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George Washington signature
A looped opening leads into long, closely joined cursive forms.
What does George Washington’s signature look like?
A looped opening leads into long, closely joined cursive forms. Tall strokes interrupt the low letter band, with a small curved mark beneath the latter part of the name.
- Slant
- ≥ +40°forward
- Baseline
- +2.6°rising
- Width / height
- 3.69 : 1overall proportions
- Opening height
- 1.70×opening versus body letters
Long cursive forms after a looped opening
The eye moves from the enlarged opening into a long sequence of smaller joined letters. Watch how the tall strokes interrupt that lower sequence without breaking the overall horizontal movement. The small mark below the later letters is separate from a broad, continuous underline.
George Washington signature analysis
George Washington’s signature sample has a forward slant at the edge of the measured range, a rising baseline and 8 enclosed loops. Use the layers to follow the writing line, letter band, slant and enclosed loops.
- Slantforward
- ≥ +40°
- Baselinerising
- +2.6°
- Width / heightoverall proportions
- 3.69 : 1
- Opening heightopening versus body letters
- 1.70×
- Enclosed loopsclosed spaces in the image
- 8
- Ink groupsmain disconnected groups
- 6
- Ink densityinside the signature bounds
- 10.0%
- Underlineno long lower flourish
- None
- Finish heightrelative to the letter body
- +0.50×
Opening, letter body and finish
The opening stays near the height of the body letters. The opening-to-body ratio is 1.70×, while the whole image is 3.69 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 8 enclosed loops and 6 main ink groups. The letterforms carry the main horizontal movement; there is no long lower underline detected beneath their band.
George Washington’s signature in graphology
Traditional graphology associates forward slant with responsiveness and outward expression.
Follow the forward-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.
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