This is a list of shorthands, both modern and ancient. Currently, only one shorthand (Duployan) has been given an ISO code, in preparation for inclusion in the Unicode Standard, although the Tironian et has already been included in Unicode.
| Script name | ISO 15924 | data-sort-type="number" | Year created ! | Creator | Primary languages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbreviated Longhand[1] | 1908 | Angus Weaver | Short forms based around longhand writing. | |||
| Abbreviatrix | 1945 | William Paul Mishkin | ||||
| Aimé Paris Shorthand | 1820 | |||||
| Alpha Hand | ||||||
| AgiliWriting | ||||||
| 1923 | ||||||
| 1903 | Robert Boyd | |||||
| Brachygraphie (Folkingham) | 1622 | William Folkingham | ||||
| Brachygraphy (Bales) | 1590 | Peter Bales | ||||
| Brachygraphy (Dix) | 1641 | Henry Dix | ||||
| Brachygraphy (Shelton)[2] | 1672 | Samuel Shelton | Based on Thomas Shelton's Tachygraphy from whom he first learned shorthand. | |||
| Burmese Shorthand | 1952 | Zwe Ohn Chein | Burmese | |||
| Burnz' Fonic Shorthand | 1896 | |||||
| Carissimi Shorthand | 1940 | Juan Antonio Carissimi | ||||
| Caton Scientific Shorthand[3] | Thomas Jasper Caton | |||||
| Century 21 Shorthand | ||||||
| Characterie | 1588 | Timothy Bright | ||||
| Conen de Prépean Shorthand[4] | 1813 | Louis Félix Conen de Prépean | ||||
| Coulon de Thévenot Shorthand[5] | 1776 | Jean Coulon de Thévenot | ||||
| 1892 | ||||||
| Cursive Shorthand | 1889 | |||||
| Dacomb Shorthand | 1934 | Beatrice Eliza Dacomb | ||||
| Dement's Aristography[6] | 1896 | Isaac Strange Dement | ||||
| Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift | 1924 | Used in Germany. | ||||
| Dupl 755 | 1868 | Émile Duployé | ||||
| Dutton Speedwords | 1922 | Intended as an International auxiliary language | ||||
| EasyScript Speed Writing | ||||||
| 1878 | J.G. Cross | |||||
| Edmond Willis's Shorthand | 1627 | Edmond Willis | ||||
| Faulmann Shorthand | 1875 | Carl Faulmann | ||||
| 1952 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="1817" | 1817 (approx.) | |||||
| Graham shorthand[7] | ||||||
| 1888 | ||||||
| Gregg Computer Shorthand / Productivity Plus | ||||||
| Groote | 1899 | Arnold Willem Groote | ||||
| Herout-Mikulík | Alois Herout and Svojmír Mikulík | Czech | Used in the Czech parliament. | |||
| Hy-Speed Longhand[8] | 1932 | Andrew Graham Sexton and R. B. Sexton | ||||
| Larralde Shorthand[9] | Gabriel Hilario Larralde | Used in the Argentine congress. | ||||
| Legible Shorthand[10] | 1882 | Edward Pocknell | ||||
| Leite Alves Shorthand[11] | 1929 | Oscar Leite Alves | ||||
| Lightning Legible Shorthand[12] | 1906 | David Rose Glass | ||||
| Malone Shorthand | ||||||
| Maron Shorthand | 1932 | Afonso Maron | ||||
| 1880 | Dominant Shorthand system in Sweden. | |||||
| 1942 | Albert Merrill | Also called ABC shorthand. | ||||
| Michela Shorthand[13] | 1862 | Antonio Michela Zucco | Used in the Italian Senate and the Regional Council of Piedmont. | |||
| Moat's Short-hand Standard | 1833 | Thomas Moat | ||||
| 1867 | ||||||
| National Simplex Shorthand | 1919 | Rev. Percival Hubert Chase | ||||
| Natural Shorthand | 1917 | August Mengelkamp | ||||
| New Art of Real Shorthand | 1919 | John Malham-Dembleby | ||||
| New Rapid | 1890 | C.E. McKee | ||||
| Notescript | 1964 | Laurence F. Hawkins | ||||
| Paragon Shorthand | 1895 | A. Lichtentag | ||||
| Carl W. Salser, C. Theo Yerian and Mark R. Salser | Originally called "Briefhand." | |||||
| 1837 | ||||||
| Polygraphy | 1747 | |||||
| Prévost-Delaunay Shorthand | 1878 | Hippolyte Prévost and Albert Delaunay | ||||
| Reformed Phonetic Short-Hand | 1868 | Andrew J. Marsh | ||||
| Scheithauer Shorthand | 1896 | Karl Friedrich Scheithauer | Used in Germany. | |||
| Scheithauer/Steinmetz Shorthand | 2020 | Markus Steinmetz | Used in Germany. | |||
| Short-Writing | 1690 | Theophilus Metcalfe | ||||
| 1881 | James Simson | |||||
| 1924 | Emma Dearborn | |||||
| State Unified Stenography System (GESS)[14] | 1937 | Nikolai Nikolaevich Sokolov | Used in the Soviet Union; also adapted for English, French, and some of the languages of the Soviet Union. | |||
| Stenographie | 1618 | John Willis | ||||
| Stenography Compleated | 1727 | James Weston | ||||
| 1950 | Manuel C. Avancena | |||||
| 1966 | Used in Germany. | |||||
| Tachygraphy[15] | 1626 | Originally called "Short-Writing." | ||||
| 1786 | Also known as Universal Stenography | |||||
| 1968 | James Hill | |||||
| 1935 | Charles A. Thomas | |||||
| data-sort-value="-62" | 63 BC | |||||
| Typed Shorthand[16] | 1917 | William Baines | Also known as Baines' Typed Shorthand. | |||
| Universal English Shorthand[17] | about 1740 | |||||
| 1936 | Leif Wang and Olav Krogdahl | Used in the Norwegian parliament. | ||||
| Weston's Short-hand | 1727 | James Weston | ||||
| Zeiglographia | 1650 | |||||
| Phillips Code[18] | 1879 | Intended for English transmitted over Telegraph in Morse code. | ||||
| Evans Basic English Code[19] | 1947 | John Evans | Based on the earlier Phillips Code but for more general use. |