52 pictures, words and charts in Braille dots, one line to 16. Tap one and the whole piece is copied.
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for youDot heart with a caption8 lines, 14 wideReady to copy
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One line 3
Small, 2 to 4 lines 9
Medium, 5 to 9 lines 38
Large, 10 lines and up 2
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Dot art copy and paste: 52 ready-made pieces in Braille patterns, the 256 characters at U+2800 to U+28FF. Nothing here is generated. Each character is a cell of eight dots, two across and four down, so eight lines hold a drawing 32 dots tall.
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How a dot picture is built
The heart at the top is 14 characters by 7 lines: a drawing 28 dots by 28. Unicode numbers the dots 1, 2, 3, 7 down the left and 4, 5, 6, 8 down the right, because the bottom pair joined the six-dot cell later. Pattern charts shows all 256, and the 64 that use only dots 1 to 6.
No spaces, equal lines
An empty cell here is never a space. It is the blank pattern, U+2800, which Unicode classes as a symbol and keeps off its white space list, so trimming and space squashing pass it by. Every line is filled to full width, so a box that centres text keeps the shape. More on the invisible text page.
For dot art text, open Words in dots: seven words and phrases, three alphabet sheets and the digits, each letter three lines tall.
Dots that look like tiny rings are a font's doing: some fonts draw the unraised dots as empty circles. Another font shows plain dots.
Fits a comment box marks 46 of the 52. Search reads extra words: valentine finds five pieces, weather four.
Questions and answers
Is this a dot art generator?
No. This is copy and paste dot art: every piece was made ahead of time from circles, polygons and curves, checked dot by dot for which dots fall inside. No image was converted and nothing came from another site.
Is dot art the same as Braille?
No. Unicode gives a Braille cell no letter or meaning; that is left to the Braille code in use. Here a pattern is only a patch of a picture, so a line of them spells nothing. Words in dots holds drawn capitals, not Braille writing.
Why do I see boxes, not dots?
A box means the font has no drawing for that character. The patterns joined Unicode in version 3.0, in 1999, so the text is sound and a fuller font shows dots. The blank pattern can turn into a box too: it is a real symbol.
All 52 pieces
One line 3
Dot sound bars, one lineBars one to four dots tall, like the level meter on a music player. 1 line, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 4 down, in 9 different Braille patterns.
Dot sparkle rowFour-pointed sparkles with single dots between them, all on one line four dots high. 1 line, 19 wide. That is 38 dots across and 4 down, in 5 different Braille patterns.
Dot wave, one lineA sine wave four dots high that repeats every eight characters. 1 line, 32 wide. That is 64 dots across and 4 down, in 6 different Braille patterns.
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Small, 2 to 4 lines 9
The 64 six-dot patternsThe first 64 characters of the block, U+2800 to U+283F: every pattern that uses only dots 1 to 6, the cell of ordinary Braille. The blank pattern comes first. 4 lines, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 16 down, in 64 different Braille patterns.
Dot fade, empty to fullThree lines that run from no dots on the left to every dot on the right, by the same ordered dither as the ball. 3 lines, 28 wide. That is 56 dots across and 12 down, in 12 different Braille patterns.
Dot letters Y, Z and marksThe last two letters, then an exclamation mark, a question mark, a full stop and a hyphen. 3 lines, 24 wide. That is 48 dots across and 12 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
Dot pulse lineA flat line with two heartbeats in it: a small bump, a tall spike, a dip and a second bump. 2 lines, 28 wide. That is 56 dots across and 8 down, in 11 different Braille patterns.
Dot tick markA short stroke down and a long one up, three dots thick. 4 lines, 11 wide. That is 22 dots across and 16 down, in 12 different Braille patterns.
HELLO in dotsFive capitals from a table five cells tall. Every filled cell is two dots by two, so a stroke is one whole character wide and a letter is six characters by three lines. 3 lines, 29 wide. That is 58 dots across and 12 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
LOVE in dotsFour letters, 23 characters wide and three lines tall. 3 lines, 23 wide. That is 46 dots across and 12 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
Small dot heartSix characters by three lines, small enough to sit at the end of a message. 3 lines, 6 wide. That is 12 dots across and 12 down, in 12 different Braille patterns.
Tall HELLO in dotsThe same word from the table seven cells tall, which makes it four lines instead of three. 4 lines, 29 wide. That is 58 dots across and 16 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
Medium, 5 to 9 lines 38
Crescent dot moonA disc with a second disc of nearly the same size cut out of its right-hand side, which leaves two horns of the same length. 7 lines, 10 wide. That is 20 dots across and 28 down, in 22 different Braille patterns.
