Namibia handshape construction

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
May 31, 2009

Hello Stefan and Everyone!
Thank you for this question. And your photos and writings are always  
so beautiful! Congrats on all you are doing, Stefan....

Regarding the handshape in SignWriting...

The photo of your hand is different than the writing of the handshape  
you are showing in the SignWriting example you have attached...The  
thumb is to the side in your photo...not forward...

So basing it on the photo with the thumb to the side, we have that  
handshape already in the ISWA....I know you will be creating TrueType  
fonts, and that is great...but I am happy it is in the ISWA too, so I  
can show you what I mean...please see my attached screen capture...the  
handshape is in Group 9...the thumb to the side needs the thumb line  
on the other side of the rectangle base from the index finger, because  
when the thumb line is on the same side as the bent Index finger, that  
would show that the thumb and the index finger are relating to each  
other and it means that the thumb line is forward pointing in the same  
direction as the Index finger...So if you want the thumb to look like  
it is pointing in another direction other than the index finger, you  
need the thumb line on the other side of the rectangle base of the  
hand...please see my attached diagram:

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On May 31, 2009, at 3:39 AM, Stefan W?hrmann wrote:

> Hi Val and friends of the sw-list,
>
> I am asked to write the sign name for Namibia for an article in a  
> journal for hearing impaired children.
>
> Attached you find the hand shape that is needed. I will design it as  
> a TT ?Font but I am not quite sure what the sw symbol should look  
> like  - ?
> Anny suggestion ? at best with construction of the SignPuddle symbols?
>
> My first idea: 
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> Have a great whitsuntideStefan ;-)
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