There are a few rules to follow when applying a braille font to pharmaceutical artwork. We have the advice, free braille tools and braille fonts to help you.| PharmaBraille
What is Unified English Braille? Unified English Braille (UEB) is an English language braille code standard, developed to permit representing the wide variety of literary and technical material in use in the English-speaking world today, in uniform fashion. It is based on Standard English Braille (SEB), with some significant changes. These changes are designed to take away […]| PharmaBraille
New legislation for United Arab Emirates requires pharmaceutical companies to state the name and concentration of medicines in braille on all packaging produced for the UAE market. The braille must be included on the packs in Arabic braille and English braille. The legislation also requires QR codes to be added to any medicines produced for the country. Patients scan the code […]| PharmaBraille
The standards generally recommend that braille on pharmaceutical packaging is represented in full (grade 1) braille. Meaning that no contractions are used. Contracted (Grade 2) Braille Contracted (grade 2) braille uses a contracted system of shorthand to combine groups of letters into single braille cells. Single braille characters are used to represent common words, such as […]| PharmaBraille
Braille is not a static system of reading and writing – just like print, it changes and develops over time. For the last 60 years changes in braille codes have been reflected in each edition of “World Braille Usage”. Now, after 23 years, the word’s most important and comprehensive braille reference book has been updated. […]| PharmaBraille
On 24th July the RNIB Centre for Accessible information published the results of a telephone survey of 165 braille readers in the UK. The survey found that the implementation of the European Directive and European Standard for braille on pharmaceutical packaging has had a positive impact for consumers, with significant numbers reporting that since the introduction of the standard| PharmaBraille
The Marburg Medium Braille Font Standard is recommended by European and North American standards for pharmaceutical packaging and labels. Discover more about this important braille font standard, detailing braille cell spacing, size and height.| PharmaBraille