An emoticon addition to the Braille alphabet in a 9-dots grid.

People who are using the Braille language are forced to use the 26-letter alphabet to describe their emotions. This insight became a starting point for setting up an experimental addition to the existing Braille alphabet, based on our emoticons, converted into a ?dot? language that characterizes Braille. Braille Dingbats tries to build a bridge to visual language for the visually impaired. It's designed as a typographical experiment. 22 of the most common emoticons are translated into this 'new' Braille grid.