Random Strokes and Specific Characteristics

There are a few specific strokes that can tell us about the writer, that might or might not occur in the handwriting we are analyzing. Then we have some specific characteristics to look for...

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High ending strokes go up into the air above the rest of the word...
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High ending strokes go up into the air but not very much above the other letters...
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Ending strokes go out horizontally from the word before fading upwards slightly...
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Ending strokes terminate abruptly at the end of the word...
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Ending strokes stretch abnormally out to fill up blank space between words...
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Ending strokes drop, without hooking...
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Ending strokes drop, with hooking...
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Ending strokes extend straight out...
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Ending strokes actually connect to the next word...
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Ending strokes go straight down...
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Ending strokes loop up and around to the left, and end up horizontally pointing left, back at the word just completed...
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Ending strokes don't match any of the ones above...

The entire writing stays pretty level overall (if using unlined paper).
The entire writing slants slightly uphill (if using unlined paper).
The entire writing slants markedly uphill, almost as if the paper was turned (if using unlined paper).
The entire writing slants slightly downhill (if using unlined paper).
The entire writing slants markedly downhill, almost as if the paper was turned (if using unlined paper).
The entire writing slants uphill at first, then drops again.
The entire writing slants downhill at first, but then comes back up again.
Several words slant downhill at first, but then comes back up for the next series that slants down again, repeating the pattern.
Several words slant uphill at first, but then drops back down for the next series that slants up again, repeating the pattern.
The line and slant stay pretty level until the last word which suddenly slants down.

The entire writing sample looks like the writer was pressing down extra HARD on the paper while they wrote, almost the to point of tearing the paper hard.
The entire writing sample looks like the writer was pressing down harder than normal on the paper while they wrote.
The entire writing sample looks like the writer was pressing down extra LIGHT on the paper while they wrote, almost so light as to be unreadable.
The entire writing sample looks like the writer was pressing down lighter than normal on the paper while they wrote.
The entire writing sample looks like the writer was pressing was varying their pressure on the paper while they wrote (some areas light, some dark, some medium, etc).
The entire writing sample looks like the writer was pressing down about NORMAL on the paper while they wrote.

There are broken letters throughout the sample (spaces inside actual letters where the pen has left the page).

 


 
The writing is all in normal print, not cursive.
The writing is all in print CAPITALS, with each letter fully formed and all segments joined.
The writing within words themsleves is a combination of print and cursive.
The writing is in cursive, and all letters within words are connected correctly.
The writing is primarily in cursive, but not all letters inside words are connected (gaps exist).
The writing has words all in cursive, and words all in print mixed in, with no real ryhmne or reason for when each happens.
The writing is all in CAPITALS, but portions of individual letters are segmented, and not joined together properly.

Lines and Letters tangled up in each other...

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An especially large lower case letter, like "k", anywhere in the writing
Writing is "dressed" up with lots of curlyques and other unecessary "fluff"...
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