Penmanship Practice – September 2016

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From the September 1931 issue of The Gregg Writer. Click here for a full view.

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Peter Meggison 26 July 2024 at 7:35 pm on Question: direction of loop for in notehandSean--that's a fantastic document summarizing the Gregg Anniversary "rules." I had never seen it before, and it shows how much
Peter Meggison 26 July 2024 at 7:21 pm on Is there a key for Graded Readings in Gregg Shorthand?Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, would definitely have this publication. Louis Leslie, Gregg shorthand author, had the largest collection
Carlos 26 July 2024 at 7:14 pm on Is there a key for Graded Readings in Gregg Shorthand?You're welcome! Please let us know what you find out.
Charlie 26 July 2024 at 1:56 am on Is there a key for Graded Readings in Gregg Shorthand?Thank you! I'll definitely have to look into NYPL's digitising service.
Carlos 25 July 2024 at 10:55 pm on Is there a key for Graded Readings in Gregg Shorthand?Unfortunately, they're different, :-(. And the US and UK versions of the Anniversary Graded Readings are different too.
Carlos 25 July 2024 at 10:54 pm on Is there a key for Graded Readings in Gregg Shorthand?Yes, there is, but unfortunately it has not been digitized. There is also a bound edition of the 1919 Graded
Washbear 25 July 2024 at 10:17 pm on Question: direction of loop for in notehandHere's another doc for principles of joining, for the most recent editions of Gregg shorthand.
Washbear 25 July 2024 at 10:05 pm on Is there a key for Graded Readings in Gregg Shorthand?There is a key to the 1930 Graded Readings. I don't know how different it is from the 1919 edition.
Lee 25 July 2024 at 8:47 am on Question: direction of loop for in notehandI have a "Naval Terminology" book, and also "Technical Vocabulary from the Gregg Writer". I wonder how useful they were.
Carlos 25 July 2024 at 6:47 am on Question: direction of loop for in notehandThat pamphlet was published as a training aid and reference material for federal government employees in the 1940s and it
Carlos 25 July 2024 at 6:34 am on Question: direction of loop for in notehandUnits 1 and 2 of the Anniversary manual explain how to join circles to straight lines and curves, Andrew Owen's
Lee 25 July 2024 at 4:43 am on Question: direction of loop for in notehandWell that's brilliant! Where in the world did you find that document? Your comment that the "rules" apply to all
Sean Griffin 25 July 2024 at 12:08 am on Question: direction of loop for in notehandThe Notehand books don't give explicit rules for how to write the vowel loops because the student was meant to
Lee 24 July 2024 at 10:11 am on Question about switching systemsI learned DJS (in the 1960s!) and am the same way. "Work" for me is always "oo-k". But I understand
Elizabeth Skipper 24 July 2024 at 6:39 am on Question about switching systemsI'm just now reading this thread, Lee, and I'm amused by the discussion of the DJS abbreviation for "work." I
Charlie 24 July 2024 at 12:49 am on A Message for New MembersThanks Lee! I'll definitely be checking out all those books when I can read Gregg a better!
Lee 23 July 2024 at 3:56 am on A Message for New MembersWelcome! Not too many people tackle pre-Anniversary Gregg, but the early system has a lot of elegance and clearly served
Carlos 22 July 2024 at 9:25 pm on A Message for New MembersExcellent Charlie, and welcome to the blog!
Charlie 22 July 2024 at 8:31 pm on A Message for New MembersHi everyone! I'm learning shorthand mostly because I do a lot of handwriting, and I find that so often I've
Lee 17 July 2024 at 8:14 am on Key to Gregg Speed Studies Third EditionI have a print copy of the key, but I never see it show up on Ebay or other sites.