Lesson 1
Handwriting Symbol
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Palm
Facing, Side View
Symbols that are one-half-dark and
one-half-light in Printing, showing the side-view
of the hand, have a vertical line down the center
of the square in Handwriting. No need to color
one half black. Takes too much time! |
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Palm
Facing, Back View, version
1
Symbols that are black or filled-in,
in Printing, showing the back-view of the hand,
can be written with a diagonal line down the
center of the square in Handwriting. The diagonal
line usually slants towards the center of the
body. |
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Palm
Facing, Back View, version
2
Another way to write the back of the
hand...two vertical lines... |
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Palm
Facing, Top View,
Hands with Extended Fingers
The Top View of handshapes that have
extended fingers, such as the Index Handshape,
are the same for both the Printing and the Handwriting.
A line is written for the extended finger, but
there is a little space between the line and
the square. |
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Thumb
Across Palm
Palm View. The line for the thumb is
half-way inside the square and half-way outside
the square. |
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Thumb
Across Palm
Side View. The line for the thumb is
half-way inside the square and half-way outside
the square. |
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Thumb
Across Palm
Back View. The double line for the
thumb is half-way inside the square and half-way
outside the square. It is not necessary to darken
the square any further, because the double line
for the thumb represents that thick white cut
in the black symbol and that can only happen
when the back of the hand is facing the chest. |
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Thumb
Across Palm, Hand
Parallel to Floor
Back of Hand from the Top View. The
top of the symbol is not written (left off).
Top View of Plain-Square Symbols are
Topless!
A plain-square symbol is a symbol that does
not have fingers extended, except for occasionally
the thumb. They are mostly in Group 10, in the
IMWA. The E-Hand is also a plain-square symbol,
in Group 4. When plain-square symbols are parallel
to the floor they loose their tops - they are
topless in the top view - ha! |
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Flat
Hand
Front View. The standard way of writing
this symbol has a point or tip at the end, representing
the tip of the fingers. |
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Flat
Hand
Side View. Add a thicker line on one
side of the symbol. |
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Flat
Hand
Back View. Striped symbols means the
back of the hand. |
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Flat
Hand
Top View Palm.
The symbol becomes topless! |
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Flat
Hand
Top View Side.
A topless symbol with one thick line and one
thin line. |
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Flat
Hand
Top View Back.
A topless symbol with stripes! |
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