Fingers

The Fingers alphabet was invented by Simon Ager in 2009 as an alternative alphabet for English. It is losely based on the shapes used in British Sign Language (BSL) finger spelling.

Notable Features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Direction of writing: normally left to right in horizontal lines, but can be written in any direction.
Used to write: English
There is no distinction between upper and lowercase letters.

Fingers alphabet

Sample text

Sample text in the Fingers alphabet

Transliteration

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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