The Sutton SignWriting Encoder of 2010, 2012, and 2017. Sign language user, friend of the deaf, and SignWriting Evangelist.
Joined January 2021
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Mar 30
The first presentation in The Science of Sutton SignWriting series: Language Without Sound
Coming soon...
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Sutton SignWriting Core code base ported to PHP
github.com/sutton-signwritin…
> composer require sutton-signwriting/core
Docs: sutton-signwriting.io/core-p…
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23 Nov 2025
The original JS package that kicked off modern Sutton SignWriting development is still the most powerful:
**@sutton-signwriting/core** - 37 KB minified, zero dependencies, works everywhere JavaScript runs.
Fully supports the Formal SignWriting specification.
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17553…
Parse, validate, manipulate, and search Formal SignWriting in ASCII (FSW) and SignWriting in Unicode (SWU) in both browser and Node with a single consistent API.
sutton-signwriting.io/core/
#SignWriting #JavaScript #WebDev #NodeJS #AccessibilityTech
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27 Nov 2025
Now let’s bring those signs into the browser with pure fonts. @sutton-signwriting/font-ttf gives you the complete ISWA 2010 using two TTF files that you can install on your computer or dynamically load with CSS right in the browser.
You can generate SVG/PNG images for individual symbols, complete signs, and entire columns of SignWriting.
sutton-signwriting.io/font-t…
#SignWriting #JavaScript #WebDev #AccessibilityTech
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29 Nov 2025
Finish the browser stack with the easiest way yet: @sutton-signwriting/sgnw-components – ready-made Web Components that just work. Drop one tag in and you’re done.
Built with StencilJS → framework-agnostic (React, Vue, Angular, vanilla… all play nice). Takes FSW or SWU, handles sizing, styling, and even columns automatically.
sutton-signwriting.io/sgnw-c…
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16 Nov 2025
Writing is a superpower! Just as writing sign languages with Sutton SignWriting boosts a signer's brain, AI models using Formal SignWriting supercharge their understanding and utility. Tackle data scarcity head-on for better recognition/generation. Spec here: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17553… #SignWriting #SignLanguage #AI #machinelearningprojects
How could this level up xAI's multimodal game? Thoughts, @xAI @grok @elonmusk?
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19 Nov 2025
Next up in the toolkit: sutton-signwriting-font turns Formal SignWriting into visuals! Generate SVG/PNG for symbols, signs, or text. Supports FSW & SWU for easy display in multimodal models.
Docs: sutton-signwriting.io/font-p…
#SignWriting #Python #AI #MachineLearning
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21 Nov 2025
Tokenizing: the key enabler for training on SignWriting.
Huge credit to Amit (@amitmoryossef) for the original SignWritingTokenizer in his Python library: github.com/sign-language-pro…
Huge credit to Zifan Jiang et al. for proving it scales in real translation models (2023 EACL paper: arxiv.org/abs/2210.05404).
sutton-signwriting-core includes a functionally equivalent tokenizer:
• fsw_tokenize() → human-readable tokens • FSWTokenizer.encode() → integer IDs ready for any model • chunk() that never breaks a sign • perfect detokenize back to FSW
Docs: sutton-signwriting.io/core-p…
#SignWriting #Python #AI #MachineLearning #DeafCommunity
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