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HUMAN SCALE / Body, gesture & creative attention
Graphology.
Interpretive systems that assign personal or symbolic meanings to features of handwriting.
LEXICON / LANGUAGE & MEANING
Names in context.
- Graphology
- Grafología
Interpretation of handwriting features as signs of personal characteristics within a stated system.
- Handwriting description
- Descripción de escritura manuscrita
Recording visible features such as spacing, slant, pressure marks and line form.
PROVENANCE & INTERPRETATIONA practice,
A practice,
a setting.
Graphology differs from spontaneous writing and from forensic comparison of documents. A handwriting sample can be described materially without treating its appearance as a reliable measure of personality.
FIELD NOTE / METHOD
Keep a record.
- Identify the interpretive school or historical text.
- Describe visible spacing, stroke and layout before considering meanings.
- Keep the description and the attributed interpretation separate, without a personality diagnosis.
POTPOURRI / PHOTO GUIDE
What to include.
- Send a straight, evenly lit image of an original sample with its edges visible.
- Remove signatures, addresses and private text unless essential to the submitted question.
POTPOURRI / PERSONAL INTERPRETATION
Photo instructions & submission ↗Share a photograph or a record.
A photograph, drawing or dated record can be sent privately for a personal reading. Include the procedure and the question.