Download Braille and ASL Specialty 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 University of Oregon Yamada Language Center Sign font page  or 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

• Moon Font
• StaffsMaths - Moon Number Font (also known as Wibble Font)

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