SignWriting Fill Modifier-6

It selects a fill variant for a SignWriting base.

Sutton SignWriting is a way to write signed languages. After a compatible handshape such as 𝠀, 𝪟 selects the sixth fill variant. For some handshapes, the fill shows palm orientation; other base symbols use fills to distinguish their shape or visual organization.

The writing system predates this character. DanceWriting began in 1966 as a way to record dance movement. SignWriting developed in 1974 after Danish sign-language researchers requested an adaptation for signed languages. Unicode added the character in 2015; that date marks its encoding, not the writing system’s origin.

How do I use 𝪟 in a sequence?

Place it after a compatible base in a SignWriting sequence.

𝪟 is a nonspacing combining mark: it modifies the base before it. If the sequence also has a rotation modifier, the fill comes first. On its own, the mark has no base to change.

A Unicode sequence does not lay out SignWriting symbols on the page; the writing system also needs two-dimensional placement. A suitable font must draw the character, and a SignWriting-aware editor must arrange the symbols. Without that support, 𝪟 may appear blank, as a fallback mark, or as a box.