Handwriting
analysis
Graphology
The
foundation for graphology is that a graphic structure defines a
particular personality behavior or trait. Each graphic structure is
generated from primary graphic elements. The four expressive elements
are the baseline, the enclosure, the imposed structure, and the
stroke.
The baseline is
the imaginary line that letters rest on dividing upper and lower areas while
moving forward to the right. The baseline is used to divide vertical placement
and to direct movement. Flipping the written page up side down, that is rotating
the page one hundred and eighty degrees, is a convenient way to observe the
baseline. The baseline represents reality, threshold of awareness, foundation
for movement and living. Baseline patterns represents your attitudes towards
life experiences and activities.
Vertical
placement above and below baseline represents the division between your
intangible and tangible values, between abstract and concrete concepts, between
philosophical and physical ideas, between personal beliefs and personal
relationships.
Horizontal
movement along the baseline represents the individual's reaction to experiences,
living values, time demands, learning (right motion- to advance, expand, and
progress and left motion- to revert, constrict, and regress).
An enclosure is
formed when a line or lines border an area. An enclosure represents imagination,
concept enlargement, and idea expansion. There are three basic forms of
enclosures- the loop, the circle, and the stem.
A loop represents
self-generating concepts. There are upper and lower vertical loops. An upper
loop is formed by a line enclosing an area by starting forward and upward,
moving backward, and returning forward and downward with the crossing strokes at
the baseline. The letters e and l are examples of upper loops. A lower loop is
formed by a line enclosing an area by starting forward and downward, moving
backward, and returning forward and upward with the crossing strokes at the
baseline. The lower second part of the letters g and y are examples of lower
loops. An inverted loop is an enclosure where the stroke crosses vertically away
from the baseline. The non-crossing line segment rests on the baseline.
A circle
represents other viewpoints or external generated concepts. A circle is formed
by line or lines enclosing an area by starting backward and downward, moving
forward, and returning backward and upward meeting or touching at the top. The
joined apex points vertically upward. The letter o and the letter a are examples
of upper circles. The lower second parts of the letter f and of the letter q are
examples of lower circles. An inverted circle is an enclosure where the meeting
strokes are joined at bottom pointing downward. The letter s and the buckle in
the letter k are examples of inverted circles.
A proportional
enclosure contains horizontal left-right balance and symmetry. A dangling
enclosure does not intersect the baseline.
The imposed
written structures control conventional order. The stem is an imposed structure
or taught pattern and represents relative learned standards for behavior. A stem
is formed by an enclosure that is taught to be restrictive. Learned retraced
closed loops of the letters t, d, p, and i are stems.
Other imposed
patterns in writing represent relative group standards. A period followed by a
capital letter is an imposed interruption with an expanded taught structure.
Starting at the upper left, moving to the right, then downwards left to right is
an imposed direction for filling in a written page. Spaces allotted to margins
are imposed. Your signature is imposed.
The stroke
depicts life force, energy flow. The stroke's pressure represents intellectual
vitality, physiological energy, sexual passion, and emotional intensity.
Pressure is defined by how much force you apply to the writing surface with the
writing instrument and not the hand grip pressure. Pressure is how hard you
press down on the paper. Pressure indicates the capacity for vigorous
activities.
The stroke's
thickness represents sensory capacity. The stroke's color contrast relative to
the writing surface represents sensory discrimination. The stroke's straightness
represents a firm approach, curves a soft approach. The stroke's transition is
defined as the point of inflection. This is the point where the line changes its
direction and its slope. The line's transition represents the degree of
cognizance awareness and flexibility.
An upstroke from
and a downstroke to the baseline represent the subconscious and the conscious
response to maintain life movement, respectively. Stroke directions on a page
are defined as upward towards top, downward towards bottom, forward towards
right and backward towards left.
Writing speed is
controlled by the individual's physiological clock. It appears that the writer
subconsciously maintains a maximum stroke velocity with a superimposed variable
oscillating profile. The writer is constantly adjusting the velocity function
with changes in the stroke's length, direction, duration, pressure,and
acceleration. To define a measurement unit or units is extremely difficult even
with the aid of a computer's writing pad to capture the process. The basic unit
of measurement is not the letter which makes it difficult for computer aided
reading of handwriting. The secondary affects on speed are grip pressure,
distance of the pen hold to the pen point, pen slant to the paper, pen point
rotation, and pen point pressure to the paper. The thinnest fastest stroke is a
straight forty five degree line moving up to the right where the finger-thumb
controls the vertical and the wrist the horizontal motions. Fast writing is a
catalyst to inner energy enhancing rapid movement, thinking, and reactions.
Writing size represents the difference between inner and outer control of
attention.
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