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Alan Turing signature
Two small angular initials and dots occupy the left of this specimen.
What does Alan Turing’s signature look like?
Two small angular initials and dots occupy the left of this specimen. Turing follows in dark low connected forms, beneath a separate horizontal T crossbar and a detached dot near the end.
- Slant
- −5°backward
- Baseline
- +2.0°near level
- Width / height
- 5.03 : 1overall proportions
- Opening height
- 0.67×opening versus body letters
A M Turing with separated initials and a low surname
Two small angular initials and dots occupy the left of this specimen. Turing follows in dark low connected forms, beneath a separate horizontal T crossbar and a detached dot near the end. Compare the segmented opening with the more continuous surname: the autograph keeps its body shallow and uses isolated marks to punctuate the upper space.
Alan Turing signature analysis
Alan Turing’s signature sample has 5° of backward slant, a near-level baseline and 1 enclosed loop. Use the layers to follow the writing line, letter band, slant and enclosed loops.
- Slantbackward
- −5°
- Baselinenear level
- +2.0°
- Width / heightoverall proportions
- 5.03 : 1
- Opening heightopening versus body letters
- 0.67×
- Enclosed loopsclosed spaces in the image
- 1
- Ink groupsmain disconnected groups
- 9
- Ink densityinside the signature bounds
- 9.8%
- Underlineno long lower flourish
- None
- Finish heightrelative to the letter body
- −0.56×
Opening, letter body and finish
The opening is lower than the typical letter body. The opening-to-body ratio is 0.67×, while the whole image is 5.03 times as wide as it is tall. The rightmost ink finishes below the writing line; look at this ending separately from the slant of the letters themselves.
Loops and the lower flourish
The sample contains 1 enclosed loop and 9 main ink groups. The letterforms carry the main horizontal movement; there is no long lower underline detected beneath their band.
Alan Turing’s signature in graphology
Traditional graphology associates economical abbreviated forms with directness. The separate initials give the opening a deliberate rhythm, while the upper crossbar adds a restrained emphasis above the compact surname.
Follow the backward-leaning strokes in this image alongside the smaller body letters. For another perspective on your own writing, the handwriting analysis tool brings slant, size and spacing into a full-page reading.
Signatures with similar shapes
Compare these samples’ slant, proportions and letter rhythm with Alan Turing’s autograph.
