10 Handshape

[Barbara Pennacchi]

> I love the Heel-of-Hand symbol (see attached) and you are the first
> person to mention it...I would love to share some signs that are hard
> to write, that the Heel Symbol solves...The Heel Symbol represents
> seeing the Flat Hand base, projected forward, or at least the base of
> the hand has to be Flat, so you are looking at the wrist or the heel
> of the hand, and the rest of the flat hand is hidden behind the
> heel...and then fingers can be added etc...

There is a problem: at a first glance it's really easy to mistake one set  
of the Heel-of-Hand Symbols with the fist symbol, because the differences  
are really minimal (maybe the rectangle should be MORE "rectanglish"?)

(remember, I'm on --temporary-- caffeine withdrawal :)

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