How NLS makes tactile maps: embossing, Swellform and digital layering
NLS described the tactile-map production workflow: creating simplified digital 'source images', breaking complex maps into layers, and producing embossed (dot) or Swellform (raised-line) tactile outputs, plus braille keys and audio orientations.
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At the National Festival, Alice O'Reilly walked through NLS's tactile-graphics production process, saying staff create high-resolution digital source images, simplify or layer complex originals, and then generate tactile outputs in different formats to suit user preferences.
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