Posted by Joe at February 22nd, 2008

As part of my Deaf History course, I’m doing a research paper on ASL Illustration. One of the particular illustrators is the late Frank Allen Paul. He was the go-to guy back in the day for ASL illustrating!

Trolling the web for information before going to the library tomorrow, I happened across SignWriting. SignWriting is the practice of writing out American (or other) Sign Language on paper. Michael Everson went and created a TrueType font, which, upon finding, I promptly downloaded.

If you know ASL, or AS 3.0 (preferably both), you may find this picture interesting:
Sutton US ASL AS3

Yes, I did. I’m thinking about keeping it that way. It’s not like anyone else needs to read my code! :-P Besides, their own machines will use their own preferred font.

For more information on SignWriting and Sutton US, go to: http://www.signwriting.org/