AW: AW: Symmetry of the Full Circle

[Stefan Woehrmann]

Valerie, Daniel and SW-friends,

I have to admit that I look at this whole question of "symbol - design"
from the teachers point of view. I learned from my students and little
Gordian that SW is so easy to read because a clear structures - the whole
symbol-combination has to become a "Gute Gestalt"  so that you can remember
it within a  second. The informed reader who is able to read by analyzing
any tiny information that is "hidden" in the scribes decision of spelling
would accept some additional "curves and strokes" - but time has proofed
that we do not need that. It is as you expressed - people learn to read from
context -
So I would prefer to leave the basic symbol shape trias ("circle, rectangle,
house"  just the way it is)
Sometimes I add the arm line to give additional information - if you have to
guess which way you are supposed to hold your lower arms ...


Stefan ;-))



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Von: SignWriting List [mailto:SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA]Im Auftrag von
Valerie Sutton
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Oktober 2003 15:57
An: SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
Betreff: Re: AW: Symmetry of the Full Circle


SignWriting List
October 16, 2003

Stefan Woehrmann wrote:
> I am really sooooooooooooo impressed. I am sorry that I cannot
> contribute
> anything in this field of software - programming- But if it comes down
> to
> questions on how we use SW44 or in case of basic spelling questions I
> will
> be happy to support you in this so important task to switch typing SW
> from
> DOS to s.th different that will run without trouble  (crossed fingers)
> under
> XP, Win2000  etc.

Hello Stefan!
Great to hear from you, and I only wish we were at the stage where we
could discuss spelling signs again! But Daniel and I are discussing
symbols, not signs, because when Rich Gleaves did some special
programming inside SignWriter DOS, to try to take care of the Circle
Hand's palm facing glitches, no special programming could solve it,
without the handshape itself changing its look...So let me ask you a
question from a signer's and teacher's perspective....Would this help
you, to read signs, if we changed the Circle Hand symbol, and the
square for a fist too, to look like this? (see attached GIF)... Which
do you like better?..adding the knuckles gives us all the palm facings
clearly...but it does add more to write by hand...and I don't want to
add these knuckles to all 100 handshapes...and that could be another
problem...it may start to change all the handshapes, if we make this
one change...I have not made any decisions yet...If we can keep the
symbols as they are, it would be better, if Daniel can find a way to
program it...Val ;-)


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