SignWriting alternating timing mark

It marks both hands moving at once in opposite directions. Read 𝧼 with the nearby movement arrows: the mark coordinates their timing but supplies neither the handshape nor the path itself.

SignWriting began in Copenhagen in 1974, when Valerie Sutton adapted DanceWriting, her notation for recording dance movement, for University of Copenhagen researchers comparing hearing people’s gestures with Danish Sign Language on videotape. Deaf writers, publications, dictionaries, and software later helped the system grow. Because SignWriting records body movement rather than spoken words, the same timing mark can serve Danish Sign Language, American Sign Language, and other sign languages; the surrounding signs change, not 𝧼’s coordination job. Older references call it “Same Time Alternating.” The Unicode name expands that label; the Unicode date refers to computer encoding, not the notation’s origin.

How do I type 𝧼?

Use a SignWriting editor with symbol input. In SignWriter Studio, key 5 opens the Dynamics chooser. Code-point entry works only in software that supports Unicode escapes, and a compatible Sutton SignWriting font is needed to display the intended glyph.