<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">SignWriting List<div class="">July 24, 2019</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">HOW TO CONSTRUCT A NEW HAND SYMBOL</div><div class="">in Korean SignPuddle Dictionary</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=78" class="">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=78</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Of course we wish all new handshapes could be added immediately to the International SignWriting Alphabet 2010 (ISWA 2010). To add new symbols officially would literally change Unicode and so such a large change would require years of work.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Meanwhile, SignWriting can write any hand symbol by hand. In computers right now we individually construct each new hand symbol with a combination of already existing hand symbols and small finger lines. We save the constructed hand symbols in SignPuddle to use each time we need them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I analyze this shape as a 5-Hand symbol, with 5 fingers extended, with the Index and Baby Fingers bent at the middle joint.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="BDCBF691-CB9E-45E1-8BE0-7A6146490573" src="cid:67829A88-2B67-41BF-9A92-60FFD75EF47B@san.rr.com" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Step 1: In SignPuddle, to construct this hand symbol, click on SignMaker Icon on the left of the screen:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="E7E0039C-F9E7-430C-BC6D-5965AE254E91" src="cid:6A10DE18-8447-4A5D-99D3-612002BDA0AD@san.rr.com" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Step 2: Drag the 5-Hand over to the SignBox:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="3D755D0B-E0AA-4633-8098-D725EF20DD95" src="cid:C2EA8696-05E1-406E-AF20-BBACC759E46A@san.rr.com" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Step 3: The pre-constructed 5-Hand seems too small to act as a base for the new constructed hand symbol, so then I choose another 5-Hand symbol that only has a thumb to the side, and then I add Finger Lines later:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="DB537654-D29D-4EE4-AF5B-C0AE8D9EFDC4" src="cid:7DD88194-72D5-402B-B53F-1752FC0374C5@san.rr.com" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Step 4: Small lines from the Finger Movement Symbols can also be useful:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="D3FCF1F6-923A-4E8A-A515-9434B009C661" src="cid:EF81F07E-1C15-42F4-8A37-9AC77AFE2578@san.rr.com" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Step 5: I push the Add To SignPuddle button to save the two constructed symbols so I can use them or refer to them in the future.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="2161F5E5-323A-495D-B6F6-EBF2384BA575" src="cid:3BAE0425-ED9D-4389-9B3E-AB03FD798321@san.rr.com" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>________________________________________________
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