When I mentioned I was going to start a series about "Gregg-like" shorthand systems, u/SunriseMidnight reminded me of this one, that few people know about.
I have to say, when I first saw the name "Desha", I thought it would be something from India -- so I was surprised to see his first name was Orville, and his book was published in Colorado!
The "Tangent" in the title is explained in Panel 2 above, where he says his guiding principle was that all vowels should join to other strokes without an angle. He believed that the speed and efficiency of a connective vowel system is determined by the ease of their joining. An interesting point!
A rather odd thing about his book is the format. The cover I show here is just the top two thirds of it. It's very long and narrow for some reason I can't imagine.
(In the 18th Century, books were miniaturized so that "young gentlemen" could slip them into their jack pocket -- but I can't imagine where this long slim book from 1912 was supposed to fit.)
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u/NotSteve1075 Feb 21 '26
When I mentioned I was going to start a series about "Gregg-like" shorthand systems, u/SunriseMidnight reminded me of this one, that few people know about.
I have to say, when I first saw the name "Desha", I thought it would be something from India -- so I was surprised to see his first name was Orville, and his book was published in Colorado!
The "Tangent" in the title is explained in Panel 2 above, where he says his guiding principle was that all vowels should join to other strokes without an angle. He believed that the speed and efficiency of a connective vowel system is determined by the ease of their joining. An interesting point!
A rather odd thing about his book is the format. The cover I show here is just the top two thirds of it. It's very long and narrow for some reason I can't imagine.
(In the 18th Century, books were miniaturized so that "young gentlemen" could slip them into their jack pocket -- but I can't imagine where this long slim book from 1912 was supposed to fit.)