It’s interesting how much Gregg shorthand relies on the user having great, legible shorthand. As soon as you start writing, they advise you to write shorthand rather than drawing it- that way you can have neat, readable forms that can be written quickly and accurately. But they also stress importance on having good penmanship, and spending effort towards creating legible, and beautiful outlines.
Compared to other shorthand systems, I can really appreciate how flowing and nice Gregg is to look at. (Except for when it’s my shorthand. :D) I think Gregg can definitely be personalised through unique handwriting, just like longhand. Except due to the nature of it, it’s not as simple as learning a longhand script by learning each letter of the alphabet!
In order to improve your penmanship, I’m guessing you can’t write as fast, or at least you need to slow down a lot at first. I’m curious about what you all think about it: what are some ways you’ve developed your Gregg ‘handwriting’, and how has it evolved throughout the years? Through wanting to improve your penmanship, how did you go about it? (E.g. reading a lot of shorthand (such as Carlos’s wonderful article transcriptions!), or studying outlines and copying them.) Or just in general, what do you think defines good penmanship with Gregg shorthand?
Any thoughts are appreciated!