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SignFont is an attempt to create a written form of Sign Language
that is easy to learn, easy to read, and easy to write by hand or
by computer. Other people have tried to do this before, and we are
building on their experience.
We ask you to join us as a SignFont Architect to make
this writing system work and continue to grow. During the past two
years many people in the Deaf community in San Diego, and 40 Deaf
and hearing researchers, linguists, artists, educators, and writers
around the country have contributed their ideas and energy to
SignFont.
This handbook is designed to help you learn SignFont in the shortest time possible. There are three main sections in the Handbook. The first is a description of the SignFont alphabet.
This is a listing of the parts of every sign that are
written-Handshapes, Movements, and so on. The second section is a
more detailed discussion of how to put the SignFont characters
together to spell signs. Last, there is a Dictionary of several
hundred signs. It includes all the signs used in this Handbook plus
many other useful signs. In this section there are also helpful
tables of useful pronouns, fingerspelling conventions, and
numbers.
Please read through the handbook carefully and try the
exercises. The answers to the exercises are printed at the end of
the "How to Write" section, so you can check immediately to see if
you understand the system.
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