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<h2 id="unified-braille">Unified Braille</h2> <p>In all braille systems, the braille pattern dots-0 is used to represent a space or the lack of content.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> In particular some fonts display the character as a fixed-width blank. However, the Unicode standard explicitly states that it does not act as a space,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> a statement added in response to a comment that it should be treated as a space.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="plus-dots-7-and-8">Plus dots 7 and 8</h2> <p>Related to Braille pattern dots-0 are Braille patterns 7, 8, and 78, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as <a href="/facts/Gardner%25E2%2580%2593Salinas_braille_codes/9H7Q3P8r">Gardner-Salinas</a> and <a href="/facts/Luxembourgish_Braille/YAVoof6h">Luxembourgish Braille</a>. </p> Character information<table><tbody><tr><th scope="row">Preview</th><th colspan="2"></th><th colspan="2"></th><th colspan="2"></th></tr><tr><th>Unicode name</th><td colspan="2">BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-7</td><td colspan="2">BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-8</td><td colspan="2">BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-78</td></tr><tr><th>Encodings</th><th>decimal</th><th>hex</th><th>dec</th><th>hex</th><th>dec</th><th>hex</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Unicode</a></td><td>10304</td><td>U+2840</td><td>10368</td><td>U+2880</td><td>10432</td><td>U+28C0</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/UTF-8/xlaVHSyf">UTF-8</a></td><td>226 161 128</td><td>E2 A1 80</td><td>226 162 128</td><td>E2 A2 80</td><td>226 163 128</td><td>E2 A3 80</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Numeric_character_reference/wCEzNIlC">Numeric character reference</a></td><td>⡀</td><td>⡀</td><td>⢀</td><td>⢀</td><td>⣀</td><td>⣀</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>dot 7</th><th>dot 8</th><th>dots 78</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Gardner_Salinas_Braille/9H7Q3P8r">Gardner Salinas Braille</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></th><td>end misc. symbol</td><td></td><td>invert modifier</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> Look up <i> ⠀ </i>, <i> ⡀ </i>, <i> ⢀ </i>, or <i> ⣀ </i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19.. <a href="http://www.duxburysystems.com/documentation/manuals.asp?book=World_1990" target="_blank">http://www.duxburysystems.com/documentation/manuals.asp?book=World_1990</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Unicode chart U+2800, braille patterns <a href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2800.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2800.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Thibault, Samuel. "Comments on Public Review Issues (January 30, 2006 - May 12, 2006)". unicode.org. Retrieved 10 February 2021. <a href="http://unicode.org/L2/L2006/06157-pri-feedback.html#pri90" target="_blank">http://unicode.org/L2/L2006/06157-pri-feedback.html#pri90</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Index of Topics in Braille Section". Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-29. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120420124208/http://dots.physics.orst.edu/gs_index.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120420124208/http://dots.physics.orst.edu/gs_index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>