Many are scared off by the word βshorthandβ and there is something, since this means a complex system that not only needs to be studied for a long time, but also constantly applied in order to make sense of it. I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the simplest method of recording Russian spoken language using simplified icons, which of course will not increase the recording speed by 2-4 times as in shorthand, but it will definitely make this recording easier.
It takes 30 minutes to learn the alphabet (yes, this is accurate and tested on a 2nd grade student of a regular school), it is advisable to read something in this alphabet for about an hour, and the letter itself will have to be worked out at speed during the day.
Unlike shorthand, which focuses on writing speed and icons can vary in size and occupy two cells in height, in this method we can write short characters on each cell of the notebook, which not only saves 2 times the outline, but saves ink and our strength is to deduce complex signs or connections between them.
I think that many have already guessed and figured out what is written in the picture above. The cryptographic strength of this record is almost zero, although it will allow you to write something in the subway that the person sitting next to you cannot read (you can also print if you set a temporarily defined font in the document). But it will be easy, fast to learn this method, and reading such a text is not difficult.
Icons can be changed for yourself if something seems wrong or wrong to you. I picked them up taking into account the similarity to the already known Russian or English ones, and the more often a letter occurs in Russian words (oeaitnsrvlkm ...), the easier it was, and therefore faster, to draw it. Pay attention to the spelling of numbers, as they should be drawn differently so as not to be confused with letters.
The font here is not made perfectly well, but more for an example, so that you can understand the method, and you could read something with this font. You can download it here:
It is not difficult to remember the alphabet in this form, since there is a similarity in partial drawing (a), w is half of the character, like o, t. Somewhere this is familiar to you from the English language (b, e, i), transcription ( sh). For the symbol n, the hook L was chosen, since n is a very common symbol, but for the symbol m, the hook looks back, we usually start writing handwritten m with it. The letter p seems to have fallen forward and this is also easy to remember.
You can try to write capital characters a little larger or underline such characters, as is customary in shorthand. The characters may be slightly different on the letter, if you find it easier there. Let's say m and n can be written with rounding, but r, on the contrary, exactly like a printed Russian r (although I admit not to change r, if it's more convenient and faster for you. The same applies to the letter e). To distinguish r and ch, it would be necessary to write the rarely used ch with a rounding in the upper part (although they wrote similarly all their lives and parsed such handwriting). Write the letter l as a very long unit to distinguish it from both the i and the number and the letter t (for this, the t has a straight top, and not at an angle). The letters b and d can also be written like English b and d with a clear circle at the bottom.
Try to draw clear straight lines straight, and a semicircle like y o is distinguishable from a straight line like y and. To check the handwriting distortion from speed, you can conduct a test: write one letter from the alphabet on each line as quickly as possible, increasing the speed to the end of the line. Then compare the similarity of the letters with each other. If there is a similarity, then consider what needs to be done to draw such characters distinctly and quickly.
I immediately inform critics from the society of fans of shorthand that the method was developed based on the tasks set and the speed indicator is far from important. It was important to obtain a method of abbreviated designation of letters that allows writing in one cell (this is not the case in shorthand), since the simpler and smaller the written, the less effort students spend when writing. At the same time, it was important to write letters approximately the same in height, so that it could be easier to read, otherwise the entries were not large anyway. Another important problem is the influence of handwriting on the understanding of what is written, and for this, the distinguishability of letters from inclination and distortion in writing should be sufficient for understanding. If possible, the balance of requirements was observed, the speed of writing increased slightly, and the speed of reading such texts did not decrease much.
For those who want to briefly read about the alphabets of the world and what icons they wrote , there is also Old Russian cursive.
Source: habr.com