List of shorthand systems

This is a list of shorthands, both modern and ancient. Currently, only one shorthand (Duployan) has been given an ISO code, in preparation for inclusion in the Unicode Standard, although the Tironian et has already been included in Unicode.

Script name	ISO 15924	Year created	Creator	Primary languages	Notes
Abbreviated Longhand[1]		1908	Angus Weaver	English	Short forms based around longhand writing.
Abbreviatrix		1945	William Paul Mishkin
Aimé Paris Shorthand[2]		1820	Aimé Paris	French
Alpha Hand[3]
AgiliWriting[4]
Bezenšek Shorthand[5]		1923	Anton Bezenšek	Bulgarian
Boyd's Syllabic Shorthand[6]		1903	Robert Boyd	English
Brachygraphie (Folkingham)[7]		1622	William Folkingham	English
Brachygraphy (Bales)[8]		1590	Peter Bales	English
Brachygraphy (Dix)[9]		1641	Henry Dix	English
Brachygraphy (Shelton)[10]		1672	Samuel Shelton	English	Based on Thomas Shelton's Tachygraphy from whom he first learned shorthand.
Burmese Shorthand		1952	Zwe Ohn Chein	Burmese
Burnz' Fonic Shorthand		1896	Eliza Boardman Burnz	English
Carissimi Shorthand[11]		1940	Juan Antonio Carissimi	Spanish
Caton Scientific Shorthand[12][13]			Thomas Jasper Caton
Century 21 Shorthand[14]
Characterie[15]		1588	Timothy Bright	English
Conen de Prépean Shorthand[16]		1813	Louis Félix Conen de Prépean	French
Coulon de Thévenot Shorthand[17]		1776	Jean Coulon de Thévenot	French
Current Shorthand[18]		1892	Henry Sweet	English
Cursive Shorthand[19]		1889	Hugh Longbourne Callendar	English
Dacomb Shorthand[20]		1934	Beatrice Eliza Dacomb	English
Dement's Aristography[21]		1896	Isaac Strange Dement
Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift[22]		1924		German	Used in Germany.
Duployé Shorthand[23]	Dupl 755	1868	Émile Duployé	French, Romanian, English, Chinook Jargon
Dutton Speedwords[24]		1922	Reginald J. G. Dutton	English, French, German, Latin	Intended as an International auxiliary language
EasyScript Speed Writing[25]
Eclectic Shorthand[26]		1878	J.G. Cross	English
Edmond Willis's Shorthand[27]		1627	Edmond Willis	English
Faulmann Shorthand[28]		1875	Carl Faulmann	German
Forkner shorthand[29]		1952	Hamden L. Forkner	English
Gabelsberger shorthand[30]		1817 (approx.)	Franz Xaver Gabelsberger	German
Graham shorthand[31]			Andrew J. Graham
Gregg Shorthand[32]		1888	John Robert Gregg	English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
Gregg Computer Shorthand / Productivity Plus[33]
Groote[34]		1899	Arnold Willem Groote	Dutch	Used in the Netherlands
Herout-Mikulík[35]			Alois Herout and Svojmír Mikulík	Czech	Used in the Czech parliament.
Hy-Speed Longhand[36]		1932	Andrew Graham Sexton and R. B. Sexton	English
Karundeng Shorthand[37]		1925	Eliezer Karundeng	Indonesian
Larralde Shorthand[38]			Gabriel Hilario Larralde	Spanish	Used in the Argentine congress.
Legible Shorthand[39]		1882	Edward Pocknell	English
Leite Alves Shorthand[40]		1929	Oscar Leite Alves	Portuguese
Lightning Legible Shorthand[41]		1906	David Rose Glass	English
Malone Shorthand[42]
Maron Shorthand[40]		1932	Afonso Maron	Portuguese
Melin Shorthand[43]		1880	Olof Werling Melin	Swedish	Dominant Shorthand system in Sweden.
Merrill Shorthand[44][45]		1942	Albert Merrill	English	Also called ABC shorthand.
Michela Shorthand[46]		1862	Antonio Michela Zucco	Italian	Used in the Italian Senate and the Regional Council of Piedmont.
Moat's Short-hand Standard[47]		1833	Thomas Moat	English
Munson Shorthand[48]		1867	James Eugene Munson	English
National Simplex Shorthand[49]		1919	Rev. Percival Hubert Chase	English
Natural Shorthand[50]		1917	August Mengelkamp	English
New Art of Real Shorthand[51]		1919	John Malham-Dembleby	English
New Rapid[52]		1890	C.E. McKee
Notescript[53]		1964	Laurence F. Hawkins	English
Paragon Shorthand[54]		1895	A. Lichtentag
Personal Shorthand[55]			Carl W. Salser, C. Theo Yerian and Mark R. Salser	English	Originally called "Briefhand."
Pitman Shorthand[56]		1837	Isaac Pitman	English
Polygraphy[57]		1747	Aulay Macaulay	English
Prévost-Delaunay Shorthand[58]		1878	Hippolyte Prévost and Albert Delaunay	French
Reformed Phonetic Short-Hand[59]		1868	Andrew J. Marsh	English
Scheithauer Shorthand		1896	Karl Friedrich Scheithauer	German	Used in Germany.
Scheithauer/Steinmetz Shorthand[60]		2020	Markus Steinmetz	German	Used in Germany.
Short-Writing [61]		1690	Theophilus Metcalfe	English
Simson Shorthand[62]		1881	James Simson	English
Speedwriting[63]		1924	Emma Dearborn	English
State Unified Stenography System (GESS)[64]		1937	Nikolai Nikolaevich Sokolov	Russian	Used in the Soviet Union; also adapted for English, French, and some of the languages of the Soviet Union.
Stenographie[65]		1618	John Willis	English
Stenography Compleated[66]		1727	James Weston	English
Stenoscript		1950	Manuel C. Avancena	English
Stiefografie[67]		1966	Helmut Stief	German	Used in Germany.
SuperWrite[68]
Tachygraphy[69]		1626	Thomas Shelton	English, French, German	Originally called "Short-Writing."
Taylor shorthand[70]		1786	Samuel Taylor	English	Also known as Universal Stenography
Teeline Shorthand[71]		1968	James Hill	English
Thomas Natural Shorthand[72]		1935	Charles A. Thomas	English
Tironian notes[73]		63 BC	Marcus Tullius Tiro	Latin
Typed Shorthand[74]		1917	William Baines	English	Also known as Baines' Typed Shorthand.
Universal English Shorthand[75]		about 1740	John Byrom	English
Wang-Krogdahl's system[76]		1936	Leif Wang and Olav Krogdahl	Norwegian	Used in the Norwegian parliament.
Weston's Short-hand[77]		1727	James Weston	English
Zeiglographia		1650	Thomas Shelton	English
Phillips Code[78]		1879	Walter P. Phillips	English	Intended for English transmitted over Telegraph in Morse code.
Evans Basic English Code[79]		1947	John Evans	English	Based on the earlier Phillips Code but for more general use.