Stefan, At first, I was beginning to think the gap meant that the thumb was beyond the heel of the hand. But then I realized that the thumb is so close to the heel that it could be thought of as on the same plane. Now if I was showing fingers bending down in the heel view, they would be beyond the heel and a gap would seem to be natural there. It's a common practice in art and drafting to leave such a gap when indicating something is beyond. Of course, that begs the standard - for if we show the thumb not gapped and the fingers gapped, is that better than setting a rule that all lines representing digits (fingers and thumb) when in the heel view need to have a gap? Bill On 09/20/2013 04:15 PM, Stefan Wöhrmann wrote: > > Of course ... but we look from behind ....like towards the wall plane. > ;-)) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Von:*SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *Im Auftrag von *Romero > *Gesendet:* Freitag, 20. September 2013 22:08 > *An:* [log in to unmask] > *Betreff:* Re: Heel of Hand or Top View > > it's still parallel to the floor > > :c) > > On Sep 20, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Stefan Wöhrmann > <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > I cannot follow the symbols in the second line ( flat hand with thumb) > either... > > It does not make sense to me to show the gap of the thumb if I am not > looking from Top View ... > > All best > > Stefan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Von:*SignWriting List: Read and Write SignLanguages > [mailto:[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>]*Im Auftrag von*Jonathan Duncan > *Gesendet:*Freitag, 20. September 2013 19:20 > *An:*[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > *Betreff:*Heel of Hand or Top View > > Hi Val and Adam, > I also have a question about the "Heel of Hand or Top View" where > we can use either handshape. Are these only interchangeable when > parallel to the Floor Plane and pointing straight forward? And only > for flat hands or fist, or specifically just for the ones listed in > chapter 11? > > <image001.gif> > > -- > > <image002.jpg> > > email:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Cel Honduras: (504)3141-1171 > Tel USA: (347)875-8442 > Skype: yojoduncan > > SignWriter Studio <http://www.signwriterstudio.com/> >