handwriting analysis
Penmanship personality study
Handwriting analysis is the examination of someone's penmanship to draw conclusions about them.
In forensic contexts, it means comparing writing samples to determine authorship—verifying signatures or identifying who wrote a ransom note.
In pseudoscientific contexts (graphology), it claims to reveal personality traits from how someone forms letters: The job application required a handwriting analysis.
- graphologyStudy of penmanship patterns
- ransom noteAbductor's payment demand
- personality assessmentMeasuring individual character traits
- personality traitsEnduring behavioral tendencies
- hidden meaningsImplicit messages beneath surface
forensic linguistics · loops · paleography · signature verification · chain of custody · slant · pressure · baseline · letter formation · emotional expression · historical manuscripts · love letters · legal evidence · court testimony · individual differences · strokes · letters · forensic
- analysisevaluate, examine, assess, interpret, compare
- forensicsDNA, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics, fingerprint
- authorshipauthorship, author bio, byline, attributed, credited
- biometricsfingerprints, fingerprint scan, iris scan, face recognition, palm print
- pseudosciencehomeopathy, astrology, phrenology, numerology, palmistry
- paleographypaleography, uncial, minuscule, majuscule, cursive
handwriting analysisDNA analysis
Examining hereditary material
fingerprinting · biometric identification · voice recognition · facial recognition · dental records