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Thank you,<br><br>this is wonderful<br><br>Ingvild <br><br><br>> From: sutton@signwriting.org<br>> To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:38:49 -0700<br>> Subject: [sw-l] International SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA) in finished ; -)<br>> <br>> SignWriting List<br>> September 4, 2008<br>> <br>> Dear SignWriting List:<br>> <br>> Today, Sept. 4, 2008, I finalized the International SignWriting <br>> Alphabet (ISWA 2008).<br>> <br>> It has been a labor of love on my part for several years, and all this <br>> year, in 2008, I have been working on it steadily. There are so many <br>> variations of sizes and nuances of symbols when writing SignWriting by <br>> hand, and it has been difficult, to capture all of those nuances in <br>> computers all these years. The ISWA is our best attempt to date.<br>> <br>> Although there can always be another handshape here and there, needed <br>> at a later date, generally I feel that the ISWA 2008 is a far better <br>> symbolset that the currently used IMWA, and I am so happy that shortly <br>> the ISWA will be available for use.<br>> <br>> Right now, Steve is still developing the new software. I completed the <br>> ISWA at 2:00 this morning. Steve will help me check it for any <br>> conversion issues, although I doubt there will be any problems, since <br>> it has been converting beautifully all along...<br>> <br>> Now I am writing documentation teaching the ISWA. Attached is Chapter <br>> 2 from the new ISWA Manual I am writing now, which has not been posted <br>> on the web yet.<br>> <br>> Chapter 2 shows the 30 Symbol Groups of the ISWA (the visual mapping):<br>> <br></body>
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