Handwriting

History of Handwriting Analysis

In 1915, Bunker made his unique discovery. He recognized that each of his students formed shorthand strokes in a unique manner. He suddenly and clearly realized that it was not the letter which had a trait meaning but the strokes – the shape of the formations within the letter. 

After traveling thousands of miles, and interviewing thousands of people and examining more than half a million handwriting specimens in his lifetime, the copyrighted American System of handwriting analysis – Graphoanalysis was born.

Handwriting Characteristics:

§  Line quality.

Ø  Are the pen marks smooth and free flowing or shaky and wavering?

§  Spacing of words and letters.

Ø  What is it the spacing between letters and words? Is it consistent?

§  Ratio of the relative height, width and size of letters.  

Ø  What is the ratio? Is it consistent?

§  Pen lifts and separations.

Ø  Does the person stop to form new letters and begin words?

§  Connecting strokes.

Ø  Are capitals connected to lowercase letters and are there connecting strokes between letters and words?

§  Beginning and ending strokes.

Ø  Are these straight, curled, long or short, an upstroke or a down stroke?

§  Unusual letter formation.

Ø  Are there any unusually formed letters such as backward, letters with a tail, or unusual capitals?

§  Shading or pen pressure.

Ø  Is the pen pressure on the upward or the downward strokes?

§  Slant.

Ø  Is slant left or right or straight up and down? Is there consistency between the slants of  letters

§  Baseline Habits

Ø  Is the writing above or below a line?

§  Flourishes and embellishments.

Ø  Are Their any? If so what are they?

§  Diacritic placement.

Ø  How is the t’s crossed? Look at the dotting of the i’s, j’s. For example are the dots to the right or left of the letter?

The Lindbergh Kidnapping: Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., 20-month-old son of the famous aviator and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was kidnapped about 9:00 p.m., on March 1, 1932, from the nursery on the second floor of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New Jersey. The child's absence was discovered and reported to his parents, who were then at home, at approximately 10:00 p.m. by the child's nurse, Betty Gow. A search of the premises was immediately made and a ransom note demanding $50,000 was found on the nursery window sill. After the Hopewell police were notified, the report was telephoned to the New Jersey State Police, who assumed charge of the investigation. This case was based on handwriting there were three ransom notes written.http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/the-lindbergh-kidnapping. go to this site and learn more.

Ransom note

Known Signature of Hauptmann