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34: 109:, had adapted what became known as a "combined system" which used the lower case forms of Boston line letter and capital letters from a rival tactile system known as Philadelphia Line. Until replaced by dot systems this hybrid form of raised letters was the predominant embossed type for blind people in the United States and the choice of most of the schools. 38: 102: 64:
and developed his own system of raised type called Boston line letter. Howe's system was similar to raised letters designed by
176: 95: 150: 145:. Washington, D.C.: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. 2000. pp. 41–46. 53: 181: 171: 74: 8: 140: 69: 49: 23: 146: 91: 87: 57: 165: 83: 106: 79: 129:. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History. pp. 10–15. 65: 127:
In Touch: Printing and Writing for the Blind in the Nineteenth Century
33: 52:, the first director of the New England Asylum for the Blind (now 27: 61: 78:, the first book produced in Boston line letter. The 26:
in 1835, a popular precursor to the now-standardized
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Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
163: 16:Tactile writing system, precursor to braille 32: 22:was a tactile writing system created by 164: 124: 98:in 1866 were in Boston line letter. 96:American Printing House for the Blind 72:, in the 1820s. In 1835 Howe printed 37:Example of Boston line letter at the 13: 14: 193: 142:Braille: Into The Next Millennium 82:were an angular modification of 133: 118: 1: 177:Latin-script representations 54:Perkins School for the Blind 7: 10: 198: 125:Harris, Elizabeth (1981). 44: 112: 41: 36: 75:Acts of the Apostles 70:Edinburgh, Scotland 50:Samuel Gridley Howe 24:Samuel Gridley Howe 182:Digital typography 90:. The first books 42: 20:Boston line letter 172:Tactile alphabets 189: 157: 156: 137: 131: 130: 122: 103:N.B. Kneass, Jr. 58:tactile printing 197: 196: 192: 191: 190: 188: 187: 186: 162: 161: 160: 153: 139: 138: 134: 123: 119: 115: 105:, a printer in 88:capital letters 47: 17: 12: 11: 5: 195: 185: 184: 179: 174: 159: 158: 151: 132: 116: 114: 111: 46: 43: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 194: 183: 180: 178: 175: 173: 170: 169: 167: 154: 152:0-8444-1021-7 148: 144: 143: 136: 128: 121: 117: 110: 108: 104: 99: 97: 93: 89: 85: 84:Roman letters 81: 77: 76: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 40: 35: 31: 29: 25: 21: 141: 135: 126: 120: 107:Philadelphia 100: 73: 48: 19: 18: 86:and had no 80:letterforms 60:systems in 56:), studied 166:Categories 66:James Gall 101:By 1868, 92:embossed 94:at the 45:History 28:braille 149:  62:Europe 113:Notes 147:ISBN 68:in 168:: 30:. 155:.

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Samuel Gridley Howe
braille

Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
Samuel Gridley Howe
Perkins School for the Blind
tactile printing
Europe
James Gall
Edinburgh, Scotland
Acts of the Apostles
letterforms
Roman letters
capital letters
embossed
American Printing House for the Blind
N.B. Kneass, Jr.
Philadelphia
Braille: Into The Next Millennium
ISBN
0-8444-1021-7
Categories
Tactile alphabets
Latin-script representations
Digital typography

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