From: Peter T. Daniels
Message: 481
Date: 2001-11-10
>Pitman ruled in the UK, Gregg in the US, except, curiously, in NYC,
> in all the discussion of "featural" systems, i find it strange that there
> is so little mention of pitman shorthand or gregg shorthand, which were
> once used daily by thousands of people. daniels' article in WL&L pp. 807
> ff. discusses them, and he illustrates gregg but not pitman.
>
> both these systems were partly "featural", pitman i think more than gregg.
> pitman was used by some people when i was growing up, and gregg until at
> least the 1960s. they even used to be printed, in textbooks for
> stenographers.
>
> these systems may not relevant to present-day typographic concerns, but
> they are certainly relevant to the typology and history of writing systems.
> cheers; bill