![Wakges: Item of the Month, June 2012: Charles Barbier, Petite typographie privée d'ambulance (Paris: Chez l'auteur, c. 1815) Wakges: Item of the Month, June 2012: Charles Barbier, Petite typographie privée d'ambulance (Paris: Chez l'auteur, c. 1815)](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LYvrymR8fnM/T-M6Qe4v9KI/AAAAAAAABUk/6SoYI4pOdnk/s1600/Barbier1.jpg)
Wakges: Item of the Month, June 2012: Charles Barbier, Petite typographie privée d'ambulance (Paris: Chez l'auteur, c. 1815)
HISTORY - In 1815, Charles Barbier of Napoleon Bonaparte's French army developed night writing for soldiers to communicate safely at night. Several soldiers were killed on the battlefield after they lit lamps
![Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not require light or sound; that is how he inspired the basis for braille Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not require light or sound; that is how he inspired the basis for braille](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2016/10/novuudhd.jpg)
Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not require light or sound; that is how he inspired the basis for braille
![The creation of Braille. (A) Portrait of Charles Barbier and examples... | Download Scientific Diagram The creation of Braille. (A) Portrait of Charles Barbier and examples... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maxime-Bleau/publication/349145103/figure/fig2/AS:989356948996096@1612892486172/The-creation-of-Braille-A-Portrait-of-Charles-Barbier-and-examples-of-his-Night_Q640.jpg)