Dot butterflyFour wings from tilted ellipses with a spot left empty in each upper wing, a thin body and two feelers. 8 lines, 20 wide. That is 40 dots across and 32 down, in 36 different Braille patterns.
Dot cat faceA solid head with two pointed ears. The eyes, the nose and the mouth are dots left empty, and two whiskers stand off each cheek. 8 lines, 22 wide. That is 44 dots across and 32 down, in 33 different Braille patterns.
Dot cloud with rainThree overlapping discs on a flat base, and slanted rain under it. 7 lines, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 28 down, in 18 different Braille patterns.
Dot coffee cupA mug with a handle on the right and two curls of steam above it. 8 lines, 14 wide. That is 28 dots across and 32 down, in 24 different Braille patterns.
Dot crownThree tall points and two dips between them, a ball on each point and a band left empty above the base. 5 lines, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 20 down, in 16 different Braille patterns.
Dot digits, 0 to 9The ten digits on two rows of five. The 1 is four characters wide and the rest are six. 6 lines, 29 wide. That is 58 dots across and 24 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
Dot gemA cut stone in outline: a flat top, a zigzag of facets under it and four lines that meet at the point. 7 lines, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 28 down, in 38 different Braille patterns.
Dot heart with a captionA solid heart 14 characters wide with the words for you under it as ordinary text. Replace them with your own: the caption does not have to line up with anything, so it can be any length. 8 lines, 14 wide. That is 28 dots across and 28 down, with one line of ordinary text under it, in 16 different Braille patterns.
Dot houseA solid roof with a chimney, walls in outline, a solid door and a window of four panes. 8 lines, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 32 down, in 26 different Braille patterns.
Dot letters, A to LTwelve letters on two rows. Every letter is six characters wide and three lines tall with its gap, except the I, which is four wide. 6 lines, 35 wide. That is 70 dots across and 24 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
Dot letters, M to XTwelve more letters on two rows, each six characters wide and three lines tall with its gap. 6 lines, 35 wide. That is 70 dots across and 24 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
Dot lightning boltOne zigzag polygon, wide at the top and down to a single dot at the bottom. 7 lines, 7 wide. That is 14 dots across and 28 down, in 19 different Braille patterns.
Dot moon and starsA crescent on the left and five sparkles of two sizes across the rest of the sky. 7 lines, 28 wide. That is 56 dots across and 28 down, in 32 different Braille patterns.
Dot mountainsTwo solid peaks with their snow caps left empty, a small sun and a pine of three tiers at the foot. 7 lines, 30 wide. That is 60 dots across and 28 down, in 41 different Braille patterns.
Dot mushroomA domed cap with three empty spots and a stalk that swells toward the ground. 7 lines, 14 wide. That is 28 dots across and 28 down, in 24 different Braille patterns.
Dot music notesTwo quavers joined by a sloping beam, with tilted oval heads. 7 lines, 11 wide. That is 22 dots across and 28 down, in 18 different Braille patterns.
Dot paper planeA folded dart seen from the side, with a dotted trail looping behind it. 7 lines, 22 wide. That is 44 dots across and 28 down, in 34 different Braille patterns.
Dot peace signA ring, a line down the middle and two branches to the lower rim. 7 lines, 14 wide. That is 28 dots across and 28 down, in 37 different Braille patterns.
Dot rainbowThree half circles, one inside the other, with a small cloud at each foot. 7 lines, 26 wide. That is 52 dots across and 28 down, in 34 different Braille patterns.
Dot sailing boatA solid mainsail, a jib in outline, a hull and one line of waves. 8 lines, 20 wide. That is 40 dots across and 32 down, in 34 different Braille patterns.
Dot smiley faceA ring, two eyes and an arc for the smile. 7 lines, 14 wide. That is 28 dots across and 28 down, in 38 different Braille patterns.
Dot snowflakeSix arms two dots thick, each with a pair of side branches two thirds of the way out. 8 lines, 14 wide. That is 28 dots across and 32 down, in 38 different Braille patterns.
Dot spiralA spiral of three and a half turns whose arms stay the same distance apart. 7 lines, 15 wide. That is 30 dots across and 28 down, in 34 different Braille patterns.
