Apsara | Wooden Pencil Pack | Steno Shorthand |

You will eventually need to use proper shorthand pencils. If you are writing shorthand, then the lead in the pencil needs to give you the confidence that it won't break, it won't need sharpening too often and yet it's sufficiently soft that you can write and transcribe the difference between what are called "thick" and "thin" outlines. Shorthand is based on sound and, for example, the sounds "t" and "d" can be paired and so use the same outline, but with the "t" being a thin line and the "d" being a thick line. Shorthand is written using a combination of thick and thin lines and it is essential you can tell later which you wrote! A pencil that blunts too quickly will cause you problems as succenly everything looks like a thick line! You can also lose the detailing when you are forming curves and loops.