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_17Curves Hit Wall Plane02-07S2a6U+FD9D6󽧖



BaseSymbol Table

SymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_423Curve Hits Front Wall02-07-001-01S2a6U+FD9D6󽧖1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_424Hump Hits Front Wall02-07-002-01S2a7U+FD9D7󽧗1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_425Loop Hits Front Wall02-07-003-01S2a8U+FD9D8󽧘1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_426Wave Hits Front Wall02-07-004-01S2a9U+FD9D9󽧙1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_427Rotation Single Hits Front Wall02-07-005-01S2aaU+FD9DA󽧚1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_428Rotation Double Hits Front Wall02-07-006-01S2abU+FD9DB󽧛1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_429Rotation Alternating Hits Front Wall02-07-007-01S2acU+FD9DC󽧜1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_430Curve Hits Chest02-07-009-01S2adU+FD9DD󽧝1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_431Hump Hits Chest02-07-010-01S2aeU+FD9DE󽧞1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_432Loop Hits Chest02-07-011-01S2afU+FD9DF󽧟1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_433Wave Hits Chest02-07-012-01S2b0U+FD9E0󽧠1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_434Rotation Single Hits Chest02-07-013-01S2b1U+FD9E1󽧡1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_435Rotation Double Hits Chest02-07-014-01S2b2U+FD9E2󽧢1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_436Rotation Alternating Hits Chest02-07-015-01S2b3U+FD9E3󽧣1 - 31 - 4
BaseSymbol_437Wave Diagonal Path Small02-07-016-01S2b4U+FD9E4󽧤1 - 31, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16
BaseSymbol_438Wave Diagonal Path Medium02-07-016-02S2b5U+FD9E5󽧥1 - 31, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16
BaseSymbol_439Wave Diagonal Path Large02-07-016-03S2b6U+FD9E6󽧦1 - 31, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16



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