[Sw-l] png files of all symbols?

Mon Aug 4 16:24:38 UTC 2025

Hi Steve,

It worked! Your screenshot helped.

Thank you SO much,

AnnaGrace :-)

On Sun, Aug 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM Steve Slevinski <slevin at signpuddle.net>
wrote:

> 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?
>
> 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
>> ).
>> Probably 100 symbols at most, because that's what I need for this month.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> AnnaGrace
>> [image: Screenshot 2023-11-03 at 8.13.03 AM.png]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)
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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