<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>September 1, 2006</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hi Anny and Lucy!</DIV><DIV>Yes.....this is a matter of terminology. The term FONT in the software world, usually refers to either True Type or Bitmap fonts that are installed inside the operating systems of computers...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>but Anny - I think it is great that you went to the work of putting French-Swiss Fingerspelling in SignPuddle..that is a lot of work I know, but important for SignPuddle users...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SignPuddle does not access True Type right now, so they are two different computer formats...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Lucy, I assume you found this link for the True Type fonts? Any trouble installing them?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">True Type SW Fingerspelling Fonts</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.signwriting.org/catalog/sw214.html">http://www.signwriting.org/catalog/sw214.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; min-height: 17px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Installing Fonts on Windows</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/fonts/fontinstall/font000.html">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/fonts/fontinstall/font000.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; min-height: 17px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>------------</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Sep 1, 2006, at 6:41 AM, Lucy wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; 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; "><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; ">In the Puddle there are different fingerspelling for relevant sign languages but I meant the so called true type for such fingerspelling. True types are character sets to install under Windows and Mac and to use in Word, for example.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; ">Lucy</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT> </DIV><BLOCKQUOTE dir="ltr" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">----- Original Message -----</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN><A title="acpg@vtxnet.ch" href="mailto:acpg@vtxnet.ch"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN><A title="sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu" href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Friday, September 01, 2006 2:56 PM</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Re: [sw-l] Sutton Fingerspelling Font</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV>in the Puddle dictonnary... I wrote every letter of the alphabet (fingerspelling) for swiss french sign language (which is really close to ASL...)<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>hope it helps</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Anny<BR><DIV><DIV>Le 31 août 06 à 19:23, Lucy a écrit :</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "></SPAN><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">Hello List!</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">As far as I know, there are Sutton Fingerspelling Fonts for ASL and DGS. Are there also such fonts for other sign languages?</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">Lucy</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>