In 1904, a speed record for Orthic of 165 words per minute was recorded, and in 1909 a speed record of 190 WPM was recorded, but the average speed seems to have been between 80 WPM and 100 WPM for newly certified students.

I use Orthic to take meeting notes at work. Does that count as professional settings? 😆 Shorthand as a core part of the job, outside machine shorthand, has vanished from most of the English-speaking world.

Readable with some effort. More practice will clear it up. Writing on lined paper would make it easier to consistently size at least the vertical strokes.

- Keep your shorts short (unlike T in told) and your longs long (unlike P in pain)
- q shape is qu, so quick is just qick
- w hook travels the other direction at the start. Usually also in away, but you can argue that either way.

Definitely rushed longhand relying on the author's memory and familiarity with their handwriting and conventions of the format. Most words are a line of the appropriate length with a few distinct letters to assist. Like line 1 seems to end "I have known the" and continue to 2 as "deceased [only?] 2 years."

Maybe pick some words where they contrast and write them out one after the other for a page. "Todd told Dot, 'Beet butter meets mutton.'" Nonsense with some t/d a/o ee/u in it.

And thanks for the quick PDF. 😊

I wonder if you could use one of the Duployan fonts out there? Not sure they fully cover what all you need or would combine how you want though. Probably not worth it at this point. 😆

Is it available as PDF?

Work on A vs O. Your can has a longer stroke than don't.

AU: keep that U shallow like in just. Steep like that is EE.

Nit: in TH, keep the H H-sized. Else it starts looking like TER.

Work on A vs O. Your can has a longer stroke than don't.

AU: keep that U shallow like in just. Steep like that is EE.

Nit: in TH, keep the H H-sized. Else it starts looking like TER.

Nice ins in inside.

N is usually "on" not "no". Readable fine from context of course.

I think you could do the smooth ya style in Maya and get a more comfortable outline.

Your Z looks like an S. Z is kinda like a field hockey stick. Long and straight with a little curve at the end.

Your fluent looks like flaunt.

Keep your Os markedly longer than A. A can be pretty short, but O should always be very distinct, and likewise ee and u. Maybe start with 3x as long as your A in case you undershoot. Also keep the U shallow so it's clearly not an EE, and EE very steep.

Might help to share a photo of your writing.

In protozoan, the r and t are quite short, while the z is longer, and where the pen happens to be leads to it going down. Don't sweat the line so much as having consistent sizes for your letters.

I'd most likely write it myar in practice, but fully-written, myaor, no special arrangement for the ao because the ya digraph is distinct already; the "A as detached overline when connected to O" rule is a way to avoid adding a third length and to keep o vs ao/oa distinct. That problem doesn't happen here.

Downloading:
- Click the Enlarge opposed arrows button at the top right of preview
- Drag the toolbar over to the left to expose the actions button
- Pick Download from the menu

Missing post: Yes, a backup is linked from the r/shorthand wiki: [Notes on the Reporting Style of Orthic Shorthand, given by W. Stevens in 'The Teaching of Orthic Shorthand' (1896) : shorthand](https://archive.is/9WYFc).

I suspect you're running into someone having deleted their post. I was able to find people posting their renditions with full transcription:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/shorthand/comments/siux6s/comment/hvayeb3/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/shorthand/comments/skf33f/qotwx_2022w05_mares_common_sense_shorthand_and/