Here are a couple of recent articles for shorthand. Really fascinating! Despotic Characters: Researching Shorthand at the New York Public Library How to Write 225 Words Per Minute With a Pen I took one semester of Gregg shorthand in high school (Diamond Jubilee, I think). I didn't do anything with it after that. But my interest has been rekindled this year-- and hey, it's another excuse to use fountain pens! I recently acquired a vintage Gregg shorthand fountain pen, too, that is a dream to write with. I'm teaching my 13-year old son Gregg Notehand (a scaled-down version of Gregg shorthand, with fewer brief forms to memorize, that is designed for note-taking rather than verbatim dictation). Are there others doing shorthand on FPN?