HANDWRITING & GRAPHOLOGY
Free graphology course: six handwriting analysis lessons
Follow six lessons from sample preparation to a complete handwriting observation. Each lesson includes an exercise and a self-check answer.
1. Gather a sample
Choose an ordinary paragraph and its full-page photograph. Record the pen, date and task. Keep an additional crop of the signature.
Your exercise
Complete the observation in your own sample and save a short note with the marked feature. Use the worksheet to keep the samples and comparisons together.
Check your understanding
Why keep the full page? It preserves paper edges and margins; a crop can remove that context.
2. Read the page
Trace the writing block and compare line starts, line endings and spaces between lines. Mark the body-letter bottoms before following the baseline.
Your exercise
Complete the observation in your own sample and save a short note with the marked feature. Use the worksheet to keep the samples and comparisons together.
Check your understanding
Why avoid the bottoms of g and y? Their descenders extend below the ordinary body baseline.
3. Separate the measurements
Compare slant, body height and word gaps in three words. Open the analyzer and toggle the corresponding layers.
Your exercise
Complete the observation in your own sample and save a short note with the marked feature. Use the worksheet to keep the samples and comparisons together.
Check your understanding
Can a rising baseline have upright letters? Yes. Line direction and stem direction describe different geometry.
4. Compare repeated letter forms
Choose one oval, one upper stem and one lower tail. Compare three occurrences of each using the A–Z guide.
Your exercise
Complete the observation in your own sample and save a short note with the marked feature. Use the worksheet to keep the samples and comparisons together.
Check your understanding
Why compare several occurrences? Neighboring ink and a single unusual form can change a local outline.
5. Compare a signature with a note
Measure opening height against body height. Record any underline, loop and final sweep. Compare shared forms with the paragraph.
Your exercise
Complete the observation in your own sample and save a short note with the marked feature. Use the worksheet to keep the samples and comparisons together.
Check your understanding
Does one enlarged signature capital make the ordinary note large? No. Compare the ordinary lowercase bodies separately.
6. Write a complete observation
Use the worksheet to record each visible feature and its traditional theme. Include exceptions and the scale of the image.
Your exercise
Complete the observation in your own sample and save a short note with the marked feature. Use the worksheet to keep the samples and comparisons together.
Check your understanding
What makes a reading traceable? Each interpretation points to a visible feature and a location in the sample.