<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I have to agree with the new possible writing with a hooked finger and thumb sticking out to the side. Trying to put the finger on the opposite side to keep it from being related really defies all visual sense. <br><br>Charles<br><br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 5/31/09, Stefan Wöhrmann <i><stefanwoehrmann@gebaerdenschrift.de></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Stefan Wöhrmann <stefanwoehrmann@gebaerdenschrift.de><br>Subject: AW: [sw-l] Namibia handshape construction<br>To: "'SignWriting List'" <sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 11:54 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Hi Valerie and Everyone, <br><br>well this is another sequence - but I have got a problem to see - what you<br>see - hm <br><br>I really would prefer a
different spelling following the idea of the fist<br>and second handshape - symbol - but ... what else can I do to understand<br>your suggestion? <br><br>Do not want to bother you with this - but Learning IS FUN ( right Tini??<br>Smile ) <br><br>All the best <br><br>Stefan ;-)<br><br><br><br><br>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br>Von: <a ymailto="mailto:sw-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu" href="/mc/compose?to=sw-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a><br>[mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:sw-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu" href="/mc/compose?to=sw-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a>] Im Auftrag von Valerie Sutton<br>Gesendet: Sonntag, 31. Mai 2009 15:58<br>An: SignWriting List<br>Cc: Stefan Wöhrmann<br>Betreff: Re: [sw-l] Namibia handshape construction<br><br>SignWriting List<br>May 31, 2009<br><br>Hello Stefan and Everyone!<br>Thank you for this question. And your photos
and writings are always <br>so beautiful! Congrats on all you are doing, Stefan....<br><br>Regarding the handshape in SignWriting...<br><br>The photo of your hand is different than the writing of the handshape <br>you are showing in the SignWriting example you have attached...The <br>thumb is to the side in your photo...not forward...<br><br>So basing it on the photo with the thumb to the side, we have that <br>handshape already in the ISWA....I know you will be creating TrueType <br>fonts, and that is great...but I am happy it is in the ISWA too, so I <br>can show you what I mean...please see my attached screen capture...the <br>handshape is in Group 9...the thumb to the side needs the thumb line <br>on the other side of the rectangle base from the index finger, because <br>when the thumb line is on the same side as the bent Index finger, that <br>would show that the thumb and the index finger
are relating to each <br>other and it means that the thumb line is forward pointing in the same <br>direction as the Index finger...So if you want the thumb to look like <br>it is pointing in another direction other than the index finger, you <br>need the thumb line on the other side of the rectangle base of the <br>hand...please see my attached diagram:<br><br></div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br><div class="plainMail"><br><br><br>____________________________________________<br><br>SW-L SignWriting List<br><br>Post Message<br><a ymailto="mailto:SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu" href="/mc/compose?to=SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a><br><br>List Archives and Help<br><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/" target="_blank">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/</a><br><br>Change Email Settings<br><a href="http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l"
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