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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Oct 28, 1998 2:54 pm Subject: Re: iconicity | ||||||||
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On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 Angus B. Grieve-Smith wrote: >3) size. I haven't seen SignWriting in hard copy, but one thing that >strikes me on the screen is how much space it takes up compared to any >other writing system I've seen. This is not a big deal, since Braille >also takes up a lot of space, but it's an added drawback. _____________________ October 10/28/98 Good Morning Angus - Thanks for writing. In regards to printing at small sizes... We print and read SignWriting at very very small sizes - I guess you could call it "teensy weensy". Of course I have not placed this on the web, because most of the web visitors are beginners, and all beginners start reading at larger sizes, no matter what the language. Reading at small sizes is astonishingly easy, in fact just as clear as at large sizes. But it does take an advanced sign reader, who knows SignWriting already. I plan to post some of the more advanced writing soon, as you know. SW Level 3 is still at larger sizes, but SW Level 4 is at smaller sizes. The SignWriter 4.3 computer program for MS-DOS prints in seven different formats, if you have a laser printer, and several of those print formats are at very small sizes. We also show small sizes on our new SW History Video, since this subject comes up occasionally :-) I will be happy to send you a print out of some "very small" SignWriting if you wish, through snail mail. Have a great day everyone - Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SW SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||
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