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George Orwell signature
The source specimen identifies Eric Blair in an upper line and George Orwell in a parenthetical lower group.
What does George Orwell’s signature look like?
The source specimen identifies Eric Blair in an upper line and George Orwell in a parenthetical lower group. A small detached flourish sits beneath them.
- Slant
- −18°backward
- Baseline
- −0.1°near level
- Width / height
- 2.48 : 1overall proportions
- Opening height
- 1.32×opening versus body letters
Eric Blair above a parenthetical George Orwell
The source specimen identifies Eric Blair in an upper line and George Orwell in a parenthetical lower group. A small detached flourish sits beneath them. Compare the two writing levels and the surrounding punctuation: the complete selected image includes both names, so its overall height and disconnected marks extend beyond a single-word autograph.
George Orwell signature analysis
George Orwell’s signature sample has 18° of backward slant, a near-level baseline and 7 enclosed loops. Use the layers to follow the writing line, letter band, slant and enclosed loops.
- Slantbackward
- −18°
- Baselinenear level
- −0.1°
- Width / heightoverall proportions
- 2.48 : 1
- Opening heightopening versus body letters
- 1.32×
- Enclosed loopsclosed spaces in the image
- 7
- Ink groupsmain disconnected groups
- 8
- Ink densityinside the signature bounds
- 6.3%
- Underlinelower flourish
- 26% of width
- Finish heightrelative to the letter body
- +0.33×
Opening, letter body and finish
The opening stays near the height of the body letters. The opening-to-body ratio is 1.32×, while the whole image is 2.48 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 7 enclosed loops and 8 main ink groups. The lower flourish spans about 26% of the full ink width, giving the name another line to follow beneath its letters.
George Orwell’s signature in graphology
Traditional graphology associates enlarged openings and returning lower strokes with expressive emphasis. In this specimen those gestures appear within two name levels, while the parentheses and detached flourish add separate framing marks.
Follow the backward-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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