hi dear people on the list, this question is mainly aimed at the computer experts on the list - i've encountered this article that mentions and acknowledges SignWriting - http://doras.dcu.ie/15297/1/MorrisseyWay_mtsummit_05.pdf but does not adopt SignWriting for its purposes - the reasons for not choosing signwriting are given on page 2 - section 3.2. The only reason I can understand is that they are assuming that there are only few readers of SignWriting - and I think this is NOT a valid reason (and it is not grounded in any statistical research) for not adopting a system - as you need to USE SignWriting in order for it to be read.. since this is not my area - can i just ask whether the other reasons for not adopting SignWriting in their project are acceptable reasons.. thanking you in advance for your help -will be acknowledging your help if i use this article, thanks maria