handwriting samples
Collected ink evidence
Handwriting samples are specimens of a person's writing, collected for comparison or analysis.
Law enforcement gathers handwriting samples to match against questioned documents—ransom notes, forged checks, threatening letters: The detective asked the suspect to provide handwriting samples.
Forensic examiners compare letter formations, spacing, and pressure to identify or exclude writers.
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
- scriptWritten words for performance
- letter formationShaping written symbols
- autographHandwritten personal signature
signature · ink · graphology · forensic · forgery · specimen · handwriting analysis · analysis · loops · strokes · slant · pressure · nib · letters · document · examination · trace · authentic
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- Shakespeareanafolios, quartos, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello