SignWriting Report: Working on SSS-2004

[Ingvild Roald]

SignWriting List <SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA> skriver:
>SignWriting List
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>And then there is the dilemma of soooo many symbols. The only way to
>handle typing all that, is to pile the known handshapes under the Keys
>using the Variations Key, so that related symbols will be available by
>tapping on a key.

Yes, we (I suppose?) understand that this is the only practical way

> Plus, under one of the Full-Body Keys, we will have
>the ability to construct new handshapes and symbols. I am writing a
>tiny paper on Handshape Construction Rules, so hopefully the typist
>will not have problems constructing a new handshape, when the need
>arises...

This is very good, I look forward to that. Not that the need is pressing,
but to have the rules handy if the need arises or people are asking about
how the existing symbols are created.

Ingvild
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