What would my name look like in SignWriting

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
September 7, 2007

When it comes to Fingerspelling, we do have TrueType fonts, that are  
like SVG...they can be written at any size as a real font can be...

To download the Sutton Fingerspelling Fonts designed by Michael  
Everson, go to:

http://www.signwriting.org/catalog/sw214.html

and in this case, if you are using ASL fingerspelling, as Charles  
used, download the ASL Fingerspelling Font, and install the font into  
your system and then just start typing spoken language...the  
fingerspelling fonts will come out as you type...;-)

The problem is that they are just like another typeface, so you have  
to choose them all the time in the Fonts menu, and other people will  
have to have them installed if they want to read something in  
Fingerspelling...but you can take a screen capture of it, and then  
make a graphics file from that for your logo ;-)

It is wonderful that so many people have joined the cause for  
SignWriting funding in Facebook and I certainly plan to share the  
funding, with the SignWriting users around the globe...so it is a  
global funding cause ;-))

I am finishing the Video Instruction for SignBank Dictionary  
Databases soon and hope to be able to announce that plus several  
other important developments by Monday -

Have a great weekend everyone!

Val ;-)

PS. There are Fingerspelling TrueType fonts for several  
countries...including Japan on the page above...Ask Michael Everson  
about them...He worked hard on them...

Plus there are two other TrueType font families for SignWriting:

Parkhurst SW Fonts
http://www.signwriting.org/spain/parkhurst/

Woehrmann SW Fonts
http://www.signwriting.org/germany/germany.html

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On Sep 7, 2007, at 3:20 PM, GerardM wrote:

> Hoi,
> To me the naming of people in sign language is so different from  
> the name that is in official use. My name in sign language can be  
> given to me, this whole concept is sweet :) The closest I have come  
> so far to seeing my name written in a way that I do not recognise  
> is ゲラルド・メイセン a transcription of my name in  
> Japanese :) This was also given to me.
>
> Valerie, would it be possible to have my first name in the SVG  
> characters, this will allow me to have it in a bigger size. This  
> looks better if I am to use it as an identifier for my user on  
> facebook .. :) Also I am happy to report that we have at this  
> moment some 18 people who have joined the SignWriting cause on  
> facebook.
>
> I think that I should also include a reference to this mailing list :)
>
> Thanks,
>      Gerard
>
> On 9/7/07, Valerie Sutton <dac at signwriting.org> wrote:SignWriting List
> September 7, 2007
>
> Thank you, Charles, for explaining this to Gerard ;-)
>
> Maybe a Deaf person will give you your Sign Name someday, Gerard, but
> until that time, why not use fingerspelling of your first name?
> Charles attached it here, in ASL fingerspelling, but since you are
> from the Netherlands, it would be more appropriate in Dutch
> fingerspelling, but until we meet someone from the Netherlands who
> can write that for you...here is the ASL version of your name that
> Charles wrote:
>
>
>
> Or...you can go to the Dutch SignPuddle and write it yourself in
> another way...
>
> Dutch SignPuddle
> http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/index.php?ui=1&sgn=68
>
> and Search by Words to see other signs and how they are written...and
> then click on SignMaker to write a brand new sign and save it to the
> SignPuddle under the name Gerard ;-)
>
> Val ;-)
>
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