Tools for building with Bliss and links to the wider Blissymbolics community.

Build with Bliss

Bliss SVG Builder

The rendering engine behind Blissary is open source and available as an npm package. It is free to use in both open-source and proprietary projects (MPL 2.0). If you want to render Bliss symbols in your own projects, the documentation site covers installation, usage, and the DSL for composing symbols.

Explore the Bliss world

A handful of places worth knowing about.

Blissymbolics Communication International (BCI)

BCI is the organization that governs Blissymbolics and maintains the authorized vocabulary. Their site covers the history of the language, membership, and community resources.

Bliss Online

Sweden’s SPSM has long been one of the most active centres for Bliss development, and Bliss Online is their web-based resource. It includes interactive tools for learning and working with Bliss symbols. Some content requires a subscription, but there are free materials available as well.

Semantography / Blissymbolics

This site is maintained by Brian Stride, who was a close personal friend and collaborator of Charles K. Bliss. It collects Bliss’s own writings, photographs, correspondence courses, and personal accounts. If you’re interested in the origins of the language and the life of the person who created it, this is a unique and firsthand resource.

Blissymbolics on Internet Archive

A growing collection of earlier publications, scanned documents, and historical materials related to Blissymbolics. New material has been added recently, making this an increasingly valuable archive for anyone researching the history of the language.