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A phonetic shorthand using stroke length and elliptical curves, of uniform thickness.
Also known as: Gregg outline, Light-line shorthand, Gregg system
Gregg shorthand distinguishes related consonants by the length of the stroke rather than by its weight, and writes everything at a uniform thickness on a single slope, like longhand. That decision is why it can be written with any pen, and it is a large part of why Gregg became the dominant system in the United States while Pitman held Britain. Vowels are written in sequence within the outline rather than placed beside it, which makes an outline read more like a word.
Flowing elliptical strokes of even weight written along one slope, joined into continuous groups with no thickening and few detached marks.
Both are curved phonetic shorthands; one uses length and the other thickness.