Dot sun with raysA solid disc with twelve rays, every third one longer. 8 lines, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 32 down, in 34 different Braille patterns.
Dot treeA crown of five overlapping discs on a trunk that widens at the ground. 8 lines, 14 wide. That is 28 dots across and 32 down, in 23 different Braille patterns.
Dot umbrellaHalf a disc with four scallops cut from its lower edge, a straight shaft and a hooked handle. 8 lines, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 32 down, in 26 different Braille patterns.
Dot yin and yangOne ring, one half filled, and two smaller discs that push the dividing line into an S. 7 lines, 14 wide. That is 28 dots across and 28 down, in 29 different Braille patterns.
GOOD NIGHT in dotsTwo rows of letters. The I is four characters wide where the other letters are six. 6 lines, 27 wide. That is 54 dots across and 24 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY in dotsThree rows, because BIRTHDAY on one row would be 45 characters wide and this page stops at 40. 9 lines, 29 wide. That is 58 dots across and 36 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
MISS YOU in dotsTwo rows of letters, six lines in all. 6 lines, 21 wide. That is 42 dots across and 24 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
Outline dot heartThe same curve as the solid heart, one size up, with only its rim kept. 8 lines, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 32 down, in 27 different Braille patterns.
Outline dot starThe rim of a five-pointed star with nothing inside it. 8 lines, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 32 down, in 24 different Braille patterns.
Ringed dot planetA ball with a tilted ring. The ring passes in front of the ball along the bottom and behind it along the top, with a gap of empty dots where it crosses. 5 lines, 22 wide. That is 44 dots across and 20 down, in 36 different Braille patterns.
Shaded dot ballA ball lit from the upper left. The shading is an ordered dither: each dot is kept or dropped by comparing the tone at that spot with a repeating four by four table of thresholds. 7 lines, 14 wide. That is 28 dots across and 28 down, in 36 different Braille patterns.
Solid dot starA five-pointed star, filled. The points are one dot wide at the tip, which is as sharp as this grid gets. 7 lines, 15 wide. That is 30 dots across and 28 down, in 22 different Braille patterns.
THANK YOU in dotsTwo rows of letters, six lines in all. 6 lines, 29 wide. That is 58 dots across and 24 down, in 4 different Braille patterns.
Two dot heartsA small heart in front of a large one, with a gap of empty dots cut round it so the two do not run together. 7 lines, 20 wide. That is 40 dots across and 28 down, in 29 different Braille patterns.
Large, 10 lines and up 2
All 256 dot patternsEvery character of the Braille Patterns block in code point order, U+2800 to U+28FF, sixteen to a line. The first character of the first line is the blank pattern. 16 lines, 16 wide. That is 32 dots across and 64 down, in 256 different Braille patterns.
Dot flower on a stemSix round petals about an open centre, a straight stem and a leaf on each side. 10 lines, 10 wide. That is 20 dots across and 40 down, in 22 different Braille patterns.
How this list was compiled: Every piece was drawn for this page and checked in a monospaced font on 2026-09-19; none is copied from an archive or another site. The pictures are geometry (circles, polygons, arcs and one heart curve) sampled at the centre of every dot for this page on 2026-09-19; no image was converted and no generator site was used. The two shaded pieces use a four by four ordered dither. The words come from the two letter tables drawn for this site's ASCII art text page, with two dots by two to every filled cell. An empty cell is U+2800 BRAILLE PATTERN BLANK, never a space, and every line of a picture is filled out to the same number of characters. Each character was looked up in the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0: names and categories in https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt, width classes in https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/EastAsianWidth.txt, the Emoji property in https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-data.txt, all read on 2026-09-19. Keyboard characters only means the 95 printable ASCII characters, U+0020 to U+007E. Squash-proof means no line starts with a space and no two spaces touch. The comment box badge means at most 8 lines and 30 columns: a rule of thumb of this site, not a promise about any app. The Braille Patterns block (U+2800 to U+28FF, the 256 patterns of an eight-dot cell, dots numbered 1, 2, 3, 7 down the left and 4, 5, 6, 8 down the right, the pattern with no dots named BRAILLE PATTERN BLANK) was checked against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille_Patterns on 2026-09-19, and the 256 character names in UnicodeData.txt 18.0.0 were checked against their bits: all 256 match, the first 64 use only dots 1 to 6, all are General Category So, and none is wide, ambiguous in width or an emoji. U+2800 is not among the 25 code points with the White_Space property in https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/PropList.txt, read on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work