Phrase
“good morning” in braille
Two words with a space between them, which is how you learn that a space is simply an empty cell.
Grade 1 — letter by letter
⠛⠕⠕⠙ ⠍⠕⠗⠝⠊⠝⠛
11 cells
Grade 2 — contracted
⠛⠕⠕⠙ ⠍⠕⠗⠝⠬
9 cells — 2 fewer than Grade 1.
Letter by letter
1-2-4-5
1-3-5
1-3-5
1-4-5
space — an empty cell
1-3-4
1-3-5
1-2-3-5
1-3-4-5
2-4
1-3-4-5
1-2-4-5
Before you emboss it
If this is going onto something permanent — jewellery, a card, a tattoo — decide which grade you want first. The two are different lengths and a Grade 2 reader will read the Grade 1 version perfectly well, but not the other way round if the contraction is misapplied.
See the bracelet pattern maker for turning this into a physical layout.