<div>First Exercise.</div> <div> </div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <signwriting@MAC.COM></I></B> wrote: </div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">SignWriting List<BR>January 11, 2007<BR><BR>Hello Eric!<BR><BR>Eric mead wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi. I'm rather new to all of this, so forgive me if this question <BR>> has already been addressed.<BR>><BR><BR>Welcome to the SignWriting List. You are jumping in head first! That <BR>is fine...you are brave ;-))<BR><BR><BR><BR>> I am working through the SignWriting handwriting course, and it <BR>> occurs to me that the ordering of the strokes might be important. <BR>> In Asian scripts it is VERY important in that it causes rather <BR>> regular 'mistakes' which can be more easily recognized throughout <BR>> different handwriting styles.<BR>><BR><BR>That is very interesting about Asian scripts...As you know, I am not
<BR>knowledgeable about Asian scripts...technically it does not have any <BR>connection to SignWriting...but there are two factors that are <BR>similar...SignWriting can be written in vertical columns and <BR>SignWriting signs are written in clusters...that is...the symbols are <BR>not written from left to right in a string, but are instead like <BR>little groupings of symbols that are both above and below each <BR>other...so in that sense...the strokes may be valuable...<BR><BR><BR>> (It's also just important traditionally because of calligraphy and <BR>> history.) I personally believe that it is this stroke ordering <BR>> which helped to foster the otherwise difficult to decipher <BR>> calligraphy styles in ancient times. I would love to see a <BR>> SignWriting calligraphy develop!!<BR>><BR><BR>Wonderful. I agree I hope it develops too!!<BR><BR><BR><BR>><BR>> Valerie, could you include the ordering of the strokes in each <BR>> handwriten sign?
I believe you did this for the SignWriting <BR>> printing course pages, right?<BR>><BR><BR>I will be happy to do what I can. Stroke-sequencing has not been <BR>fully developed yet, since until recently, people just wrote by hand <BR>the best they could, without official courses in Handwriting...so I <BR>can certainly share with you my personal stroke-sequencing and we can <BR>see if it fits with what feels good for others...<BR><BR>This is what I propose...<BR><BR>1. Everyone is going to turn in their homework assignment for Lesson <BR>1 by Monday...(by the way...only page 8 in the homework assignment <BR>needs to be turned in...)<BR><BR>2. at the same time, on Monday, I will announce the posting of Lesson 2<BR><BR>3. we will spend all of next week making comments on Lesson 1 <BR>homework assignments plus discussing Lesson 2 ;-))<BR><BR>4. and this will repeat for one more week for Lesson 3 as well...<BR><BR>Then the course is finished for now!<BR><BR>What will
Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 present?<BR><BR>Lesson 2...a reference chart of most commonly used symbols, including <BR>movement arrows, facial expressions, contact symbols, punctuation, <BR>dynamics and more handshapes...all listed in one long chart, showing <BR>the Printing and Handwriting and Shorthand for each symbol...and then <BR>a homework assignment<BR><BR>Lesson 3...Cursive writing (connecting symbols within one sign so the <BR>sign is one complete unit without lifting your pen from the page) <BR>Cursive writing uses Shorthand mainly, and does not include enough <BR>detail for most purposes, but for your own personal notes it is quite <BR>amazing...<BR><BR>And who knows, Eric...maybe in time these writing styles will become <BR>more of the mainstream...we are finding our way...that is why the <BR>reference chart in Lesson 2 is so important...so people can explore <BR>different writing styles...<BR><BR>Thanks for your interest and participation!<BR><BR>Val
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