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I've tried quickly writing signs when studying LIS two summers ago, and I think Adam's simplified handwriting would have helped me a lot. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Valerie Sutton <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > SignWriting List > August 27, 2013 > > Hello everyone! > Thank you for your messages about SignWriting Handwriting and Shorthand… > > As you all know, they are two different aspects of writing by hand… There > are actually three forms of writing by hand… > > *1. SW Printing*…equivalent to writing block letters by hand in English - > you try to write perfectly by hand, rather than writing in a cursive > style…you "print" by hand so others can read your writing (as if they were > reading a printed book)…. > > > *2. SW Handwriting*…This is not Shorthand, but instead a quick way, for > your own personal use, to write SW Printing (#1 above)…so you are still > writing the same symbols, but shortening the way you write them so you can > write faster..most of the time people can read your personal Handwriting > too… > > SW Handwriting was presented this summer on the last day (the 7th day) of > the SW Workshop Near the Beach. It was in my home on a Sunday and not > everyone could attend, but Adam and I put together a little SW Handwriting > Workbook. Participants used it during the workshop. It is not finished. It > is based on the Handwriting lessons on the web: > > *SignWriting Handwriting Workbook*<http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs10/sw0917_SignWriting_Handwriting_Manual_2013.pdf> > 12 pages of a future 30-page publication > > http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs10/sw0917_SignWriting_Handwriting_Manual_2013.pdf > > *SignWriting Handwriting Lessons on the Web*<http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/cursive/handwriting/> > http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/cursive/handwriting/ > > > *3. SW Shorthand*…The Shorthand is, as Nancy described, using rolls of > paper so we do not have to turn the page while writing at speed, watching > someone sign - It was a well-developed writing system in the 1980's, but as > the SignWriting Script changed over the decades, it fell out of use because > the 1980's system is not well coordinated with the new changes in the > general writing system - so we definitely need to update the old Shorthand > book and post it, but I never get to that and meanwhile the Handwriting is > slowly starting to be taught… > > so the Shorthand is another issue that I look forward to working with > people on, at a later date… There are several people who have their own > Shorthand and we could work together to provide the world with a Shorthand > manual too - I look forward to that - thank you to everyone and all you are > doing to move this forward... > > What do you all think of the 12-page manual for the Handwriting above? > Feedback is welcome... > > Val ;-) > -- Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway Assistant Professor of Anthropology Oberlin College