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LIGHT-LINE PHONETIC HANDWRITING.
FOURTH LESSON.
BLENDED CONSONANTS.
I.—The student should practice the following combinations until he can execute them freely and neatly:
Pr ? ; Pl ? ; Br ? ; Bl ?
Kr ? ; Kl ? ; Gr ? ; Cl ?
Td Dt Dd ? ; Ss ?
II.—Every practical Shorthand writer has experienced the great difficulty of joining rapidly and legibly two straight lines forming an obtuse angle. The natural tendency of the hand is to allow such lines to form a curve thus, ? ? ? ? and to prevent this an unnatural restraint is exercised on the hand, causing a very decided pause and consequently a decrease in speed of execution As our method is based on nature obtuse angles are dispensed with, and the lines are allowed to coalesce thus:
Tn Dn ? ? ; Tm Dm ? ? ; Nt nd ? ?
Md ? ; Df Dv ? ?; Jnt ?
