Braille Patterns Reference The Unicode Braille Patterns block (U+2800-U+28FF) contains 256 characters representing all possible 8-dot Braille cells. Each dot position corresponds to a bit: Dot 1 (bit 0) Dot 4 (bit 3) Dot 2 (bit 1) Dot 5 (bit 4) Dot 3 (bit 2) Dot 6 (bit 5) Dot 7 (bit 6) Dot 8 (bit 7) Sample patterns: ⣢⢊⢰⣢⢀⢢⠭⣢⢀⢢⣢⢜⢧⣢⢀⢢⠭⣢⢀⢢⠭⣢⢦⢑⠯⡌⡜⡏⠯⡖⡜⡅⠯⡜⡐⠯⡌⡜⡉⠯⡎⡜⡙⠯⣢⢦⢒⠭⣢⢀⢢⠭⣢⢀⢢⣢⢜⢧⣢⢀⢢⠭⣢⢀⢢⣢⢊⢱ The blank Braille pattern (U+2800) renders as an empty space in most fonts, making it useful for accessibility applications. Each pattern above encodes a specific configuration of raised dots.