Each country has its own braille code. There are many common elements in each country code, but certain important differences. Therefore, PharmaBraille braille fonts are supplied in country specific formats.
Our fonts conform to the Marburg Medium dimensions and spacing specifications and comply with European and American standards for Pharmaceutical Braille. PharmaBraille fonts are supplied in the OpenType PS font format—suitable for installation on both Mac and PC systems and are compatible with Word, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXpress, FreeHand etc.
Each font set contains three fonts—PharmaBraille Regular, PharmaBraille Grid and PharmaBraille Letter—all you need to apply Braille to pharmaceutical packaging artwork.
Regular
This is the font for embossing on pharmaceutical packs.
Grid
Extremely useful for visual verification of spacing.
Letter
Visual reference for placement outside the die-line area to check characters.
Note: While every care has been taken to check the accuracy of the symbols used in each language, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. Please confirm Braille character sets with the relevant local Braille authority. The International Blindness Agencies Directory can help to identify Braille organisations for each country.
Full PharmaBraille Font Set
Containing all 28 Braille sets: Unified English Braille (UEB), European Medicinal Braille, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Turkey, Iceland and Unified Arabic Braille.
Complete PharmaBraille Collection font set for Pharmaceutical Braille.
Unified English Braille (UEB) Font Set
OpenType PS font for Unified English Braille (UEB), an English language Braille code standard, developed for use in the English-speaking world, including Australia, USA, Canada, UK and Ireland.
European Braille Font Set
Based on EBU PharmaBraille Code & Guidance
The European Blind Union (EBU) and Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) have worked with many blindness organisations to endeavour to provide an agreed Braille code and set of principles that can be used in many European countries. The European Braille Font Set is based on EBU Braille Codes & Guidance.
To discover more about the movement towards a single European Pharmaceutical Braille code please refer to the EBU PharmaBraille Codes & Guidance area of this website, supported by RNIB and EBU.
Currently accepted in 10 European countries
Currently the countries who have agreed to follow the EBU guidance proposal are Austria, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and UK.
Arabic Braille Font Set
Font set for Unified Arabic Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Braille characters for Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Bulgaria Braille Font Set
Font set for Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Bulgarian Cyrillic Braille characters.
Czech Republic Braille Font Set
Font set for Czech Republic Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Czech Braille accents and special Czech Braille characters.
Denmark Braille Font Set
Font set for Danish Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Danish Braille accents and Danish Braille characters.
Estonia Braille Font Set
Font set for Estonian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Estonian Braille characters.
Finland Braille Font Set
Font set for Finnish Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Finnish Braille accents and special Finnish Braille characters.
France Braille Font Set
Font set for French Pharmaceutical Braille. Contains Antoine Braille numbers and French Braille accents.
Germany Braille Font Set
Font set for German Pharmaceutical Braille. Includes German Braille accents and an extra font set for German Braille letter group contractions
Greece Braille Font Set
Font set for Greek Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Greek Braille accents and Greek language characters.
Hungary Braille Font Set
Font set for Hungarian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Hungarian Braille accents and unique Hungarian language characters.
Iceland Braille Font Set
Font set for Icelandic Pharmaceutical Braille. Including unique Braille characters for Iceland.
Italy Braille Font Set
Font set for Italian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Italian Braille accents.
Latvia Braille Font Set
Font set for Latvian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including unique Braille characters for Latvia.
Lithuania Braille Font Set
Font set for Lithuanian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including unique Braille characters for Lithuania.
Netherlands Braille Font Set
European Braille Set also accepted
Font set for Dutch Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Dutch Braille accents.
Norway Braille Font Set
Font set for Norwegian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Norwegian Braille accents and characters.
Poland Braille Font Set
Font set for Polish Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Polish Braille accents and Polish Braille characters.
Portugal & Brazil Font Set
Font set for Portuguese Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Portuguese Braille accents and special Portuguese Braille characters.
Romania Braille Font Set
Font set for Romanian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Romanian Braille accent characters.
Russia Braille Font Set
Font set for Russian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Russian Cyrillic Braille characters.
Slovakia Braille Font Set
Font set for Slovak Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Slovak Braille accents and special Slovak Braille characters.
Slovenia Braille Font Set
Font set for Slovenian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Slovenian Braille accents and special Slovenian Braille characters.
Spain Braille Font Set
Font set for Spanish Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Spanish Braille accents and special Spanish Braille characters.
Sweden Braille Font Set
Font set for Swedish Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Swedish Braille accents and other Swedish Braille characters.
Turkey Braille Font Set
Font set for Turkish Pharmaceutical Braille. Including special Turkish Braille characters.
Ukraine Braille Font Set
Font set for Ukrainian Pharmaceutical Braille. Including Ukrainian Cyrillic Braille characters.