<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>August 11, 2005</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>Eyasu Tamene wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><FONT face="comic sans ms" color="#bf00bf"><STRONG style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; ">Then after, I think he is Stefen who raised the right question on Expressive and Receptive way of Signing...</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Hello Eyasu and Stefan!</DIV><DIV>Yesterday Stefan telephoned me to tell me that you both are working together on writing and illustrating the Ethiopian Manual Alphabet......That is wonderful news...I am so happy about this!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I will leave this work to you both now...Once the two of you decide what is needed for Ethiopian Sign Language, if you find symbols that are not in the IMWA, you can tell me at that time, and I will be happy to add them for you.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This frees me to return to adding more Movement Symbols to the IMWA...which I have wanted to do for months...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Did you know that Stefan is an expert on creating TrueType fonts (TT fonts) with a program called Fontographer? Stefan and Steve Parkhurst (in Spain) have both created their own TrueType fonts, and both Stefan and Steve are also illustrators. They have the ability to do life-like drawings of hands etc. The Fontographer program was designed for people who are illustrators...so it is not surprising that Stefan became so skilled at Fontographer. It is a program I would personally never want to learn...so thank goodness Steve and Stefan have those skills! ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I am not exactly sure what you are both planning, but whatever you design, I hope you will send it to me when it is ready...tables, graphs etc of the Ethiopian handshapes...and I will post them on this new web page that I created for you:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SignWriting in Ethiopia</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/ethiopia">http://www.SignWriting.org/ethiopia</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I know you asked me, Eyasu, to correct the numbers of the handshapes on this web page:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/ethiopia/ethiopia01.html">http://www.SignWriting.org/ethiopia/ethiopia01.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>However, now I believe, if I have understood Stefan correctly, that you and Stefan are doing totally new drawings and TT fonts for the Ethiopian Manual Alphabet. So that web page will be replaced with a new one with your new art that you are creating together. If you go there right now, you will find it blank. The page is waiting for you to replace it with something better!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>THANK YOU to you both, for all you are doing!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And we look forward to seeing your exciting new project...;-))</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>