#shorthand

[grimamethyst]

The cage of abuse is closing ever tighter around Harker. Waking up and all his writing material, important documents, and his travel suit are gone.

Another massive signal on its own but if I was Harker, I'd be most disturbed by the fact that I slept through the theft. The Count is in full control.

Also, just in case you haven't seen it before, this is Shorthand, picture Harker's journals thusly. The internet thinks perhaps Harker would've used Pitman, but I don't know if that's true so enjoy these different variations (from Wikipedia)

[arc-h1ve]

What Dean finds after the first time he sneaks into Sam’s diary:

No more of that; overly possessive brothers can’t read your private thoughts if you write them in shorthand

[microfiend-library]

Shorthand Dictation on Record (LP, sleeve, 1950s Dictation Disc Company, Unknown designer

Scanned in 400DPI (sample below)

[a0stack0of0bread]

Ah here’s the script for episode 19: bug of I am in eskew written in gregg shorthand. If anyone was curious.

My hand hurts.

[lemonadeandlanguages]

learning shorthand using old textbooks and vocabulary books is really fun because they'll show you how to write things like osteogenesis imperfecta congenita but heaven forbid you want to know the outline for email or website

[godfatheraccountant]

Gino understands Mr. Hagen's concerns about confidentiality. It's scary to think about the private financial data for which he carries fiduciary responsibility being released to the world! But that's okay, Gino's always liked cryptography and thinks he can solve the problem neatly.

...oh, you can't read it? Well it's really very simple, maybe if we go over it again--

[casualcannibalisms]

fun fact! canonically, the journal entry parts of dracula are done in shorthand! we are teaching ourself shorthand, so this seems like a good practice!

[ancharan]

i recommend spending several hours today paintstaking learning a skill that has become completely obscelesced by modern society