AW: AW: Symmetry of the Full Circle

[Antonio Carlos da Rocha Costa]

Valerie, Stephan, Daniel and everybody,

I fully agree with Stephan. The beauty of SignWriting is
the simplicity and generality of its basic symbols, and
the richness and apropriateness of its writing rules.

Daniel should excuse my opinion, but it is not a good way
to take, to adjust the writing system for reasons concerned
with its implementation in computers.

If the circle hand has 16 differente codes to represent the
same image, it's up to the program to distinguish them, and
recognize that they all represent the same thing.

People using the circle hand, and many other symbols with the
same characteristics, never had problem with that.

If programs have problems with that, that is their problem, not the
users'. Users should not have changed what they are used to simply
for that reason.

I humbly suggest that the symbols should be let as they are,
until it is definitely shown that there those code redundancies really
make impossible (or useless) any computer program based on them.

I hope Daniel understand the real positive intention I'm putting into this
message.

All the best,

Ant ­? io Carlos

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Woehrmann" <stefanwoehrmann at GEBAERDENSCHRIFT.DE>
To: <SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:56 AM
Subject: AW: AW: Symmetry of the Full Circle


> 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 ;-))