Moon: The Other Alphabet for Blind People
You've probably heard of Braille, the tactile writing system that was designed for blind and visually impaired people. But, unless you are visually impaired yourself or work with visually impaired people, there is a high chance you've not heard of Moon.
I couldn't find a way to replicate the alphabet myself, so here is an example from deafblind.com (linked below)
Moon is an embossed writing sy# in 1845 by Dr William Moon. It's based on the standard Latin alphabet, but aims to be a simplified version that would be easier to learn than Braille for those who have lost their sight later in life. deafblind.com (linked below) has a detailed description of how Moon is used and produced.
Signa's thoughts:
I would love to see Moon being used more widely. It would be used as a digital font for people like myself, who have enough sight to read but could still benefit from a more accessible, easy-to-read font. H and O may be more difficult to differentiate by sight rather than by touch, but that is the only downside I can see. Making fonts like Moon available to everyone in word processing software and on digital devices could make someone's life a bit easier.
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