| 1 | # @sutton-signwriting/unicode8
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| 4 | [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@sutton-signwriting/unicode8)
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| 7 | <img alt="SignWriting in Unicode 8 (uni8) Mindmap" src="./Unicode8.jpg" width="100%">
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| 9 | @sutton-signwriting/unicode8 is a javascript package for processing SignWriting in Unicode 8 (uni8) characters. See [SignWriting#Unicode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SignWriting#Unicode) for more information about the characters and [notofont/sign-writing](https://github.com/notofonts/sign-writing) for more information about the Unicode compliant font.
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| 11 | This package also supports Formal SignWriting in ASCII (FSW) and SignWriting in Unicode (SWU) character sets. See [draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting](https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-09.html) for detailed specification.
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| 13 | > Author: https://SteveSlevinski.me
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| 14 | > Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXu4AXlG0rXFtk_5SzumDow
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| 15 | > Support: https://www.patreon.com/signwriting
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| 16 | > Donate: https://donate.sutton-signwriting.io
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| 18 | ## Useful links
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| 20 | - Source: https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/unicode8
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| 21 | - Distribution: https://unpkg.com/browse/@sutton-signwriting/unicode8/
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| 22 | - Documentation: https://sutton-signwriting.github.io/unicode8/
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| 23 | - Issue Tracker: https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/unicode8/issues
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| 24 | - Online Discussion: https://gitter.im/sutton-signwriting/community
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| 26 | ## Types of files
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| 27 | The source is written in small ES Modules available in the `src` directory along with the associated tests.
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| 29 | The distribution is available in three flavors. Minified, the whole library is 2 KB in size.
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| 30 | * .js - Universal Module Definition
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| 31 | * .cjs - CommonJS
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| 32 | * .mjs - ES Module
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| 34 | ## Installation
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| 36 | ### Download and Install with NPM
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| 38 | npm install @sutton-signwriting/unicode8
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| 40 | ## Developer Installation
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| 42 | ### Download from GitHub and Install Development Dependencies
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| 44 | wget https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/unicode8/archive/master.zip
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| 45 | unzip master.zip
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| 46 | cd unicode8-master
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| 47 | npm install
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| 49 | ## Usage
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| 51 | ### Using in Node
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| 53 | // import entire library
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| 54 | const unicode8 = require('@sutton-signwriting/unicode8');
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| 56 | // import individual module
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| 57 | const unicode8Symbol = require('@sutton-signwriting/unicode8/symbol');
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| 59 | ### Using in the Browser
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| 61 | #### Local files
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| 62 | // import entire library
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| 63 | // available as ssw.unicode8
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| 64 | <script src="unicode8.js"></script>
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| 66 | // import individual module
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| 67 | // available as ssw.unicode8.symbol
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| 68 | <script src="symbol/symbol.js"></script>
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| 70 | #### Unpkg
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| 71 | // import entire library
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| 72 | // available as ssw.unicode8
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| 73 | <script src="https://unpkg.com/@sutton-signwriting/unicode8@1.1.0"></script>
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| 75 | // import individual module
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| 76 | // available as ssw.unicode8.font
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| 77 | <script src="https://unpkg.com/@sutton-signwriting/unicode8@1.1.0/font/font.js"></script>
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| 79 | ## License
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| 80 | MIT
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| 82 | ## SignWriting General Interest
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| 83 | - SignWriting Website: https://signwriting.org/
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| 84 | - Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SignWriting
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| 85 | - Email Discussion: https://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/
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| 86 | - Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SuttonSignWriting/
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