Shorthand
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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
Dutch stenography using the "System Groote"
Sun Guoting's Treatise on Calligraphy, an example of cursive writing of Chinese characters
A reporter taking notes at the White House in shorthand, March 2009
Tombstone of Heinrich Roller, inventor of a German shorthand system, with a sample of his shorthand
Gabelsberger shorthand
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Gabelsberger shorthand, named for its creator, is a form of shorthand previously common in Germany and Austria. Created c. 1817 by Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, it was first fully described in the 1834 te
Both Wanderer's Nightsongs by Goethe in Gabelsberger shorthand
