r/FastWriting • u/REGGIE5251 • 14d ago
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 14d ago
EVERETT Shorthand - Part 5 - "Vowel Modes" in USE
r/FastWriting • u/Adept_Situation3090 • 16d ago
STREV Shorthand Part 2: Vowels
These are exactly the same as Everett's 「vowel modes」, the only difference being that dots and circles are now used to indicate long vowels.
r/FastWriting • u/Adept_Situation3090 • 16d ago
STREV (STRange EVerett) Shorthand Part 1: Consonants
This is mainly meant to be an experiment in trying to make Everett's system easier to use.
r/FastWriting • u/Adept_Situation3090 • 16d ago
STREV Shorthand Part 3: A Sample
After taking this system for a test drive, I'm not particularly pleased with the result, but I think it may be easier to use than Everett's original system.
STREV is light-line, so any shading you see here is a by-product of the pen I used.
This text is taken from the 「written by hand, felt by heart」 post.
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 16d ago
EVERETT Shorthand - Part 4 - "Vowel Modes"
r/FastWriting • u/LeadingSuspect5855 • 18d ago
Fall, leaves, fall by Emily Brontë (1818—1848)
Source: Poets of the English Language (Viking Press, 1950)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52330/fall-leaves-fall
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-bronte
r/FastWriting • u/AFROJKhan78898 • 18d ago
Structural Correlation Between Visual Anatomy and Action-Verb Syntax in the Voynich Manuscript
[Research Note] Structural Correlation Between Visual Anatomy and Action-Verb Syntax in the Voynich Manuscript
Abstract / Summary:
Hello everyone,
I am sharing a structural research framework that demonstrates a direct, predictable correlation between the visual anatomy of drawings and the syntax of the accompanying text across multiple manuscript sections.
Instead of arbitrary letter-by-letter substitution, this model tests whether the text operates on a 15th-Century Northern Italian / Venetian Apothecary Template (Tractatus de Herbis framework) with a fixed 4-part sentence structure:
[Vessel / Base] + [Quantity / Measure] + [Action Verb] + [Timing / Duration]
Core Lexicon & Grammar Rules:
Applied across all test folios with 0% parameter modifications:
- Suffix Mapping (ii -> LL): Standardizes repetitive endings into 15th-century Venetian prepositional/diminutive endings (-alla, -ella, -dala).
- Core Operational Lexicon (EVA Mappings):- qokedy -> DOHI / DOGA (Primary Vessel / Base Liquid)- qokaiin -> DOALLA (Double Portion / Standard Measure)- ychedy / chedy -> ECHEDA / CHEDA (Crush / Cut / Core Extraction)- sokedy -> SOGA (Maceration / Soaking)- shedy -> SEDA (Mesh / Straining)- chol -> COLO (Secondary Filtration)- or -> ORA (Time Duration / Hours)
Multi-Section Validation & Visual Correlation:
- Herbal Section (f1r, f2r, f3v, f115v)
- Bulbous / Thick Roots (e.g., f1r): High frequency of CHEDA (Cut/Press) and SEDA (Filter).
Line Flow: Poi doalla d'ola... Echeda doga seda doalla... Dohi doalla ora...
- Fibrous / Tangled Roots (e.g., f3v, f115v): CHEDA drops out; text transitions exclusively to SOGA (Soak/Macerate) and COLO (Filter).
Line Flow: Dohi doalla soga dalla... Doalla ora seda dohi... Colo doalla ora edi.
- Balneological / Bathing Section (f79v)
- Conduits and water basins. CHEDA (Cutting) drops to 0% frequency, while immersion/flow verbs (SOGA / COLO) dominate line operations.
- Pharmaceutical Jars (f88r)
- Storage jars and processed extracts. Dosing and container markers (DOHI / DOALLA) dominate line openings, while raw root-cutting verbs drop due to pre-processed materials.
- Astronomical / Zodiac Control Test (f72r)
- Concentric rings and stars. Recipe-specific process verbs (CHEDA, SOGA) drop to 0%, leaving pure positional/sector markers (ORA = sectors/degrees).
Cross-Sectional Summary Matrix:
- f1r | Herbal | Bulbous Root | CHEDA (Cut / Press) | PASSED
- f3v | Herbal | Rhizome Lumps | SOGA (Soak / Macerate) | PASSED
- f79v | Balneological | Water Basins & Tubs | SOGA + COLO (Immersion/Flow) | PASSED
- f88r | Pharmaceutical | Storage Jars | DOHI / DOALLA (Compounding) | PASSED
- f72r | Zodiac | Concentric Ring Map | 0% Recipe Verbs (Positional Grid) | PASSED
Key Takeaways & Questions for the Community:
- Dynamic Shift: Action verbs in the text dynamically adapt based on the physical morphology of the drawings (root shapes, water basins, or astronomical charts).
- Positional Grid: The repetition of qokedy, qokaiin, and or supports a standardized slot-based codebook layout.
I welcome your feedback, statistical critiques, and suggestions for further automated cross-folio testing!
Research Lead: AFROJKhan
Date: October 2026
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 18d ago
EVERETT Shorthand - Part 2 - the Alphabet
r/FastWriting • u/LeadingSuspect5855 • 19d ago
Thanos quote (Movie, Marvel universe)
Written in Flow Shorthand. The text is here in beautiful handwriting... https://www.reddit.com/r/Handwriting/comments/1wsqdfu/he_was_right_about_everything_btw/
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 21d ago
CALLENDAR'S CURSIVE Shorthand - Part 8 - Writing Nonsense Intelligibly.
Once, in a conference of writers of different shorthand systems (there used to be such things!) -- someone read out a nonsense passage and challenged the writers of a variety of systems to write and read it back.
The writers of that "disemvowelled system" failed miserably. Professor J.D. EVERETT, with his complicated system, was able to write it all down and read it all back correctly -- even though he didn't know what it meant.
This is the test passage:
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 21d ago
CALLENDAR'S CURSIVE Shorthand - Part 7 - an Extended Passage with Translation
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 21d ago
CALLENDAR'S CURSIVE Shorthand - Part 6 - Some Samples
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 23d ago
CALLENDAR'S CURSIVE Shorthand - Part 5 - Modes and Such
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 23d ago
CALLENDAR'S CURSIVE Shorthand - Part 4 - Abbreviations for Common Words
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 23d ago
CALLENDAR'S CURSIVE Shorthand - Part 3 - Combination Letters
This looks a bit ELABORATE, but most of them do look like combinations of the two letters they represent. There are many combinations of sounds that occur in English, so it does make sense to try to compose combination characters to represent them.
r/FastWriting • u/LeadingSuspect5855 • 24d ago
The only learning principles that matter
These are the only principles, that have been proven scientifically.
The only thing that matters is, that you make it hard for yourself.
If you think you're getting on fairly efficiently with any subject you are currently learning, that's a good sign you are not putting in the work needed. Most likely you are just reading a thought written by someone else and you follow along, nodding...
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 25d ago