Formal SignWriting Technical Paper

This technical paper defines the core Formal SignWriting model. It explains how a Formal SignWriting word combines a required spatial signbox with an optional temporal prefix so sign text can be stored, searched, checked, rendered, and processed. The paper treats Formal SignWriting as the technical text model that carries written sign without reducing visible spatial composition to image-only display or presentation markup. This document DOI record includes the Formal SignWriting technical notes as a companion packet file for the technical paper.