<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="">August 31, 2021</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hi there,</div><div class="">The use of the index finger to point to other fingers to show tone or vowels, exists in other sign language as well. One of the well-known examples is in British sign language. They have a two-handed alphabet and they use their index finger to Point to the tips of the fingers of the other hand to show the vowels. To type British fingerspelling we created a shorter way to write it by just using a contact star on the finger being pointed to for the vowels, but others wrote the details. Here are some examples:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">British Fingerspelling Font iin SignWriting</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.signwriting.org/catalog/sw214.html" class="">https://www.signwriting.org/catalog/sw214.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">British Fingerspelling Keyboard design for SignWriter DOS</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/fingkeys/fkey044.html" class="">https://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/fingkeys/fkey044.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.signwriting.org/uk/GB04.html" class="">https://www.signwriting.org/uk/GB04.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So it just depends on how much room you have to write or type two hands versus one.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Val</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-----<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 31, 2021, at 1:50 PM, Sutthikhun Phaengphongsai <<a href="mailto:suttikunep@GMAIL.COM" class="">suttikunep@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hello SWList members!<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">Today I have a question regarding how to write the right index finger touching a part of the left hand's palm and fingers.<br class=""><ul class=""><li class="">ThaiSL fingerspelling for vowels, tone marks, and other symbols is shown in the photo and video link below. The right index finger is used to indicate a vowel or a tone mark of a syllable on a part of the left hand's palm or fingers.</li><li class="">There appear to be symbols used in the SignMaker to write the detailed digit location, but I'm not clear how to use them since I couldn't find a description in the SW Textbook.<br class=""></li><li class=""><font size="4" class="">So, <b class="">which SW symbols should these gestures be written with, and how should they be written?</b></font></li></ul><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="5071CCB1-6EAA-48C2-8C80-A8AD7C975BA4" src="cid:ii_kt0jj6zi1" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Link: <a href="https://youtu.be/6eLfibTBiZQ?t=717" class="">https://youtu.be/6eLfibTBiZQ?t=717</a> (from 11:57)</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you so much in advance!</div><div class="">I look forward to receiving your responses, <b class=""><br class=""></b></div></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="FB344057-3C35-49C3-ADF0-9F514324502A" src="cid:ii_kt0jih580" class=""></div><div class="">Sutthikhun Phaengphongsai<br class=""></div></div></div>

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