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_20Circles02-10S2e3U+FDA13󽨓



BaseSymbol Table

SymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_484Arm Circle Wall Small Single02-10-001-01S2e3U+FDA13󽨓1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_485Arm Circle Wall Medium Single02-10-001-02S2e4U+FDA14󽨔1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_486Arm Circle Wall Small Double02-10-002-01S2e5U+FDA15󽨕1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_487Arm Circle Wall Medium Double02-10-002-02S2e6U+FDA16󽨖1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_488Arm Circle Hits Wall Small Single02-10-003-01S2e7U+FDA17󽨗1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_489Arm Circle Hits Wall Medium Single02-10-003-02S2e8U+FDA18󽨘1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_490Arm Circle Hits Wall Large Single02-10-003-03S2e9U+FDA19󽨙1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_491Arm Circle Hits Wall Small Double02-10-004-01S2eaU+FDA1A󽨚1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_492Arm Circle Hits Wall Medium Double02-10-004-02S2ebU+FDA1B󽨛1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_493Arm Circle Hits Wall Large Double02-10-004-03S2ecU+FDA1C󽨜1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_494Wrist Circle Front Wall Single02-10-005-01S2edU+FDA1D󽨝1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_495Wrist Circle Front Wall Double02-10-005-02S2eeU+FDA1E󽨞1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_496Wrist Circle Hits Wall Single02-10-006-01S2efU+FDA1F󽨟1 - 31 - 6
BaseSymbol_497Wrist Circle Hits Wall Double02-10-006-02S2f0U+FDA20󽨠1 - 31 - 6
BaseSymbol_498Finger Circles Wall Single02-10-007-01S2f1U+FDA21󽨡1, 21 - 8
BaseSymbol_499Finger Circles Wall Double02-10-007-02S2f2U+FDA22󽨢1, 21 - 8
BaseSymbol_500Finger Circles Hits Wall Single02-10-007-03S2f3U+FDA23󽨣1, 21 - 8
BaseSymbol_501Finger Circles Hits Wall Double02-10-007-04S2f4U+FDA24󽨤1, 21 - 8
BaseSymbol_502Arrowheads Small02-10-008-01S2f5U+FDA25󽨥1 - 61 - 8
BaseSymbol_503Arrowheads Large02-10-008-02S2f6U+FDA26󽨦1 - 61 - 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