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Hi Val, The process to create a new fingerspelling option is a two step process. Step 1) create a list of letters and the associated FSW strings. Step 2) properly center the FSW strings so that the constructed fingerspellings will properly align. Step 1 needs to be done by someone who knows the target language. Primarily, they need to create the entries in SignPuddle for all of the fingerspelling letters. After that, they can point me to the correct puddle/entries, or they can help me and compile the list for me like the examples below. The FingerSpelling feature of SignPuddle uses a simple text file per set. Here are the first 3 lines for ASL: A,M507x507S1f720487x492 B,M507x507S14720493x485 C,M508x507S16d20491x487 The Germain Sign Language is interesting because it has letter combinations for SS and SCH: SS,M526x508S20320492x492S26506511x494 SCH,M512x507S14c20489x476 Step 2 is more involved and usually takes me an hour or two. Each FSW string needs to be re-centered so that the center of the palm is the center of the sign. I created a simple page that helps me re-center the signs. http://signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/fingercross.php?ui=1&sgn=4 For each letter, paste in the FSW string and adjust the horizontal and vertical offsets accordingly. Once the sign is properly re-centered, copy the new FSW string and paste it into a text file. After the text file has been created with all of the re-centered signs, I can install it on SignPuddle online and it will be available in the FingerSpelling feature. Here are the current FingerSpelling files available. http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/data/sgn/4.fngr http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/data/sgn/28.fngr http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/data/sgn/53.fngr Regards, -Steve ________________________________________________ SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1