The not complete-idiot’s guide to: Alternative Handwriting and Shorthand Systems for Dummies The not complete-idiot’s guide to Alternative Handwriting and Shorthand Systems for Dummies Introduction The letters you are now reading, while well adapted to the eye to be read, are so ill adapted to the hand to be written that schools teach longhand as…
Shorthand
List of shorthand systems
This is a list of shorthands, both modern and ancient. Currently, only one shorthand (Duployan) has been given an ISO code, in preparation for inclusion in the Unicode Standard, although the Tironian et has already been included in Unicode. Script name ISO 15924 Year created Creator Primary languages Notes Abbreviated Longhand[1] 1908 Angus Weaver English Abbreviatrix 1945 William Paul Mishkin…
Shorthand: symbolic writing method
Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphein (to write). It has also been called brachygraphy, from Greek brachys (short) and…
Shorthand | Wikipedia
According to Wikipedia (the free encyclopedia) Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method. Dacmob shorthand is not mentioned in Wikipedia’s page about Shorthand but does feature as a shorthand system. Shorthand Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing…