ABBREVIATED STYLE. CHAPTER I. WORD AND PHRASE SIGNS. THIS style, based on the preceding, differs from it only in the addition of a few Position Word Signs, and a short list of simple Phrase Signs. LESSON I. POSITION WORD SIGNS. This class properly belongs to the reporting style, hence but few, and those of the most obvious character, are given. There are five positions in which signs are written, viz: across the line on which the writing is placed, just above this line, still farther above it, just below the line, and still farther below it. The principle on which they are thus written is fully explained in Part III, chapter 1. The following signs are all written in their proper position, that the pupil may fully understand them. A dotted line represents the line, with reference to which the signs are placed. |