[Sw-l] png files of all symbols?
Steve Slevinski
slevin at signpuddle.net
Mon Aug 4 02:52:25 UTC 2025
Hi AnnaGrace,
If you go to the release page. Scroll down to v2.0.5. Expand the
assets. You'll see the iswa_2010_svg.zip file.
Regards,
-Steve
On 8/3/25 8:09 PM, Ms. AnnaGrace wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I'm still working on a project using the SVG files of ISWA 2010 symbols.
>
> I need to download the file again. I just tried the link you provided
> on November 3, 2023, but it seems to have been removed since.
>
> Could you, if possible, please re-release the zip archive with all of
> the ISWA 2010 symbols in SVG format in the
> https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/font-db/releases
> <https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/font-db/releases>?
>
> Thanks kindly for your time and assistance.
>
> With warm regards,
> AnnaGrace
>
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 10:12 AM Steve Slevinski
> <slevin at signpuddle.net> wrote:
>
> Hi AnnaGrace,
>
> I have created a zip archive with all of the ISWA 2010 symbols in
> SVG format. You can download it here:
> https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/font-db/releases
>
> Download the file called iswa_2010_svg.zip
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
>
> On 11/3/23 7:16 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace wrote:
>> Hi Steve, Wallyson, João, and all --
>>
>> Could you (or anyone else) give me step-by-step guidance on how
>> to download *svg* files to my laptop from the link provided in an
>> earlier email? Or is there another source of *svg* files of
>> symbols that I can download to my laptop?
>>
>> I can select the symbols among the *svg* files and upload them to
>> Canva myself. I need them as soon as possible.
>>
>> I don't expect to upload a boatload of symbols onto Canva
>> (www.canva.com <http://www.canva.com>).
>> Probably 100 symbols at most, because that's what I need for this
>> month.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> AnnaGrace
>> Screenshot 2023-11-03 at 8.13.03 AM.pngwww.canva.com
>> <http://www.canva.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 12:23 PM Wallyson Ruan
>> <wallysonruan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, I realized they'd be images. It makes everything easier
>> if you think about it. The first benefit is being able to get
>> the signs into any tool using a built-in support for images,
>> instead of the whole ordeal of adding a new font and hoping
>> for some compatibility.
>>
>> -
>>
>> FSW stands for "Formal Sign Writing", you can think of it as
>> a set of coordinates or a blueprint to create a sign.
>>
>> With a FSW string you can recreate a sign container, the
>> symbols and place them in the right plane, side and "z-index".
>>
>> All signs have a FSW. I've attached an image to this email,
>> it's a screenshot from a Libras sign I just researched in
>> signpuddle2. As you can see, it has a quite big FSW.
>>
>> You can find more information on it in this documentation
>> written by Steve:
>> https://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-01.html#rfc.section.3
>>
>> Em qua., 1 de nov. de 2023 23:11, Ms. AnnaGrace
>> <msannagrace20 at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>
>> 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 <http://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 <http://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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