Pitman’s Initial Teaching Alphabet

Pitman’s Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA) was invented by Sir James Pitman for teaching purposes. Each phoneme in the English language is represented by one character, which would make it easier for children to understand the basic principles of writing. This alphabet was used in many English schools in the 1960s.

Alphabet chart (PDF file)

Pitmanita font package, version 1.1 (2003-07-17)
The package includes a TrueType font for Windows/Mac OS X, a keyboard driver for Keyman Desktop and an encoding chart.

Keyman Desktop
A keyboard software from Tavultesoft which enables custom keyboard layouts. This software has to be installed before installing the ITA keyboard driver.

Links to websites with more information about ITA