What Does Your Handwriting Say About You?

Have you ever wondered 'What Does Your Handwriting Say About You?' With expert handwriting analysis, there is a lot that can be read from your handwriting. We look at how handwriting can reveal more than you think.

Believe it or not, your handwriting can say a lot about your personality and the way you view things. This includes the way your handwriting slants, the size of it and how you write certain letters.

Also, how much care you put into writing, for example, if you write neatly or just scribble your notes down quickly.

Here are a few of the main examples of what your handwriting says about you:

• If your handwriting is large, then you may be a popular person, very outgoing and enjoy chatting to people. You also like the spotlight to be on you.
  
• If your handwriting is small, it is suggested that you are quite a shy person and you don't like to be the centre of attention.
  
• If your handwriting slants to the left, then this usually means you don't enjoy working as a team; you would rather get the job done by yourself.
  
• If your handwriting slants to the right, this shows you are a social butterfly, and you love to talk to new people.
  

What your handwriting says about you is identified by the process of handwriting analysis. This process can be used for many other purposes, including for forensic investigations.

Handwriting analysts usually use the sentence 'she sells seashells on the seashore.' This is because the way you write your 'S' can also say a lot about your personality. For example:

• If you write your 'S' in a rounded shape, you don't like confrontational situations, and you like to please people over pleasing yourself.
  
• If you write your 'S' in a pointy style, then you have lots of goals in your life and strive for things you want. You have lots of ambition, and the higher your points are, the more ambitious you are.
  
• If you write your 'S' with an open bottom, then you don't follow your dreams and don't strive for things you want.
  

What are the Characteristics of Handwriting?

Handwriting is very special, as everyone's is different in their own individual and unique way. The way of the handwriting can show the age and mood of a person and how much time they had to write; were they in a rush?

Also, what they are writing with, if they are suffering from an illness or if they are under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Handwriting analysts can also tell if they are trying purposely to change their handwriting. They will also check the person's grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Altogether there are 12 main characteristics of handwriting. These include:

• The quality of the lines; for example, do they go all over the place?
  
• The spacing in between each letter and word; are they far apart, or close together?
  
• The sizing of the handwriting; does it always remain the same size, or does it differ?
  
• The lifting of the pen; does the person lift the pen from the paper for a break, or just writes continuously?
  
• The connectivity of the letters; does the writer connect each letter consistently, even lower case and upper case letters?
  
• The completion of each letter; does the writer take care and complete each letter, or leave part of them out?
  
• The style of the writing; does the writer use cursive or printed writing, or do they switch between the two?
  
• The pressure of the pen; when does the writer apply pressure, and which part of the words do they apply pressure to?
  
• The slanting of the writing; does the writer slant their writing to the left or to the right?
  
• The baseline on the paper; does the writer keep to the lines, or write below or above them?
  
• The detail of the writing; does the handwriting involve loops or unique habits?
  
• The diacritic placement; does the writer dot the I's and cross the T's, and whereabouts do they do this on the letters?
  

What is Handwriting Analysis?

Many people associate handwriting analysts with fortune-tellers and think they can predict the future from someone's handwriting. When, in fact, it is someone who studies handwriting to get an idea about what the person is like, and how certain factors affect people's handwriting.

The study and process are known as graphology, which is also very useful for learning about emotional and childhood development, intelligence and how different factors affect the brain, including grammar, spelling and punctuation.

They can also compare different people and their personalities, which can help the science field in those areas of study. Handwriting analysis can also help forensic scientists when solving crimes and looking at handwriting notes, letters, diaries or anything like that. From your writing, analysts can also tell how you work as a team and how you are at problem-solving.

Years ago, handwriting techniques were used as a way to enhance the brain for educational purposes. This was done from over 130 years of research by 3 psychologists, a neurologist and a physiologist, who established that handwriting was actually brain-writing.

There are many different types of handwriting analysts that study different fields, including symbolic, holistic and integrative.

The symbolic field looks at elements from a piece of script and gives them a specific meaning.

The integrative field looks at each individual character from a specific piece of script and builds a profile for it.

The holistic field looks at the overall condition of the writing on the script and makes a report from it.

When a graphologist is given a handwritten document, they will study each aspect, including unique characteristics, any writing habits the person has and their grammar. They will also check if the person is purposely trying to change their handwriting for a specific reason.

What is Handwriting Analysis in Forensics?

Handwriting analysis is so useful when it comes to forensics, for any handwritten documents such as letters, cards, diaries and notes. It is a known fact they everyone has their own individual handwriting, and no two are the same; just like fingerprints.

It can show if someone is trying to purposely change their handwriting so their identity won't be found, and will also show their brain development.

The actual process involves finding similarities and differences between a few pieces of script to identify the person. The handwriting can also show if they are under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The analysts can also identify how old they are and how they are feeling, if they were in a rush to write the script and if they are suffering from any illnesses.

Handwriting analysing in forensics involves a very specific process. Below are the three main parts of the process that a handwriting analyst must take when dealing with forensic documentation.

Firstly, the analysing process is done, where the analyst will look for unique characteristics and styles in your handwriting. This includes loops, cursive, details, printed, spacing, sizing and slanting.

Next is the comparison process, where this specific piece of script is compared to another to see how they differ with factors such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and the flow of the sentences; so if they passage makes sense and flows as it should.

Lastly, is the evaluation process, where the handwriting is compared to other scripts to find similarities between them. Similarities are very important, just as much as the differences, as they could indicate fraudulent behaviour, and if someone is purposely trying to change their handwriting.

Then the analyst will make a decision and write up a report based on what that decision was made.

If you want to find out more about what your handwriting says about you, get in touch with a handwriting analysis expert today.

Our handwriting expert in London, Adam Brand Graphology is available to work with you.