ISWA Thumb Decision

[Adam Frost]

I couldn't agree more. :-)

Adam

On Nov 17, 2007 10:57 PM, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:

> SignWriting List
> November 17, 2007
>
> First, here are the two different thumbs...one at a diagonal and one
> tight against the side of the fist:
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> Second, I think considering the ISWA as a font makes sense, since it
> will be under the OFL License, which is a Font License.
>
> So the ISWA 2008 shall simply be the standard that others can base
> other typeface designs on...
>
> Therefore I am not going to change any of the current used
> handshapes...I will keep my style ;-)
>
> I will leave the hands as they are, with their current thumbs,
> including the A hand, since there are thousands of people who have
> seen that handshape and seem to accept it...
>
> But Stuart, if you feel the A hand should be like the second example
> above, then another "typeface" or version of the iSWA can be done by
> someone else (perhaps you, Stuart ;-), and you can place the change
> for the A hand in that font...but the two different versions of the A
> hand, will have the same ID number, so we have not created a new
> symbol with a new ID number...just different typefaces...
>
> And the same goes for the Parkhurst fonts for the different thumbs ;-))
>
> Thanks for your input, Stefan and Stuart - It was very helpful!
>
> Val ;-)
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