Fingerspelling in vertical columns

[Anne-Claude Pr=?ISO-8859-1?B?6Q==?=laz Girod]

Ok great then!

it's super to have the 2 possible way to write fingerspelling!

take care... and I'll contact you soon to get a phone call appointment
(14-18th of august or later will be fine for me!)

Anny


> De : "Valerie Sutton" <signwriting at MAC.COM>
> Répondre à : sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Date : Fri, 4 Aug 2006 18:11:19 -0700
> À : sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Objet : Re: [sw-l] Fingerspelling in vertical columns
> 
> SignWriting List
> August 4, 2006
> 
> Hello Anny and everyone!
> Oh...I did not mean for us to choose one or the other...I meant that
> we can be open-minded towards writing the fingerspelling down, as
> well as write it across..whatever the writer feels fits the movements
> better...for some reason I generally like it down...I am as surprised
> as you are!
> 
> For example, if you are really moving your arm from left to right
> while you fingerspell, then I think that should show a movement arrow
> to the side and yes...the fingerspelling would be written from left
> to right in that case...
> 
> But ASL, as you know, fingerspells a lot..I will show you the first
> page of credits for Jack and Jill next message, and you will see what
> I mean...and in those cases, if the fingerspelling is not actually
> moving side, but staying in one place generally, and there may be a
> little movement forward, but not side...then it could be placed
> down...I think it is easier because we are reading the columns down
> anyway...and so it is going in the same direction...
> 
> So let's be flexible and see how different people choose to write
> it...smile...it will be interesting to watch!
> 
> Val ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 4, 2006, at 3:46 PM, Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:
>> my first thought is.... SignWriting is supposed to write down the
>> movments
>> we see... and usually I fingerspell from left to right when ther is
>> movment
>> (double letters, ...)... so that would be an argument to keep it
>> written
>> horizontally. I know lots of words are fingerspelled in the US...
>> here in
>> Switzerland... we only fingerspell when there's no Sign for a
>> specific word,
>> or when we talk about a person or a place and give it's name
>> (fingerspelling)
>> before giving it's sign's name......  as words are written
>> horizontally I
>> would keep it horizontally with Sw too
>> 
>> BUT
>> 
>> I like it vertically very much too and find it really easy to read
>> too!
>> 
>> so... maybe it would be good to have both possibillies... and make it
>> possible to chose the one we need!
>> 
>> sorry... that won't really help you make a choice I guess?!?!?
>> 
>> have a nice week-end everyone
>> 
>> Anny
>> 
>>> De : "Valerie Sutton" <signwriting at MAC.COM>
>>> Répondre à : sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>> Date : Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:09:55 -0700
>>> À : sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>> Objet : [sw-l] Fingerspelling in vertical columns
>>> 
>>> SignWriting List
>>> August 3, 2006
>>> 
>>> I have been experimenting with writing
>>> fingerspelling down in vertical
>>> columns...it can be written both ways,
>>> but sometimes writing fingerspelling
>>> left to right makes the vertical columns
>>> so wide. So writing fingerspelling in
>>> vertical columns helps keep the columns
>>> narrower, plus it seems to be easier to
>>> read for me... when the rest of the
>>> writing is vertical anyway...
>>> 
>>> What do you think? need your
>>> feedback...(see attached)
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