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Script type	Shorthand
Creator	Helmut Stief
Time period	1966–present
Languages	German
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Stiefografie, also called Stiefo or Rationelle Stenografie (Rational Shorthand), is a German stenography system. It was invented by Helmut Stief (1906 - 1977), a German press and parliamantary stenographer, and first published in 1966.

Helmut Stief was dissatisfied with the Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift so he created an alternate system. According to Stief this shorthand system is very easy to learn during a very short time. For example there are only 25 characters in the first level Grundschrift (business script) and there are no brief forms for the most frequent syllables and words. Furthermore there is no line thicknesss.

Like most systems of shorthand, Stiefografie is a phonetic system; the symbols do not represent letters, but rather sounds and words are written as they are spoken. The consonant signs are made by simplifying the features of cursive Latin letters. Vowel signs are used when a vowel stands at the end of a word. Vowels in the beginning or in the middle of words are represented symbolically by varying the position of the following consonant signs. Contrary to the practice in many English shorthand systems (e.g. Pitman Shorthand), vowels are never entirely omitted.

The shorthand is written in three levels: Grundschrift, Aufbauschrift I and Aufbauschrift II (business script, speed script, and speech script). Grundschrift can be produced at a rate of 100 to 120 Syllables per minute. Aufbauschrift I up to 160 syllables per minute and Aufbauschrift II to a far greater extent.

Stiefografie is in Germany the most popular form of the stenography systems which have been published since the 1950s.

References

Brandenburg, Josef: Welche Bewandtnis hat es mit der Stiefografie?, in: Deutsche Stenografenzeitung 10/1976, p. 205–211
Dominik, Dieter Wilhelm and others: Links-Stenografie für die Deutsche Sprache. Erster Teil: Grundschrift, Hanau 1977
Dominik, Dieter Wilhelm and others: Links-Stenografie für die Deutsche Sprache. Zweiter Teil: Aufbauschrift, Hanau 1977
Gunkel, Horst: Rationelle Stenografie. Anleitung zum Selbststudium, Hanau 2004
Gunkel, Horst: Rationelle Steno. Aufbauschrift II, Hanau 1981, 2nd edition
Kaden, Walter: Neue Geschichte der Stenographie. Von der Entstehung der Schrift bis zur Stenographie der Gegenwart, Dresden 1999
Karpenstein, Hans: Was ist „Stiefografie“?, in: Der Stenografielehrer. Wissenschaftliche Monatsschrift zur Förderung des Unterrichts in Kurzschrift, Maschinenschreiben und verwandten Gebieten 5/1966, p. 115–118
Köster, Rudolf: Eigennamen im deutschen Wortschatz. Ein Lexikon, Berlin 2003 - Eponym „Stiefografie“
Mentz, Arthur and others: Geschichte der Kurzschrift, Wolfenbüttel 1981, 3rd edition
Moser, Franz and others: Lebendige Kurzschriftgeschichte. Ein Führer durch Kurzschriftlehre und Kurzschriftgeschichte, Darmstadt 1990, 9th edition
Stief, Helmut: Rationelle Stenografie. Aufbauschrift I, Hanau 2006, 22nd edition
Stief, Helmut: Stiefografie, das Kurzschriftalfabet der deutschen Sprache. Lernanweisung für die Grundschrift, Frankfurt am Main 1975, 27th edition

External links (German language pages)

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-'''Stiefografie''', also called '''Stiefo''' or '''Rationelle Stenografie''' (Rational Shorthand), is a [[Germany|German]] [[stenography]] system. It was invented by Helmut Stief (1906 - 1977), a German press and parliamantary stenographer, and first published in 1966. Helmut Stief was dissatisfied with the [[Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift]] so he created an alternate system. According to Stief this shorthand system is very easy to learn during a very short time. For example there are only 25 characters in the first level Grundschrift (business script) and there are no brief forms for the most frequent syllables and words. Furthermore there is no line thicknesss.
+'''Stiefografie''', also called '''Stiefo''' or '''Rationelle Stenografie''' (Rational Shorthand), is a [[Germany|German]] [[stenography]] system. It was invented by Helmut Stief (1906 - 1977), a German press and parliamantary stenographer, and first published in 1966.
+Helmut Stief was dissatisfied with the [[Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift]] so he created an alternate system. According to Stief this shorthand system is very easy to learn during a very short time. For example there are only 25 characters in the first level Grundschrift (business script) and there are no brief forms for the most frequent syllables and words. Furthermore there is no line thicknesss.
 Like most systems of shorthand, Stiefografie is a [[phonetic]] system; the symbols do not represent letters, but rather sounds and words are written as they are spoken. The [[consonant]] signs are made by simplifying the features of [[cursive]] [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] letters. Vowel signs are used when a vowel stands at the end of a word. Vowels in the beginning or in the middle of words are represented symbolically by varying the position of the following consonant signs. Contrary to the practice in many English shorthand systems (e.g. [[Pitman Shorthand]]), vowels are never entirely  omitted.