SignWriting Terminology 1. SIGNWRITING PRINTING Writing in block SignWriting symbols (typed by machine or written by hand). 2. SIGNWRITING HANDWRITING Writing SignWriting by hand, whether it be block symbols or cursive script. 3. CURSIVE SIGNWRITING When the Shorthand symbols are used as a daily writing system, making it possible to connect the SignWriting symbols into a cursive script. 4. SIGNWRITING SHORTHAND Stenography system for professional sign language notetakers, for recording sign language movement at speed. 5. FULL-BODY SIGNWRITING Writing in full stick figure drawings. Used by some teachers of Deaf children, by some beginning signwriters, and in Denmark by researchers and interpreters.   Note: Both SignWriting Printing and Cursive SignWriting fall under the category of SignWriting Handwriting, if it is written by hand. And, just like spoken languages, Cursive SignWriting is NOT shorthand stenography.     Please feel free to write if you have questions. Valerie Sutton DAC@SignWriting.org Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization P.O. Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ...return to Questions & Answers Directory...