diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/substrait/function/ToTypeString.java b/core/src/main/java/io/substrait/function/ToTypeString.java
index 5c942f46a..a17f80b6b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/substrait/function/ToTypeString.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/substrait/function/ToTypeString.java
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 import io.substrait.type.Type;
 
+/**
+ * Converts types to their short name string representations as defined by the Substrait <a
+ * href="https://substrait.io/extensions/#type-short-names">specification</a>
+ */
 public class ToTypeString
     extends ParameterizedTypeVisitor.ParameterizedTypeThrowsVisitor<String, RuntimeException> {
 
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ public String visit(final Type.Str expr) {
 
   @Override
   public String visit(final Type.Binary expr) {
-    return "binary";
+    return "vbin";
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ public String visit(final Type.VarChar expr) {
 
   @Override
   public String visit(final Type.FixedBinary expr) {
-    return "fbinary";
+    return "fbin";
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@ public String visit(ParameterizedType.VarChar expr) throws RuntimeException {
 
   @Override
   public String visit(ParameterizedType.FixedBinary expr) throws RuntimeException {
-    return "fbinary";
+    return "fbin";
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/substrait/function/ToTypeStringTest.java b/core/src/test/java/io/substrait/function/ToTypeStringTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02f81411a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/substrait/function/ToTypeStringTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package io.substrait.function;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import io.substrait.type.Type;
+import io.substrait.type.TypeCreator;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+
+class ToTypeStringTest {
+
+  static Stream<Arguments> types() {
+    return Stream.of(TypeCreator.REQUIRED, TypeCreator.NULLABLE)
+        .flatMap(
+            c ->
+                Stream.of(
+                    Arguments.of(c.BOOLEAN, "bool"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.I8, "i8"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.I16, "i16"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.I32, "i32"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.I64, "i64"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.FP32, "fp32"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.FP64, "fp64"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.STRING, "str"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.BINARY, "vbin"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.DATE, "date"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.TIME, "time"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.TIMESTAMP, "ts"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.TIMESTAMP_TZ, "tstz"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.INTERVAL_YEAR, "iyear"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.UUID, "uuid"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.fixedChar(1), "fchar"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.varChar(1), "vchar"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.fixedBinary(1), "fbin"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.decimal(10, 2), "dec"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.intervalDay(6), "iday"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.intervalCompound(3), "icompound"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.precisionTime(3), "pt"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.precisionTimestamp(3), "pts"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.precisionTimestampTZ(3), "ptstz"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.struct(c.I32), "struct"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.list(c.I32), "list"),
+                    Arguments.of(c.map(c.I32, c.I64), "map")));
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource("types")
+  void typeToShortName(Type type, String expected) {
+    assertEquals(expected, ToTypeString.apply(type));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void userDefined() {
+    assertEquals("u!point", ToTypeString.apply(TypeCreator.REQUIRED.userDefined("urn", "point")));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void anyCollapsesNumericSuffix() {
+    ParameterizedType.StringLiteral any1 =
+        ParameterizedType.StringLiteral.builder().nullable(false).value("any1").build();
+    assertEquals("any", any1.accept(ToTypeString.INSTANCE));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void losslessPreservesNumericSuffix() {
+    ParameterizedType.StringLiteral any1 =
+        ParameterizedType.StringLiteral.builder().nullable(false).value("any1").build();
+    assertEquals("any1", any1.accept(ToTypeString.ToTypeLiteralStringLossless.INSTANCE));
+  }
+}