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NATIONAL SHORTHAND SCHOOL (BOOKS), Pitman’s Shorthand Online Tutorial, LESSON – 1A, CONSONANTS (Continuants), You learnt in the previous lesson that the first eight consonants i.e., “explodents” are represented by straight lines (strokes) that are, drawn from these two circles., Now you will be learning the next, eight, consonants,, called, “continuants”,, because, in pronouncing them, the outgoing breath, is allowed to escape in a continuous, stream through partially closed barriers. These “continuants” are, represented by quarter-circles, also called as “shallow curves”,, drawn from the same two circles., , (Sound in English), , f, , v, , th, , Stroke representing, Sounds in Alphabet, Name by which the, ef, vee ith, stroke is always called, Orientation of the, 45°down 90°, stroke, left to right down, Feet Van Thin, As sounded in, Life Move Bath, , TH, , s, , z, , sh, , zh, , THee, , ess, , zee, , ish, , zhee, , 90°, 90°, down down, THat Sale, , 90°, 45° down, down right to left, Zero Show Pleasure, , Breathe Lace, , Craze Cash Closure, , Page, , Now, you have to start practicing the consonants, (continuants), as shown in the following demo pages., Remember, all the strokes are to be written with the same, length i.e. 1/6th of an inch., Strokes are to be written with single infliction of pen/pencil., Light (thin) curves are to be written with light pressure of the, pencil., Heavy (thick) strokes are to be tapered at the edges and, thickened in the middle, as shown in the examples., , 1, , They are, LETTER of Alphabet, , In the service of Twin Arts over 25 Years | Visit www.nssbooks.com
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NATIONAL SHORTHAND SCHOOL (BOOKS), Pitman’s Shorthand Online Tutorial, , Page, , 2, , Practice ‘ef’ with light stroke for full page or more, 45°, 1/6th of inch, down stroke., Take a print out of this page on A5 size paper in portrait orientation and copy the, strokes on the lines, as shown, saying ‘ef’ yourself each time you write the stroke., , In the service of Twin Arts over 25 Years | Visit www.nssbooks.com
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NATIONAL SHORTHAND SCHOOL (BOOKS), Pitman’s Shorthand Online Tutorial, , Page, , 3, , Practice ‘v’ with heavy stroke for full page or more, 45°, 1/6th inch, down stroke., Take a print out and just copy the strokes on the lines below, saying ‘vee’ yourself., See that all thick curved strokes are tapered at edges and thickened at centre of stroke., , In the service of Twin Arts over 25 Years | Visit www.nssbooks.com
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NATIONAL SHORTHAND SCHOOL (BOOKS), Pitman’s Shorthand Online Tutorial, , Page, , 4, , Practice ‘ith’ with light stroke for full page or more, 90°, 1/6th inch, down stroke., , In the service of Twin Arts over 25 Years | Visit www.nssbooks.com
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NATIONAL SHORTHAND SCHOOL (BOOKS), Pitman’s Shorthand Online Tutorial, Practice ‘THee’ with heavy stroke for full page or more, 90°, 1/6th inch, down stroke., , Page, , 5, , Print this page and copy saying yourself ‘THee’ each time you write the stroke., , In the service of Twin Arts over 25 Years | Visit www.nssbooks.com
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NATIONAL SHORTHAND SCHOOL (BOOKS), Pitman’s Shorthand Online Tutorial, Practice ‘ess’ with light stroke for full page or more, 90°, 1/6th inch., , Print this page, , Page, , 6, , and copy saying yourself ‘ess’ each time you write the stroke., , In the service of Twin Arts over 25 Years | Visit www.nssbooks.com
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NATIONAL SHORTHAND SCHOOL (BOOKS), Pitman’s Shorthand Online Tutorial, , Page, , 7, , Practice ‘zee’ with heavy stroke, for full page or more, 90°, 1/6th inch, downstroke., Print this page and copy saying yourself ‘zee’ each time you write the stroke., , In the service of Twin Arts over 25 Years | Visit www.nssbooks.com
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NATIONAL SHORTHAND SCHOOL (BOOKS), Pitman’s Shorthand Online Tutorial, , Page, , 8, , Practice ‘ish’ with light stroke for full page, 1/6th of an inch, 45° from right to left., Print this page and copy saying yourself ‘ish’ each time you write the stroke., , In the service of Twin Arts over 25 Years | Visit www.nssbooks.com
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NATIONAL SHORTHAND SCHOOL (BOOKS), Pitman’s Shorthand Online Tutorial, , Page, , 9, , Practice ‘zhee’ with heavy stroke for full page, 45°, 1/6th of an inch, right to left., Print this page and copy saying yourself ‘zhee’ each time you write the stroke., , In the service of Twin Arts over 25 Years | Visit www.nssbooks.com
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