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Would not the polar version make it easier to change size - just one parameter to change (distance), not all as in Cartesian?<BR><BR>Ingvild <BR><BR><BR> <BR>
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:06:07 -0500<BR>From: slevin@SIGNPUDDLE.NET<BR>Subject: Re: Binary SignWriting revision 3 update<BR>To: SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU<BR><BR>Hi Adam,<BR><BR>Unfortunately, it's a 2 step process right now.<BR><BR>The first page converts BSW 2008 to BSW 2010:<BR><A class=ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext href="http://signbank.org/iswa_dev/convert/example.php">http://signbank.org/iswa_dev/convert/example.php</A><BR><BR>The second page converts BSW 2010 to BSW 3:<BR><A class=ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext href="http://signbank.org/iswa_dev/convert/bsw3.php">http://signbank.org/iswa_dev/convert/bsw3.php</A><BR><BR>Section 4 of the conversion document links to both pages.<BR><A class=ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext href="http://signbank.org/iswa_dev/convert/">http://signbank.org/iswa_dev/convert/</A><BR><BR><BR>Speaking of conversions, building on the idea of encoding the symbols, but not the layout, I've created 2 different markups that will be able to use my proposed Unicode implementation. One Cartesian and the other Polar. These markups can be created from any SignPuddle data. <BR><BR>If we consider "Hello world." in ASL...<BR><IMG alt="" src="cid:part1.09040204.03010609@signpuddle.net"><BR><BR><BR>The Cartesian markup uses XY coordinates, where the coordinates represent the top,left of the symbol position.<BR><BR>SignWriting Cartesian Markup<BR>---------------------------------------<BR>B<IMG alt="" src="cid:part2.07040200.01010308@signpuddle.net">-19,-29<IMG alt="" src="cid:part3.01090604.06020500@signpuddle.net">3,-11 B<IMG alt="" src="cid:part4.04010800.09020703@signpuddle.net">-11,12<IMG alt="" src="cid:part5.09050101.02020501@signpuddle.net">-18,-10<IMG alt="" src="cid:part6.06070803.00010506@signpuddle.net">6,-7<IMG alt="" src="cid:part7.07040606.04000808@signpuddle.net">-2,-30 <IMG alt="" src="cid:part8.00060801.09050208@signpuddle.net"><BR><BR><BR>The Polar markup uses degrees and distance from the center of the sign, where the coordinates represent the center of the symbol position. 12 o'clock is 0° and increases clockwise. So 3 o'clock is 90°, 6 o'clock is 180, and 9 o'clock is 270. It may be very interesting to analyze the Polar markup.<BR><BR>SignWriting Polar Markup<BR>----------------------------------<BR>B<IMG alt="" src="cid:part2.07040200.01010308@signpuddle.net">330°16<IMG alt="" src="cid:part3.01090604.06020500@signpuddle.net">129°14 B<IMG alt="" src="cid:part4.04010800.09020703@signpuddle.net">169°21<IMG alt="" src="cid:part5.09050101.02020501@signpuddle.net">252°6<IMG alt="" src="cid:part6.06070803.00010506@signpuddle.net">80°11<IMG alt="" src="cid:part7.07040606.04000808@signpuddle.net">19°21 <IMG alt="" src="cid:part8.00060801.09050208@signpuddle.net"><BR><BR>Thought I'd share,<BR>-Steve<BR> </body>
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