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<p align="justify">Hi SignWriting List,<br>
<br>
The SignMaker 2017 update is available on SignBank.org<br>
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://signbank.org/signmaker.html">http://signbank.org/signmaker.html</a><br>
<br>
We reached an important milestone in 2017 with the SignWriting in
Unicode (SWU) specification.Β We are building upon the 2012
standard of Formal SignWriting in ASCII (FSW).Β FSW is a small and
robust data format, but it is data that will always look like
data.Β To visualize the FSW string, the data must be converted
into either a PNG (raster) or SVG (vector) images.Β Here is
"SignWriting" written in SignWriting using FSW.</p>
<p align="justify">AS10011S10019S2ea04S2ea48S1eb20S15a0aS29b0bM523x573S10019478x437S10011502x428S2ea04507x464S2ea48485x472S29b0b487x538S15a0a488x510S1eb20497x526</p>
<br>
The new SWU characters are equivalent to the FSW characters, with an
easy bidirectional conversion. The SWU characters can be used in a
wide variety of applications and operating systems.<br>
<br>
Here is "SignWriting" written in SWU.<br>
<font face="SuttonSignWritingOneD">π ρρρ
ρ ρ
‘ρρ¨¬π π€π₯ρπ£°π£ρπ€π’Ύρ
π€π£’ρ π£·π£ͺρ¨¬π£Ήπ€¬ρπ£Ίπ€ρ
‘π€π€ </font><br>
<br>
<p align="justify">If you have the Sutton SignWriting One-D font
installed, you should see the following string.<br>
<img src="cid:part1.7586C3AC.F8F78572@signpuddle.net" alt=""></p>
<p align="justify">Once I have created the Sutton SignWriting Two-D
font, the SWU characters will look like the following sign.<br>
</p>
<p align="justify"><img
src="cid:part2.82B17E83.294A315F@signpuddle.net"
value="SignWriting.png"></p>
<p align="justify">SWU has two possible visualizations: a
one-dimensional string or a two-dimensional cluster.Β Both are
useful and while the one-dimensional string still looks like data,
it looks like SignWriting while FSW does not.Β Until the Two-D
font is ready, we will still need to use SVG with the SWU strings.<br>
<br>
To help cement the SWU specification, I have updated the SignMaker
project and Sutton SignWriting project.<br>
<br>
The Sutton SignWriting project is a toolkit for developers with
documentation and tools.<br>
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://slevinski.github.io/SuttonSignWriting">https://slevinski.github.io/SuttonSignWriting</a><br>
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/Slevinski/SuttonSignWriting">https://github.com/Slevinski/SuttonSignWriting</a><br>
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<p align="justify">SignMaker is built using the Sutton SignWriting
project (fonts, SVG, and JavaScript).Β In SignMaker 2017, the SWU
characters can be edited or copied.Β For example, you can paste an
SWU string (<font face="SuttonSignWritingOneD">π ρρρ
ρ ρ
‘ρρ¨¬π π€π₯ρπ£°π£ρπ€π’Ύρ
π€π£’ρ π£·π£ͺρ¨¬π£Ήπ€¬ρπ£Ίπ€ρ
‘π€π€ </font>)
into the SWU input field on the dictionary tab.Β The sign will be
loaded into SignMaker.<br>
<img src="cid:part3.E9F18FE3.4F9505CC@signpuddle.net" alt=""><br>
</p>
<p align="justify"><br>
You can view all of the SignPuddle Online dictionaries in
SignMaker 2017.<br>
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://signbank.org/signmaker.html">http://signbank.org/signmaker.html</a><br>
<br>
You can create and edit your own set of signs.<br>
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://signbank.org/signmaker">http://signbank.org/signmaker</a><br>
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://slevinski.github.io/signmaker">https://slevinski.github.io/signmaker</a><br>
<br>
The SignMaker source is available on GitHub.<br>
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/slevinski/signmaker">https://github.com/slevinski/signmaker</a><br>
<br>
For the SignWriting Symposium 2017, I am preparing a video with
slides and software demonstrations to help explain the 2017 update
and the 2018 road map.<br>
<br>
While the SignWriting in Unicode (SWU) characters are experimental
and not part of the Unicode standard, these characters have the
full support of Valerie Sutton and myself.Β We believe this
specification will be an enduring standard that our international
community can use and share.Β As our tools improve, the technical
details can be hidden from the writer.Β It is only a matter of
time and 2018 is going to be an amazing year.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
-Steve<br>
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