Solving one problem often leads to another. In American Sign Language, there are single ASL hand signs for multiple words and phrases in English. To keep my dictionary compact, I listed any extra words beside the hand sign instead of making several copies of the image for each word. This design choice created another difficulty by placing certain words out of alphabetical order. I corrected this trouble by installing a search option into the book, allowing the device to find any word’s location.
A cartoon of the Caped Crusader, the solver of many problems, illustrates this hand sign. The ASL hand sign for TOUGH has the Bent V hand sign strike down once. Surrounded in darkness for this animation, I also have the signal behind him using the silhouette of the ASL hand sign for Bat.
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