[Sw-l] png files of all symbols?
Steve Slevinski
slevin at signpuddle.net
Fri Nov 3 14:10:12 UTC 2023
Hi AnnaGrace,
I have created a zip archive with all of the ISWA 2010 symbols in SVG
format. You can download it here:
https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/font-db/releases
Download the file called iswa_2010_svg.zip
Regards,
-Steve
On 11/3/23 7:16 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace wrote:
> Hi Steve, Wallyson, João, and all --
>
> Could you (or anyone else) give me step-by-step guidance on how to
> download *svg* files to my laptop from the link provided in an
> earlier email? Or is there another source of *svg* files of symbols
> that I can download to my laptop?
>
> I can select the symbols among the *svg* files and upload them to
> Canva myself. I need them as soon as possible.
>
> I don't expect to upload a boatload of symbols onto Canva
> (www.canva.com <http://www.canva.com>).
> Probably 100 symbols at most, because that's what I need for this month.
>
> Many thanks,
> AnnaGrace
> Screenshot 2023-11-03 at 8.13.03 AM.pngwww.canva.com
> <http://www.canva.com>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 12:23 PM Wallyson Ruan <wallysonruan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Yeah, I realized they'd be images. It makes everything easier if
> you think about it. The first benefit is being able to get the
> signs into any tool using a built-in support for images, instead
> of the whole ordeal of adding a new font and hoping for some
> compatibility.
>
> -
>
> FSW stands for "Formal Sign Writing", you can think of it as a set
> of coordinates or a blueprint to create a sign.
>
> With a FSW string you can recreate a sign container, the symbols
> and place them in the right plane, side and "z-index".
>
> All signs have a FSW. I've attached an image to this email, it's a
> screenshot from a Libras sign I just researched in signpuddle2. As
> you can see, it has a quite big FSW.
>
> You can find more information on it in this documentation written
> by Steve:
> https://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-01.html#rfc.section.3
>
> Em qua., 1 de nov. de 2023 23:11, Ms. AnnaGrace
> <msannagrace20 at gmail.com> escreveu:
>
> Hi Mr. Ruon and all --
>
> Also, would I be correct that the symbols would have to be
> uploaded**as*images* and *not as a font*?
> Just making sure we all are on the same wavelength.
>
> Thanks,
> AnnaGrace
>
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 10:06 PM Ms. AnnaGrace
> <msannagrace20 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mr. Ruon,
>
> You made an excellent point about Canva's capability to
> mirror (flip) and rotate the images so that not as many
> symbols need to be uploaded to Canva. (www.canva.com
> <http://www.canva.com>)
>
> I appreciate your help!
>
> By the way, what's FSW/code? I'm learning along the way!
>
> Thanks so much,
> AnnaGrace
>
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 8:23 PM Wallyson Ruan
> <wallysonruan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey, Steve and Anna!
>
> Since the topic is to upload images to Canva.com, I'm
> assuming they'd be treated as such, without any
> intention of keeping track of their FSW/code.
>
> If that's the case, I believe that the amount of
> images reduces drastically.
>
> Instead of 16 symbols for each hand, it could be only
> one symbol per hand. Image editors allow the users to
> rotate them, which defeats the purpose of the 15 extra
> symbols.
>
> That being said, I guess it'd be a lot easier to
> categorize the signs using human readable names.
>
> If I'm not wrong, I saw a table dedicated to English
> names for each symbol in the sqlite db available in
> the repository I mentioned earlier. Wouldn't using
> them with slightly differences make the work easier?
>
> Sure, it'd take some time to get there. But, once
> that's out of the way, I believe many artworks will
> show up due to how easy and fast it would be to put
> together a lot of signs in both orthodox and
> unorthodox ways.
>
> I don't promise anything, but I'll take a look at
> Canva.com to see what are its uploading capabilities.
> Maybe they already have a way for us to upload many at
> the same time.
>
> Em qua., 1 de nov. de 2023 18:26, Ms. AnnaGrace
> <msannagrace20 at gmail.com> escreveu:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> You are right - SVG files are preferable over PNG
> files for the quality. I believe Canva.com accepts
> SVG files.
>
> Could you please direct me to where I could obtain
> SVG files from
> https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/font-db?
>
> To make the volume of symbols more manageable, I
> could accept the symbols used in American Sign
> Language (ASL). If these ASL symbols could somehow
> be categorized into a group or one folder, it
> would help me tremendously in uploading them onto
> Canva.com. Would that be possible?
>
> Thanks so much,
> AnnaGrace
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 2:24 PM Steve Slevinski
> <slevin at signpuddle.net> wrote:
>
> Hi AnnaGrace,
>
> Keep me posted if you find what you need. I
> believe all of the PNG images available are of
> a lower quality that the SVG refinement.
>
> Using
> https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/font-db
> I could write a script to dump all of the
> symbols into PNG images.
>
> For each symbol the command would be:
> node fsw/fsw-symbol-png S10000 S10000.png
>
> Be aware though, there are 37,811 symbol in
> the ISWA 2010.
>
> -Steve
>
> On 11/1/23 9:26 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace wrote:
>> Hi Signwriting List --
>>
>> I use Canva platform to produce anything
>> graphics. If you haven't done so, I encourage
>> you to take a look at canva.com
>> <http://canva.com>! You can create visual
>> posters, worksheets, flyers, brochures,
>> eBooks, and more! Anyone can upload any
>> image to use on Canva. There's a free version
>> which offers plenty.
>>
>> I would like to use Canva to create
>> signwriting documents. I need to upload
>> signwriting symbols to make this possible.
>> That means I would need to upload hundreds of
>> symbols in png files.
>>
>> My question to you on the SignWriting List
>> is, do you happen to have a zip folder of png
>> files of individual signwriting symbols that
>> you can pass on to me?
>>
>> This would save me many, many hours of work.
>>
>> And I can teach you how to utilize Canva for
>> signwriting!
>>
>> With warm regards,
>>
>> AnnaGrace Greenfield
>> A Fan of SignWriting
>>
>>
>>
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