Category Archives: GRAPHOLOGY
7.11 SIGNATURES
7.11 SIGNATURES
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The study of signatures as a key to individual traits is almost a study in itself, and is worthy of close attention. Often, a signature is more revealing than a paragraph of regular handwriting. This may seem surprising, considering its brevity, but the point is that a person puts more concentrated thought and effort into a signature than in ordinary writing.
Thus the signature becomes the individual’s trademark, so to speak. Many signatures have been traced through the years, showing how the signer has matured, implanting his personality more firmly in the final example, thus making a detailed analysis possible from comparatively trifling clues.
The usual rules of handwriting analysis can be applied to signatures where appropriate, but with certain modifications. Two of these are rather obvious. First, a signature is a formal piece of writing, and therefore may be somewhat stylized; second, a flourish may be added to give it individuality, or completion, much as an exclamation point might be put at the end of a sentence for emphasis!
7.10 CAPITAL LETTERS
7.10 CAPITAL LETTERS
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The study of capital letters is highly revealing in itself, with many interesting facets. It is modified by the fact that many persons use some accepted style of penmanship with their capital letters, so they often show the results of training rather than personality where types of capitals are concerned.
Thus a person trained to use old-fashioned capitals might continue with them, even though he had a trend toward something more ornate. However, after making due allowance for that, you will often find that some deep trait will creep into the simplest or most stylized of capital letters.
