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Valerie Sutton Date: Sat Dec 19, 1998 5:34 am Subject: Writing Finger Movement | |
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December 18, 1998 QUESTION: If you have a 5 handshape, and only one of the five fingers is actually bending, it can be hard to tell which finger is doing the bending sometimes. I place the symbol as close as possible to the finger doing the bending, but other symbols get in the way. How do you know which finger is moving? ANSWER: There are two ways to know this. 1. In some signs, you can use a different handshape than the 5 hand - a handshape that incorporates the "final position" of the finger already bent down. For example, if it is the middle finger that is doing the bending, then perhaps using the ASL "feel handshape" might give the reader the picture of the "middle finger being in action". 2. Another way is to use the 5 handshape, but "darken" the finger that is doing the moving. In other words, the finger that has the "focus" is darkened. SignWriter 4.3 does have small finger lines up on the keys at the top of the keyboard to the far right. You can type the 5 hand and then type one of those small finger lines and literally place it on top of the handshape's finger so that it looks darker or thicker. Sure hope this helps!! 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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