signwriting (swml file problem)

[Stephen E Slevinski Jr]

On 5/5/13 5:07 AM, Asmaa Shaban wrote:
> how to generate the shape of the sign that its metadata is 
> "M528x546S14c18472x463S14c10503x454S2ea18481x511S2ea08513x501S2fd00494x540"
Hi Asmaa Shaban,

Formal SignWriting is based on Cartesian coordinates of X,Y values. The 
center of the coordinate space is 500,500.  Each symbol is positioned by 
the top, left corner of the symbol image.
http://signpuddle.net/wiki/index.php/MSW:Script_Layout


              |
              |S14c10
              | (503,454)
              |
S14c18       |
(472,463)   |
              |
-------------+------------
              |
              |S2ea08
              | (513,501)
S2ea18       |
(481,511)   |
              |
S2fd00       |
(494,540)    | Max
              |       (528,546)


To create the FSW string, several steps are required.

1) create a 2-dimensional arrangement of symbols
2) determine the center of the cluster
3) reposition the symbols around the center
4) preprocess the maximum coordinate

What steps would you like me to explain more

-Steve
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