Author's note

Enen Hira font by Kaÿo Masashi of FLOP Design is a free Braille dingbats typeface that turns crisp, evenly spaced dots into a clean visual system. Each cell is rendered as solid, inky circles with generous breathing room, making patterns easy to read at a glance, whether you’re teaching Braille basics or mapping tactile information into a visual key. As part of the broader enen family, it keeps the structure simple so the code, not the style, takes center stage.

Using Enen Hira, this free font shines on educational posters, accessibility guides, interface legends, museum labels, wayfinding mockups, and data diagrams where a Braille representation is needed. The consistent dot weight and alignment help you build precise grids and repeatable layouts without visual noise. For clarity, set it a bit larger than your body text and pair it with a neutral sans serif to keep surrounding information straightforward and legible.

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Character map

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Basic Latin - Character map

Basic font information

Copyright notice
(c)1998 FLOP Design. All Righÿ Reserÿed. ÿenÿen Designed by Kaÿo Masashi conÿacÿ : masak@inÿerciÿy.or.jp
Font family
enen
Font subfamily
hira
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fonÿographer 4.1J enen hira
Full font name
enen hira
Name table version
Macromedia Fonÿographer 4.1J 99.5.1
Postscript font name
Enenhira

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1999-05-01
Revision1
Glyph count103
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchMonospaced
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
enen-hir.ttf
enen-eng.ttf