What 𝩿 means
It marks a point on the front plane of signing space.
The wall plane is an imaginary vertical surface in front of a signer. In SignWriting, a “syllable” is a group of symbols for movements made at the same time within one part of a sign; a detailed location marker at its end shows where that part happens. With Unicode hexadecimal input, enter 1DA7F.
SignWriting grew from Valerie Sutton’s DanceWriting, a system for recording dance movements. In 1974, researchers at the University of Copenhagen asked her to adapt it to record signed movements from video. By 1997, the system had expressive layouts (from the signer’s viewpoint), stacked arrangements, and vertical layouts. The SSS-2004 guide documents detailed location symbols for sorting entries in SignBank, a research database; these markers stay outside the written signs.
A box points to missing font support
SignWriting signs are built from two-dimensional clusters—symbols arranged together for handshape, movement, face, body, and location. 𝩿 is one piece of detailed location data, not a complete sign.
A box means the active font has no glyph for 𝩿. Choose a font with Sutton SignWriting coverage.
Technical and specialist: it points to detailed SignWriting analysis, dictionary sorting, or software data.
Alone, 𝩿 records a location; it does not translate a sign.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𝩿 show as a box?
The active font has no glyph for this character. Choose one with Sutton SignWriting coverage.
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How to type or find 𝩿
- Search it as
- SignWriting location · wall-plane symbol · SignWriting wall plane · SignBank location sorting · 1DA7F
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𝩿\1DA7FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.