ISWA 2010

International SignWriting Alphabet

HTML Reference

Writing symbols

Used in 2-dimensional clusters to write signs.

Category 2: Movement

Contact symbols, small finger movements, straight arrows, curved arrows and circles are placed into 10 groups based on planes: The Front Wall Plane includes movement that is "parallel to the front wall" and the Floor Plane includes movement that is "parallel to the floor".

SymbolGroup Table

SymbolSymbolGroupNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8
SymbolGroup_11Contact02-01S205U+FD935󽤵



BaseSymbol Table

SymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_262Touch Single02-01-001-01S205U+FD935󽤵11
BaseSymbol_263Touch Multiple02-01-002-01S206U+FD936󽤶1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_264Touch Between02-01-003-01S207U+FD937󽤷1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_265Grasp Single02-01-004-01S208U+FD938󽤸11
BaseSymbol_266Grasp Multiple02-01-005-01S209U+FD939󽤹1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_267Grasp Between02-01-006-01S20aU+FD93A󽤺1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_268Strike Single02-01-007-01S20bU+FD93B󽤻11
BaseSymbol_269Strike Multiple02-01-008-01S20cU+FD93C󽤼1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_270Strike Between02-01-009-01S20dU+FD93D󽤽1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_271Brush Single02-01-010-01S20eU+FD93E󽤾11
BaseSymbol_272Brush Multiple02-01-011-01S20fU+FD93F󽤿1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_273Brush Between02-01-012-01S210U+FD940󽥀1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_274Rub Single02-01-013-01S211U+FD941󽥁11
BaseSymbol_275Rub Multiple02-01-014-01S212U+FD942󽥂1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_276Rub Between02-01-015-01S213U+FD943󽥃1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_277Surface Symbols02-01-016-01S214U+FD944󽥄1, 21 - 8
BaseSymbol_278Surface Between02-01-017-01S215U+FD945󽥅1, 21 - 4



ISWA 2010 symbols
designed by Valerie Sutton

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Hand photos by Adam Frost
ISWA 2010 HTML Reference
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Stephen E Slevinski Jr.

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January 12th, 2012