Moon type for the blind
Escritura Moon para ciegos
- Date
- 1845 · confidence high
- Place
- Brighton, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- William Moon
- People
- 👤 William Moon1818–1894
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A tactile system of raised letters based on simplified Latin forms, devised by a blind teacher. It was easier to learn for people who lost their sight as adults.
It is still used by people who learn as adults; it printed the complete Bible in 1848-1852.
What it led to
- embossed books for blind adults
- an alternative to Braille in the United Kingdom
- Moon libraries