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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For handwriting at least, this is obviously easier.
It also is consistent with the way we write tha back of the head (but then we
usually see the back of the head if we are standing behind the signer ... hmmm
... not so sure of the consistency after all).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, these new symbols are clear and nice, and
if they are there in the computer program, they would not be difficult to
use</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ingvild</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 18, 2009 8:36 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sw-l] Writing Heads Facing the Front
Corner...something new ; -)</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Would not having a "facial turn" arc serve better rather than having a
whole new stack of heads. That way it could be moved around to any
side of the face to show that the whole head and body turns without adding
more heads to the system.<BR><BR>I'm thinking of something like
this.<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> SignWriting <<A
href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:29:22
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [sw-l] Writing
Heads Facing the Front Corner...something new ; -)<BR></FONT><BR>SignWriting
List<BR>March 17, 2009<BR><BR>Hello Everyone, and Cherie and Adam!<BR><BR>As you
all know, Cherie Wren's Cat in the Hat is a real special document:<BR><BR>Cat in
the Hat in ASL<BR><SPAN><A
href="http://www.signwriting.org/library/children/CatHat.html"
target=_blank>http://www.signwriting.org/library/children/CatHat.html</A></SPAN><BR><BR>And
this month, on March 27th and 28th, Cherie will be presenting a SignWriting
workshop on the Cat in the Hat in American Sign Language, which Cherie
translated, signed on video, and wrote from video in SignPuddle on the web... a
true classic...<BR><BR>I hope some of you can attend the workshop in
Alabama...the registration form is on the front page of our web site:<BR><BR>Cat
in the Hat workshop<BR>download flyer<BR><SPAN><A
href="http://www.SignWriting.org"
target=_blank>http://www.SignWriting.org</A></SPAN><BR><BR>Anyway...the Cat in
the Hat had influence on the International SignWriting Alphabet (the ISWA 2008),
because while I was finalizing the ISWA, Cherie was writing the document in
SignPuddle, and I could see that certain symbols were needed to make the writing
of storytelling better...so now, before the upcoming workshop, I am going
through some of the pages in Cat in the Hat to find some areas where some of the
new ISWA symbols might make the document more up to date...Cherie gave me
permission to do this and I have been enjoying reviewing the document, but will
not make changes without being sure ;-)<BR><BR>Here attached is one new
area that i think has great promise...we have some new symbols in the ISWA for
"the head turned to face the front corner"...We never had these before, so this
is something new...We can now differentiate between the head facing straight
forward, which is the simple Facial or Head Circle....and the body and head
facing the front corner. When facing the front corner, the head and shoulders
become darker on the side that is closest to the reader (the reader is standing
behind the signer)...so when the body faces the corner we can now show that the
head is facing the corner too, without using arrows to show the head is
turning.<BR><BR>This is good because the arrows are supposed to show a true neck
movement turning the nose, but if the whole body faces the front corner, then
the neck is not stretching and turning...it is just facing the front corner in a
neutral way...This is kind of hard to explain but I tried in this attached
diagram...I have not made these changes in your original document, Cherie, but
in a copy instead, and if it is ok with you, I would like to change the heads
that "face the front corner" to the new heads with the darker rim, rather than
having arrows on top of the heads...we don't have to update the document if you
don't want to, but at least I want to inform you...I can make the changes with
your permission...<BR><BR>Thanks for the great document!!<BR><BR>See
attached...<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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