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_12Finger Movement02-02S216U+FD946󽥆



BaseSymbol Table

SymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_279Squeeze Large Single02-02-001-01S216U+FD946󽥆11
BaseSymbol_280Squeeze Small Single02-02-001-02S217U+FD947󽥇11
BaseSymbol_281Squeeze Large Multiple02-02-002-01S218U+FD948󽥈1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_282Squeeze Small Multiple02-02-002-02S219U+FD949󽥉1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_283Squeeze Sequential02-02-003-01S21aU+FD94A󽥊1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_284Flick Large Single02-02-004-01S21bU+FD94B󽥋11
BaseSymbol_285Flick Small Single02-02-004-02S21cU+FD94C󽥌11
BaseSymbol_286Flick Large Multiple02-02-005-01S21dU+FD94D󽥍1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_287Flick Small Multiple02-02-005-02S21eU+FD94E󽥎1, 21 - 4
BaseSymbol_288Flick Sequential02-02-006-01S21fU+FD94F󽥏1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_289Squeeze Flick Alternating02-02-007-01S220U+FD950󽥐1, 21 - 8
BaseSymbol_290Hinge Movement, Up Down Large02-02-008-01S221U+FD951󽥑1 - 51 - 8
BaseSymbol_291Hinge Movement, Up Down Small02-02-008-02S222U+FD952󽥒1 - 51 - 8
BaseSymbol_292Hinge Movement, Up Sequential02-02-009-01S223U+FD953󽥓1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_293Hinge Movement, Down Sequential02-02-009-02S224U+FD954󽥔1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_294Hinge Movement, Up Down Alternating Large02-02-010-01S225U+FD955󽥕1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_295Hinge Movement, Up Down Alternating Small02-02-010-02S226U+FD956󽥖1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_296Hinge Movement, Side to Side Scissors02-02-011-01S227U+FD957󽥗1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_297Finger Contact Movement, Wall Plane02-02-012-01S228U+FD958󽥘1 - 51 - 8
BaseSymbol_298Finger Contact Movement, Floor Plane02-02-013-01S229U+FD959󽥙1 - 51 - 8



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