Script - Braille

Braille is a writing system designed for tactile reading by people who are visually impaired, where each character represents a pattern of raised dots within a six‑dot cell. In terms of the Unicode character property “Script,” the Braille value encompasses the 256 code points in the Braille Patterns block (U+2800–U+28FF), which map to all possible combinations of the six dots, plus an eighth dot for extended Braille. This value treats Braille as a distinct script, separate from Latin or other alphabets, even though it is a system of encoding text rather than a language. The property ensures that software can identify Braille characters for specific rendering, font selection, or text processing, such as converting digital text to tactile output, while also allowing for proper sorting and searching of Braille‑encoded content across different languages and codes.