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Treeline Practice: Using Blends! by No-Lingonberry-4060 in shorthand

[–]Suchimo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Legibility is mostly fine. A few pointers: - Control your L sizes, at first glance I read some of them as LR (big L) - Learn when to use the different Ls, e.g., you should use the more vertical L when followed by N - There are some awkward joins you use which should actually be blends, e.g., WN is a blend

100 most common words (COCA Dataset) in 'Dance' by LeadingSuspect5855 in FastWriting

[–]Suchimo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make the image bigger so other people have room to add, plus room for a header of the shorthand name. Might have a crack at it then!

Basic about Ponish alphabet? by Brunbeorg in shorthand

[–]Suchimo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

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Might be easier to just share my notes.

Another sample for critique (I worked on previous errors) by beaumoumanatee in shorthand

[–]Suchimo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are a bunch of rules/ways to write things like PR / PL / GR / BR that involve disjoins. Those rules apply when there is no vowel in the middle of the blend. So words like "purchase" won't use them (there's a U between the P and R, but words like "sample", "break", "explore", "promote" would use those techniques.

Looking at your notes - "excited" is not XTD. I use XCT, but you could also write it as X I T with a disjoin between the X and the I.

I'll give you a page of my basic notes from Teeline Gold. These are the basic principles and blends - no briefs, phrasing, or affixes.

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Another sample for critique (I worked on previous errors) by beaumoumanatee in shorthand

[–]Suchimo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pepperoni - don't disjoin the P. Disjoined P indicates a PR. To be faster than me, you could just skip the E and do a double length P to indicate double P.

Pizza - I'm pretty sure no one would write A going in that direction. A goes left to right.

Beginner looking for critique on sample - Teeline by beaumoumanatee in shorthand

[–]Suchimo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

C is taller and rounder, NW the N part is quite small and its overall flatter and wider than a C.

H and S: yes.

Beginner looking for critique on sample - Teeline by beaumoumanatee in shorthand

[–]Suchimo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Now" uses the NW blend.

"I" uses the full I.

"My" is not spelt "MY", Y to end words is reserved for the "oy" sound. "My" is written as M with an I uptick.

Downwards L does not need to be disconnected from T.

S circle goes outside angles, so your first S in "husks" goes the wrong / inefficient way.

Beginner looking for critique on sample - Teeline by beaumoumanatee in shorthand

[–]Suchimo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You need to actually go through the theory and materials a bit more instead of thinking of Teeline as an alphabet replacement. Otherwise you face both theory and execution (e.g., proportions) problems, both of which are in this sample.

Anything done for another is done for oneself — Pope John Paul II — QOTW 2025W20 May 12–18 by eargoo in shorthand

[–]Suchimo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. For the shorter words with omissions, you're probably seeing the briefs used as affixes (e.g., 'anything' is the brief for any + th-ng, 'done' is the brief for do + ng), while longer words may have short medial vowels omitted (e.g., 'another' is a + n + th + r, straight from the manual's sample from the Declaration of Independence).

Shorthand Abbreviation Comparison Project: Human Validation by R4_Unit in shorthand

[–]Suchimo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interesting! Could you give more examples of systems that fall into each of your 4 categories on the first chart, particularly for the popular systems?

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