Braille and American Sign Language (ASL) Fonts

Braille and American Sign Language (ASL) Fonts

Sometimes it is useful to produce printed materials with Braille or Sign Language Fonts. This page serves as a resource of free fonts. A good source for ASL (Mac and Windows) fonts is Luc Devroye Sign language font page . A good source for Braille (Mac and Windows) fonts is Luc Devroye braille font page .

Windows Fonts

Note: all font files are self-extracting zip files. After downloading, execute (double-click) the file, then copy the font file into your font directory.

APHont - embodies characteristics that have been shown to enhance reading speed, comprehension, and comfort for large print users.

Braille Fonts

Braille Swell Paper font Braille-Swell.ttf (7k) from Duxbury Systems
Braille True Type font with shadow (place holder) dots simbrl.exe (40k) from Duxbury Systems
Braille True Type font braille.exe (68k) from Duxbury Systems
Braille True Type font rnibbrl.exe (40k) from RNIB (no shadow dots)
Adobe Postscript (Type 1) font with and without shadow dots braille1.exe (55k) [Note: you must have Adobe Type Manager to use this font]
Braille Kiama True Type font (no shadow dots) brlkiama.exe (46k)
Note: Braille Kiama at the 20 point size is excellent for use with Swell paper
WOW! 3-D braille font , looks like raised dots (no shadow dots) 3dbraille.exe(47.5k) from France -includes the letter "W"
Another True Type Braille font (no shadow dots) Braillettf.exe (44k) from France -includes the letter "W"
Braille Font with shadow dots abraille.exe (47.5K) from Urban Fonts - Astigmatic One Eye Foundry Fonts .
Tiger Embosser Braille29 font from ViewPlus Technologies (install the driver, Tiger Braille Fonts for many languages are available)
ghBraille and MathSpeak fonts

Moon Fonts

Sign Language Fonts

American sign language True Type font from Gallaudet gal.exe (71k)
Sign language True Type font from France handsign.exe (57k)
Another Sign font from France signes.exe (99.5k)
Lapiak ASL Font

Macintosh Fonts

OS X Braille font (380k) from the Wyoming Medical Center

OS X (10.5+) ha the following braille fonts permanantly installed in /System/Library/Fonts

Apple Braille Outline 6 Dot.ttf
Apple Braille Outline 8 Dot.ttf
Apple Braille Pinpoint 6 Dot.ttf
Apple Braille Pinpoint 8 Dot.ttf

Unicode Braille Fonts

Braille (UBraille.ttf)
Deja Vu Sans (a large font with lots of scripts)
Gallery of Unicode Fonts: Braille
gh ASCII and Unicode Braille (from MathSpeak, includes other fonts from Nemeth and other uses)

Braille Fonts only for Macs pre-OS X

Duxbury Braille Fonts duxbraille.sit (38k)
Braille Font File: braille.hqx (39k)
Braille Font with shadow (place holder) dots abraille.sit.hqx (15K) from Astigmatic One Eye Font Foundry

Sign Language Fonts only for Macs pre-OS X

American Sign Language Font from Gallaudet gal.sit (38k)
Sign Language True Type Font handsigntt.sit(55k)
Another ASL font (download both files) Font File:asl.hqx (7k) Information File: asl.inf (.3k)
Lapiak ASL Font