Blissymbolics Interactive Workspace

Complete developer testing sandbox, character map, and virtual keyboard
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Interactive Typing Sandbox (Type or select symbols below)
GPOS Diacritic Anchor Test (Attachment of combining marks)
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Interactive QWERTY-to-Radical Cheat Sheet (Click keys to type)
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Hover over any highlighted key to see its radical definition.

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Skyline (444)
Meanline (222)
Earthline / Baseline (0)
Underline (-111)

Font Binaries

Download the fully-compiled Blissymbolics OpenType outline font files containing dynamic diacritics positioning and contextual alternate rules.

BCI Unicode Bliss (Standard)
BlissFont-Regular
BlissFont-SemiBold
BlissFont-Bold
Blissary (Smooth Outlines)
BlissaryFont-Regular
BlissaryFont-SemiBold
BlissaryFont-Bold

RIME Input Schemas

Download the cross-platform input engine configurations to enable typing Blissymbolics globally across macOS, Windows, and Linux.

blissymbols.dict.yaml Download Dict
blissymbols.schema.yaml Download Schema
squirrel.custom.yaml (macOS) Download Config
weasel.custom.yaml (Windows) Download Config

Unicode Specification

Download the completed character properties database datafile required for standardized text processing, sorting, and AI token representation.

Unibliss.txt Download (66 KB)

Installation Instructions

1. Install the Font:
Download the BlissFont-Regular.otf file, open it on your computer, and click Install Font.
2. Set Up RIME Input Engine:
Download and install the RIME input engine for your operating system:
3. Copy Configuration Files:
Copy the downloaded blissymbols.dict.yaml, blissymbols.schema.yaml, and the OS-specific custom file into your RIME user directory:
  • macOS (Squirrel): Copy files to ~/Library/Rime/ and rename squirrel.custom.yaml to just squirrel.custom.yaml (or merge with existing).
  • Windows (Weasel): Copy files to %APPDATA%\Rime\ and rename weasel.custom.yaml to weasel.custom.yaml.
  • Linux (ibus-rime): Copy files to ~/.config/ibus/rime/.
4. Register and Deploy Schema:
Open the default.custom.yaml file in your RIME directory (create it if it does not exist) and register the schema under schema_list: 
patch:
  schema_list:
    - schema: blissymbols
Then, click Deploy from the RIME tray menu. You can now toggle to the Blissymbolics input method globally and type using the QWERTY keys or by typing English/Swedish gloss words (e.g. typing "heart" to select the Blissymbol heart).