HANDWRITING & GRAPHOLOGY
Letter I handwriting analysis
Lowercase i has a small body stroke and a separate dot. Compare the dot’s horizontal position, height and shape with the stem underneath it.
Compare i letter forms
The dot sits near the body stroke’s vertical axis. Compare several dots to see whether that placement is consistent.
The dot lies ahead of the stem. Distinguish that horizontal shift from the slant of the body stroke itself.
A short dash replaces a compact dot. Examine its length, direction and separation from nearby punctuation.
These original diagrams isolate dot position and body stroke. Compare their shapes with several occurrences in your own handwriting; the dashed guides show the body band.
What to look for
- Which stem does the dot belong to?
- Does the dot sit ahead, behind or above it?
- Are the dots similar across the sample?
Begin with the ordinary lowercase body, then follow the opening and finishing strokes. Record where the letter joins its neighbors and whether the same form appears at the beginning, middle and end of a word.
Read i within words
Use words such as inside and writing as starting points for a sample comparison. Write them in your ordinary hand, then compare the i forms with examples already present in a note.
A neighboring stroke can close an oval, extend a shoulder or hide a return. Trace the visible boundary before naming the feature. Compare letter shape separately from the word’s slant and the line’s direction.
Connect the letter to a whole-page reading
One letter supplies a local observation. Repeated forms show whether that observation belongs to the wider writing rhythm. Use the linked feature guides to compare its proportions, turns and connections with the rest of the sample.
Compare an enlarged capital or a signature initial with ordinary letters on the same page. A decorative opening may occupy a different height and shape from the body letters that follow it.