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An alphabetic shorthand built from simplified letter shapes, used by journalists.
Also known as: Teeline, Journalist shorthand, Teeline outline
Teeline is built on the alphabet rather than on sounds: each letter has a simplified skeleton form, and words are written by joining the skeletons of their significant letters with most vowels omitted. That makes it far quicker to learn than the phonetic systems — months rather than years — at the cost of a lower ceiling on speed. It is the system taught to British journalists and required for the National Council for the Training of Journalists' shorthand qualification.
Short angular and curved strokes joined into compact groups, each stroke recognisable as the skeleton of a printed letter stripped of its loops and serifs.
Teeline produces outlines like the other systems.