How to Detect Personality Traits Through Handwriting

Difficulty: Moderately challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Stationery
Writing Pens

Step 1

Note whether your handwriting slants to the right, left, or is upright. Do you write with heavy, moderate, or light pressure? These are emotional indicators.
Step 2

Analyze mental ability by looking at whether your handwriting has arced, needlelike, or printed (not cursive) connections. The slant also tells you something about mental ability.
Step 3

Do your t-bars cross the t-stems above, at, or below the middles of the t-stems? Are your t-bars long and heavy, long and light, short and heavy, or short and light? Analysis of this tells about your goals.
Step 4

Are your t-stems and d-stems: tall, moderate, or short? Do you loop your t-stems and d-stems? Do your t-bars cross the t-stems above, at, or below the middles of the t-stems? These are indicators of self-image.
Step 5

Combine the answers to slant, loops of d-stems and t-stems, with information on whether you write the lower parts of y, g, j with large, small, or incomplete loops ' or straight downstrokes. This will tell you about your social skills.
Step 6

Understand your modes of communication by analyzing whether your o's and a's are closed at the top, whether you have narrow handwriting, and whether your o's and a's have right, left, no loops.
Step 7

Determine your general attitude by looking at slant along with your i dots (right, left, or elsewhere in relation to stem), and by figuring out if your handwriting dominates the lower, upper, or middle zone.
Step 8

Buy a book so you can match your handwriting to real examples and do your own handwriting analysis.
Step 9

Check into websites that offer handwriting analysis.

Comments

PsychologyProf said

on 10/19/2007 There is no scientific basis for hand writing analysis as an indicator of personality. It's similar to reading tea leaves, reading your palm, etc. If you believe in those, then hand writing analysis might just be the thing for you. Otherwise, check out valid ways of better understanding yourself.

ScottPetullo said

on 4/1/2007 Generally speaking, closed a's and o's represent reticence. However, you must consider all possible mitigating and supporting influences (over 300 aspects to consider in a decent handwriting sample). Unfortunately, the above article is both misleading and superficial. I suggest you consider handwriting analysis courses. The Institute of Graphological Science in Dallas is well respected.
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