SW Handwriting Course Lesson 1 Posted!

[Paul]

Charles Butler wrote:
> Cool, thanks Paul.  I thought that perhaps with this new course some 
> of the rules might have changed, particularly if one is */doing the 
> flat hand without a finger bar with just two lines, since she gives 
> that as an option as well/*. 
>  
> Charles
Yes, i think too, that a few rules will change as time goes by (as a 
normal evolution process).
Anyway i don't think that i can familiarize myself with flat hand 
writing with just two bars.
You shurely know that Valerie makes a difference between "SignWriting 
Handwriting" and "SignWriting Shorthand" (they are completely different)?
Writing a flat hand with only two bars seems to me more like Val's 
called "shorthand" (stenographic) writing ... but who knows ...  future 
will show if i adopt this way of writing (or even a mix of both) ;-)
And you already mentionned, it is "an /*option*/ as well".

Paul Hendriks <http://gehoerlos.plh.lu/?page=impressum>
<http://gehoerlos.plh.lu/?page=impressum>
>
> */Paul <gebaerdenschrift at plh.lu>/* wrote:
>
>     Charles Butler wrote:
>     Valerie, could you please post exactly what to do with the flat hand
>     parallel to the floor. If both the bottom and top are off, I don't
>     see
>     any way to separate the extended fingers.
>
>     Charles
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     Hello Charles,
>     Valerie explained this on an earlier Handwriting-Web-Lesson,
>     please take
>     a look at this link:
>     http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/cursive/curs011.html
>
>     Paul
>
>     *
>     >
>     > *Horizontal Stroke Marks Hand
>     > Parallel With Floor
>     > *(Hand-Printing Only)
>     >
>     > When typing by computer, the small space at the knuckle joint that
>     > represents the hand parallel with the floor is typed quickly by
>     > tapping on a certain key on the computer keyboard.
>     >
>     > When writing by hand, creating a symbol with a space at the knuckle
>     > joint can be time consuming.
>     >
>     > Below you will notice that one horizontal stroke is used to
>     indicate
>     > the space at the knuckle joint. It is faster to write than to
>     write a
>     > perfect space by hand.
>     >
>     > This quick horizontal stroke is written after the symbol is
>     completed,
>     > a little like returning to "dot the i" when writing in English.
>     It is
>     > important to make the stroke horizontal, and not diagonal.
>     >
>     > Write vertical rows of each symbol below:
>     >
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