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Rudyard Kipling signature
Rudyard Kipling stretches across a fine shallow band.
What does Rudyard Kipling’s signature look like?
Rudyard Kipling stretches across a fine shallow band. Larger opening forms interrupt its left and middle, with a longer final descent at the right and a short thin underline beneath the earlier part.
- Slant
- −3°near upright
- Baseline
- +1.8°near level
- Width / height
- 6.01 : 1overall proportions
- Opening height
- 2.13×opening versus body letters
A shallow fine name above a short lower line
Rudyard Kipling stretches across a fine shallow band. Larger opening forms interrupt its left and middle, with a longer final descent at the right and a short thin underline beneath the earlier part. Compare the name’s full extent with that smaller lower stroke: the written words supply most of its breadth, while the underline emphasizes only one region.
Rudyard Kipling signature analysis
Rudyard Kipling’s signature sample has an almost upright slant, a near-level baseline and 1 enclosed loop. Use the layers to follow the writing line, letter band, slant and enclosed loops.
- Slantnear upright
- −3°
- Baselinenear level
- +1.8°
- Width / heightoverall proportions
- 6.01 : 1
- Opening heightopening versus body letters
- 2.13×
- Enclosed loopsclosed spaces in the image
- 1
- Ink groupsmain disconnected groups
- 5
- Ink densityinside the signature bounds
- 6.3%
- Underlineno long lower flourish
- None
- Finish heightrelative to the letter body
- +0.82×
Opening, letter body and finish
The enlarged opening stands above the smaller letters. The opening-to-body ratio is 2.13×, while the whole image is 6.01 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 1 enclosed loop and 5 main ink groups. The letterforms carry the main horizontal movement; there is no long lower underline detected beneath their band.
Rudyard Kipling’s signature in graphology
Traditional graphology associates underlining with public emphasis. The short lower line gives this specimen a restrained accent, while the fine connected words maintain a more economical flowing rhythm above it.
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