Tironian notes
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Tironian notes are a form of thousands of signs that were formerly used in a system of shorthand dating from the 1st century BCE and named after Tiro, a personal secretary to Marcus Tullius Cicero, wh
A bilingual pay and display sign in Dublin with the Tironian et for the Irish agus ('and').
"Letter of Consolation for Departing Warriors", 9th century
R rotunda substituting for Tironian et in the abbreviation etc. at the end of the nobility title list. 1768
Irish Green postbox at Adare, County Limerick, with the P⁊Ꞇ (P&T) logo
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
Tironian notes
…Tironian notes (Latin: notae Tironianae) are a form of thousands of signs that were formerly used in a system of shorthand (Tironian shorthand) dating from the 1st century BCE and named after Tiro, a personal secretary to Marcus Tullius Cicero, who is often credited as their…
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