Handwriting as a personal trademark

Handwriting is a very personal and individual trademark of personality. As no two people have exactly the same handwriting, _____1_____have for hundreds of years been regarded as legally binding on documents of all types. A person's handwriting is his own private trademark or __2____ which cannot be reproduced by any other individual.

This was firmly believed by no less a personality than Sir William Herschel who founded the system of identification through ____3______. He accepted that handwriting revealed character in the same way that fingerprints reveal identity.

Alfred Binet, the renowned _____4_______ who founded the modern method of I.Q. Testing for intelligence was a firm supporter of _____5_____ and confirmed that certain handwriting traits revealed actual ____6_______.

The French psychologist, Pierre Janet (1859-1947) referred to handwriting analysis as a "science of the future" and described handwriting itself as; "an act which leaves _____7_____. It is the film record of the writer's sensibilities."

The "printout" left by handwriting is a description of the individual's character in psychological code. The graphologist, by using scientifically validated graphological techniques in combination with psychological theory is able ____8_____ that code and to translate it into _____9______ of the writer's character.

Психологический практикум. На неразлинованном листе бумаги напишите предложенный ниже отрывок текста в несколько строчек. Ответьте на вопросы теста и определите, какими, по мнению графолога, чертами характера Вы обладаете. Выступите перед группой со своим анализом, что совпало, а что нет, по Вашему мнению, с результатами графологической экспертизы. (Инструкция, как оценить Ваши ответы приводится ниже).

DISCOVER WHAT YOUR HANDWRITING SAYS ABOUT YOU.

On blank (unlined) paper please write the paragraph below as you normally would. Use at least two lines. Keep the paper in front of you so that you can answer the questions 'Well!' thought Alice to herself, 'after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which was very likely true.) “Alice's adventures in wonderland” Lewis Carroll 1. How would you say your letters slope? Backward Straight up and down Forward 2. Are the letters in your words Fully connected, with clear breaks between the words? Partially connected, depending on the letters? Unconnected, like printing? 3. Between words, do you leave Wide spaces? Narrow spaces? No spaces - words are connected, pen doesn't leave paper? 4. How close together are your lines of writing? Very far apart Apart far enough that the letters do not touch Close enough that the descenders of the top and the ascenders of the bottom overwrite each other. Note: Ascenders are letters like h and t. Descenders are letters like y and g. 5. What color ink did you choose? (If you used another color, which of these three would you prefer?) Blue-black Red Light Blue 6. How large was your capital I in the sample? Larger than the other capital letters Smaller than the other capital letters 7. What do your t bars look like? (The crossbars on your letter t) They tend to be to the left of the stem of the t They cross the t more or less in the middle They tend to be to the right of the stem of the t 8. Does your writing slope Upward on the page? Downward on the page? 9. Which takes the most space vertically in a line of your writing? The ascenders (letters like t and h) The middle zone (letters like a, e, n) The descenders (letters like y and g) 10. How much pressure does your writing show? Fine and spidery? Firm and even? Heavy?