Editing Braille (section)

=== Contractions ===
{{For|a full list of abbreviations and contractions in English|English Braille#Contractions}}

Braille contractions are words and affixes that are shortened so that they take up fewer cells. In English Braille, for example, the word ''afternoon'' is written with just three letters, {{braille cell|⠁|⠋|⠝}} {{angle bracket|afn}}, much like [[stenoscript]]. There are also several abbreviation marks that create what are effectively [[logogram]]s.<ref name="D&B" /> The most common of these is dot 5, which combines with the first letter of words. With the letter {{braille cell|⠍}} ''m'', the resulting word is {{braille cell|⠐|⠍}} ''mother''. There are also [[ligature (typography)|ligatures]] ("contracted" letters), which are single letters in braille but correspond to more than one letter in print. The letter {{braille cell|⠯}} ''and'', for example, is used to write words with the sequence ''a-n-d'' in them, such as {{braille cell|⠛|⠗|⠯}} ''grand''.

{|class=wikitable
|{{Braille cell|type=6dot|a|f|n}}||{{Braille cell|type=6dot|5|m}}||{{Braille cell|type=6dot|g|r|and}}
|-
|''afternoon<br />(a-f-n)''||''mother<br />(dot 5–m)''||''grand<br />(g-r-and)''
|}