The 10 Handshape

[Stuart Thiessen]

I always thought the 10 shape was confusing, but this is much clearer. 
Thanks for your work on this!

Stuart

On Sep 22, 2005, at 12:44, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> September 22, 2005
>
>  Charles Butler wrote:
>> The only change I see is where the palm facing line splits the hand.  
>> It is, in this way, clearly distinguishable from the extended middle 
>> finger. Is there something else?  It is certainly clearer this way.
>
> Hello Charles and Everyone -
> I am glad you feel at first glance, that it looks clearer - That is 
> good! I believe at first glance it looks better to everyone, me, you 
> and anyone who knows the L handshape...
>
> But this is a huge change. Every ID number has been changed to make it 
> consistent with other symbols. This means that every sign using the 10 
> handshape will probably have to be re-written, or at least cleaned-up, 
> in both SignPuddle and SignBank...We will not know the extent of the 
> problem until both SignBank and SignPuddle have incorporated the new 
> symbol, which has not happened yet ;-)
>
> And of course, any older symbolset, such as SignWriter DOS and Java, 
> still use the old 10 handshape as it was defined years ago.
>
> Steve and I are working on updating SignBank and SignPuddle, at which 
> time I will announce it and then everyone will be asked to take a look 
> at how many signs need to be cleaned up in each country's 
> SignPuddle...
>
> I feel this change was necessary..hopefully one of the last big 
> changes...smile...When you start using it, you may find it a little 
> confusing at first, but I think we will adjust quickly....Just think 
> of an L hand everytime you use it and it should become clear how the 
> new SignSpellings will be written...Val ;-)
>
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