Advertisements

RM Ameslan (ASL) Fingerspell

 This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.

by p2pnut


Details

Description:
ASL is not a written language, but this font should, hopefully, assist anyone wishing to learn ASL. The following is a quote from Wikipedia: "American Sign Language (or ASL, Ameslan) is the dominant sign language of the Deaf community in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in some regions of Mexico. Although the United Kingdom and the United States share English as a spoken and written language, British Sign Language (BSL) is quite different from ASL, and the two sign languages are not mutually intelligible ASL is often written with English words in all capital letters, which is known as glossing. This is, however, a method used simply to teach the structure of the language. ASL is a visual language, not a written language. There is no one-to-one correspondence between words in ASL and English, and much of the inflectional modulation of ASL signs is lost. There are two true writing systems in use for ASL: a phonemic Stokoe notation, which has a separate symbol or diacritic mark for every phonemic hand shape, motion, and position (though it leaves something to be desired in the representation of facial expression), and a more popular iconic system called SignWriting, which represents each sign with a rather abstract illustration of its salient features. SignWriting is commonly used for student newsletters and similar purposes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language
Stats:
37 characters, 93 downloads
Created:
Mon, 3rd August, 10:51 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Thu, 12th April, 11:22 AM 2012
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/209561
Tags:
Ameslan, Asl, American Sign Language, Deaf, Teaching Aid, P2pnut
Categories:
Picture/Symbol
Rate it:
  • Currently 8.6649
8.7Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.7%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.8%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 60 votes
sign in to vote.
Shared:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

Discussion

p2pnut
p2pnut Sat, 15th August, 2009

This was an interesting exercise ... but somewhat tricky for someone who has difficulty drawing hands! (Albrecht Durer wouldv'e been the go-to guy for this gig).

Frodo7
Frodo7 Sat, 15th August, 2009

Wow! This must have been a real challenge. Kudos and stars.

starburst
starburst Sat, 15th August, 2009

Cool! It doesn't look like you have any problem drawing hands, p2pnut.:) They look really good.

jinx
jinx Sat, 15th August, 2009

Great. Man this is good.

funk_king
funk_king Sat, 15th August, 2009

very nice work. not only useful, but beautiful. at pixel size, the hands look illustrated - nice effect.

aphoria
aphoria Sun, 16th August, 2009

Wow! Excellent work p2pnut.

cayo
cayo Sun, 16th August, 2009

nice one, p2pnut!
now you should do the ghetto gang member version.
like the W from Westside or those hand signs cribs & reds do when they get arrested.
I mean, it could be fun :)
(please don't get me wrong, I do not support gangs)

p2pnut
p2pnut Sun, 16th August, 2009

Thanks all :-) Hope it may be useful to someone, someday.

@cayo LOL - I'm not from South Beach (re: your earlier question about my Deco fetish), nor am I conversant with US gang culture. I'm actually from the Deep South ... of the UK.

I did the Ameslan version because the UK sign language for the deaf uses both hands - and would have been just too unwieldy.

Mind you, now you mention it, maybe I'll see if I can find out more about the ghetto semiology ...

Magic Sam
Magic Sam Sun, 16th August, 2009

Very useful & clean. Nice!

jmarquez
jmarquez Mon, 17th August, 2009

Amazing work!

gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Mon, 17th August, 2009

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Ameslan (American Sign Language)” is now a Top Pick.

gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Mon, 17th August, 2009

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Ameslan (American Sign Language)” is now a current Featured FontStruction.

jenjes232
jenjes232 Tue, 18th August, 2009

awesome! it looks drawn, not constructed. one of the best fonts i've seen on here. :)

patricknas
patricknas Fri, 21st August, 2009

this is really great! Beautiful handdrawing and its useful too. A lot of stars for you.

fuzzyjay
fuzzyjay Sat, 22nd August, 2009

This is a beautiful font, but it should more properly be called "fingerspelling" since it doesn't have much to do with American Sign Language. Fingerspelling is used to spell out names and so forth, and is really a supplement to ASL.

gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Thu, 24th December, 2009

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “RM Ameslan (ASL) Fingerspell” is now a current Featured FontStruction.

Joey_Higashi
Joey_Higashi Wed, 3rd March, 2010

very good work, useful and handly

Lady_Red_1212
Lady_Red_1212 Mon, 8th March, 2010

how cool, i going to downlaod it, =]

Very cool

Aeolien
Aeolien Sun, 3rd March, 7:54 PM

I just found this and think it needs calling up again for some more appreciation. 10/10

cablecomputer
cablecomputer Mon, 4th March, 9:05 AM

Amazing! Very useful and beautiful...

Ddila
Ddila Mon, 4th March, 12:09 PM

I just found it (your font => http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/209561 I mean) on live feed ... what a amaaaaaaaazing font?? 100/10 (I mean 10/10) :P .., I'll download it later! Keep working! ;)

p2pnut
p2pnut Mon, 4th March, 10:16 PM

Thank you - I'm glad you like it and can only hope that it has proved useful in the last few years.