[Sw-l] png files of all symbols?

[Ms. AnnaGrace]

Hi Mr. Ruon and all --

Also, would I be correct that the symbols would have to be uploaded as*
images* and *not as a font*?
Just making sure we all are on the same wavelength.

Thanks,
AnnaGrace

On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 10:06 PM Ms. AnnaGrace <msannagrace20 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Mr. Ruon,
>
> You made an excellent point about Canva's capability to mirror (flip) and
> rotate the images so that not as many symbols need to be uploaded to Canva.
> (www.canva.com)
>
> I appreciate your help!
>
> By the way, what's FSW/code? I'm learning along the way!
>
> Thanks so much,
> AnnaGrace
>
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 8:23 PM Wallyson Ruan <wallysonruan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey, Steve and Anna!
>>
>> Since the topic is to upload images to Canva.com, I'm assuming they'd be
>> treated as such, without any intention of keeping track of their FSW/code.
>>
>> If that's the case, I believe that the amount of images reduces
>> drastically.
>>
>> Instead of 16 symbols for each hand, it could be only one symbol per
>> hand. Image editors allow the users to rotate them, which defeats the
>> purpose of the 15 extra symbols.
>>
>> That being said, I guess it'd be a lot easier to categorize the signs
>> using human readable names.
>>
>> If I'm not wrong, I saw a table dedicated to English names for each
>> symbol in the sqlite db available in the repository I mentioned earlier.
>> Wouldn't using them with slightly differences make the work easier?
>>
>> Sure, it'd take some time to get there. But, once that's out of the way,
>> I believe many artworks will show up due to how easy and fast it would be
>> to put together a lot of signs in both orthodox and unorthodox ways.
>>
>> I don't promise anything, but I'll take a look at Canva.com to see what
>> are its uploading capabilities. Maybe they already have a way for us to
>> upload many at the same time.
>>
>> Em qua., 1 de nov. de 2023 18:26, Ms. AnnaGrace <msannagrace20 at gmail.com>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>> You are right - SVG files are preferable over PNG files for the quality.
>>> I believe Canva.com accepts SVG files.
>>>
>>> Could you please direct me to where I could obtain SVG files from
>>> https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/font-db?
>>>
>>> To make the volume of symbols more manageable, I could accept the
>>> symbols used in American Sign Language (ASL). If these ASL symbols could
>>> somehow be categorized into a group or one folder, it would help me
>>> tremendously in uploading them onto Canva.com. Would that be possible?
>>>
>>> Thanks so much,
>>> AnnaGrace
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 2:24 PM Steve Slevinski <slevin at signpuddle.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi AnnaGrace,
>>>>
>>>> Keep me posted if you find what you need.  I believe all of the PNG
>>>> images available are of a lower quality that the SVG refinement.
>>>>
>>>> Using https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/font-db I could write a
>>>> script to dump all of the symbols into PNG images.
>>>>
>>>> For each symbol the command would be:
>>>> node fsw/fsw-symbol-png S10000 S10000.png
>>>>
>>>> Be aware though, there are 37,811 symbol in the ISWA 2010.
>>>>
>>>> -Steve
>>>>
>>>> On 11/1/23 9:26 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Signwriting List --
>>>>
>>>> I use Canva platform to produce anything graphics. If you haven't done
>>>> so, I encourage you to take a look at canva.com! You can create visual
>>>> posters, worksheets, flyers, brochures, eBooks, and more!  Anyone can
>>>> upload any image to use on Canva. There's a free version which offers
>>>> plenty.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to use Canva to create signwriting documents. I need to
>>>> upload signwriting symbols to make this possible. That means I would need
>>>> to upload hundreds of symbols in png files.
>>>>
>>>> My question to you on the SignWriting List is, do you happen to have a
>>>> zip folder of png files of individual signwriting symbols that you can pass
>>>> on to me?
>>>>
>>>> This would save me many, many hours of work.
>>>>
>>>> And I can teach you how to utilize Canva for signwriting!
>>>>
>>>> With warm regards,
>>>>
>>>> AnnaGrace Greenfield
>>>> A Fan of SignWriting
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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