BRAILLE VS. BOSTON LINE TYPE: HOW DESIGN CAN TRULY BE INCLUSIVE

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Louis Braille created his namesake reading system for the visually impaired in 1824. Samuel Gridley Howe developed the Boston Line Type in 1835 following a life-changing accident that blinded him. Based on the Roman alphabet, the Boston Line Type proved too complex to use effectively, leading to over a century’s delay in the adoption of the more user-friendly Braille system in the US.