HANDWRITING & GRAPHOLOGY
Letter M handwriting analysis
Lowercase m is built from successive body-height movements. Count the humps, compare their rounding and look at the spaces between them.
Compare m letter forms
The humps have curved shoulders. Compare the first and last arch rather than treating the whole m as one curve.
The shoulders change direction at pointed tops. Note how the valleys return toward the baseline.
The arches sit close together. Inspect whether each remains distinguishable from a join or an extra stroke.
These original diagrams isolate number, shape and spacing of humps. Compare their shapes with several occurrences in your own handwriting; the dashed guides show the body band.
What to look for
- How many humps are clearly visible?
- Are their heights alike?
- Do compressed joins make m resemble n?
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 m within words
Use words such as many and moment as starting points for a sample comparison. Write them in your ordinary hand, then compare the m 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.