[sw-l] LESSONS SignWriting Symbols

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
February 14, 2005

Lucyna Dlugolecka wrote:
> Number 2 hands are seen from Front View, number 5 hands are seen from 
> Top View.

Charles Butler wrote:
> 2, rotation of the two-fingered hand with curved fingers from an 
> edge-on position counter-clockwise.
> 5, rotation of the two-fingered hand with curved fingers from an 
> edge-on position looking down with the hand sticking out from the 
> reader perpendicular to the reader and facing to the left. 
> Net result.  The last position on 2 is face down, the last position on 
> 5 is facing the reader.

You both are correct!! We are viewing the side of the hand.
Number 2 is Front-View-Wall-Plane. The Wall Plane means the hand is 
parallel with the Front Wall.
Number 5 is Top-View-Floor-Plane.  The Floor Plane means the hand is 
parallel with the floor.
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