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'''Night writing''', | [[File:Sonographie.jpg|300px|thumb|Barbier's ''Sonographie''.]]'''Night writing''', also known as '''sonographie''' (English '''sonography'''), was a system of code that used symbols of twelve dots arranged as two columns of six dots embossed on a square of paperboard, and is now remembered as the forerunner of Braille. | ||
It was designed by Charles Barbier in response to Napoleon's demand for a code that soldiers could use to communicate silently and without light at night. | It was designed by Charles Barbier in response to Napoleon's demand for a code that soldiers could use to communicate silently and without light at night. | ||
Each grid of dots stands for a character or phoneme. | |||
Barbier's system was related to the Polybius square, in which a two-digit code represents a character. In Barbier's variant, a 6×6 matrix includes most of the characters of the French alphabet, as well as several digraphs and trigraphs. | Barbier's system was related to the Polybius square, in which a two-digit code represents a character. In Barbier's variant, a 6×6 matrix includes most of the characters of the French alphabet, as well as several digraphs and trigraphs. | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Night Writers Anonymous]] | * [[Night Writers Anonymous]] | ||
== External links | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_writing Night writing] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_writing Night writing] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 10:14, 25 June 2016
Night writing, also known as sonographie (English sonography), was a system of code that used symbols of twelve dots arranged as two columns of six dots embossed on a square of paperboard, and is now remembered as the forerunner of Braille.
It was designed by Charles Barbier in response to Napoleon's demand for a code that soldiers could use to communicate silently and without light at night.
Each grid of dots stands for a character or phoneme.
Barbier's system was related to the Polybius square, in which a two-digit code represents a character. In Barbier's variant, a 6×6 matrix includes most of the characters of the French alphabet, as well as several digraphs and trigraphs.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Night writing @ Wikipedia