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Charles Dickens signature
The name forms a dense, connected upper band.
What does Charles Dickens’s signature look like?
The name forms a dense, connected upper band. Several long horizontal and oval sweeps are stacked beneath it, making the flourish a major part of the overall signature.
- Slant
- +12°forward
- Baseline
- −4.1°falling
- Width / height
- 2.30 : 1overall proportions
- Opening height
- 1.46×opening versus body letters
The lower sweeps carry much of the design
The written name forms a dense band above a sequence of horizontal and oval strokes. Follow the upper letters first, then each lower return. The stacked flourish occupies so much of the specimen that the complete outline looks very different from the letter band alone.
Charles Dickens signature analysis
Charles Dickens’s signature sample has 12° of forward slant, a falling baseline and 6 enclosed loops. Use the layers to follow the writing line, letter band, slant and enclosed loops.
- Slantforward
- +12°
- Baselinefalling
- −4.1°
- Width / heightoverall proportions
- 2.30 : 1
- Opening heightopening versus body letters
- 1.46×
- Enclosed loopsclosed spaces in the image
- 6
- Ink groupsmain disconnected groups
- 3
- Ink densityinside the signature bounds
- 18.0%
- Underlinelower flourish
- 74% of width
- Finish heightrelative to the letter body
- +1.55×
Opening, letter body and finish
The opening stays near the height of the body letters. The opening-to-body ratio is 1.46×, while the whole image is 2.30 times as wide as it is tall. The rightmost ink finishes above the writing line; look at this ending separately from the slant of the letters themselves.
Loops and the lower flourish
The sample contains 6 enclosed loops and 3 main ink groups. The lower flourish spans about 74% of the full ink width, giving the name another line to follow beneath its letters.
Charles Dickens’s signature in graphology
Traditional graphology associates forward slant with responsiveness and outward expression. An underline is traditionally read as a wish to give the name presence. The extended pen path adds the flourish that graphologists associate with expressiveness.
Follow the forward-leaning strokes in this image alongside the lower flourish. For another perspective on your own writing, the handwriting analysis tool brings slant, size and spacing into a full-page reading.
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