![]() When you bring in books, the situation gets even more complicated. ![]() Minor differences appear, for example, in symbols lists printed in the Friends’ Newsletter #27 (Fall of ’87) and the Annual Convention ’88 program (Spring of ’88). In the case of The Friends, there is also the question of consistency with what has been printed before in convention programs, teaching sessions, and other articles in the Friends’ Newsletter (such as David Shall’s concurrent series of articles). ![]() One of the difficulties facing a diagrammer is that of consistency with the past, his local folding group, the national scene, and potential co-authors. In this series, based on a panel discussion at Convention ’88 and a diagramming questionnaire sent to diagrammers around the world, I am recognizing existing standards of diagramming and proposing new ones to further promote worldwide communication of the art. The great strength of this language is its uniformity across the world. ![]() Its practitioners are found world-wide, and the language they communicate in is made up of diagrams. Origami is an international phenomenon that has moved far beyond its traditional boundaries of Japan and Spain. I’ve updated a few bits with some footnotes. Despite many changes in the origami world over the following decades, the recommendations remain basically sound. These articles were written in 1989–1991.
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