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Sigmund Freud signature
A slender first-name group includes a long downward opening return.
What does Sigmund Freud’s signature look like?
A slender first-name group includes a long downward opening return. The surname begins with a much taller angular F and continues through small pointed connected forms toward a high final stroke.
- Slant
- +35°forward
- Baseline
- +6.2°rising
- Width / height
- 3.45 : 1overall proportions
- Opening height
- 0.84×opening versus body letters
A fine first name and a taller angular surname opening
A slender first-name group includes a long downward opening return. The surname begins with a much taller angular F and continues through small pointed connected forms toward a high final stroke. Compare those two openings with the intervening low band: the stronger vertical emphasis appears in the surname rather than uniformly across the full name.
Sigmund Freud signature analysis
Sigmund Freud’s signature sample has 35° of forward slant, a rising baseline and 4 enclosed loops. Use the layers to follow the writing line, letter band, slant and enclosed loops.
- Slantforward
- +35°
- Baselinerising
- +6.2°
- Width / heightoverall proportions
- 3.45 : 1
- Opening heightopening versus body letters
- 0.84×
- Enclosed loopsclosed spaces in the image
- 4
- Ink groupsmain disconnected groups
- 3
- Ink densityinside the signature bounds
- 7.6%
- Underlineno long lower flourish
- None
- Finish heightrelative to the letter body
- +1.25×
Opening, letter body and finish
The opening is lower than the typical letter body. The opening-to-body ratio is 0.84×, while the whole image is 3.45 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 4 enclosed loops and 3 main ink groups. The letterforms carry the main horizontal movement; there is no long lower underline detected beneath their band.
Sigmund Freud’s signature in graphology
Traditional graphology associates enlarged surname openings with public emphasis. The angular F supplies that gesture here, while the fine connected continuation gives the full name a flowing, economical rhythm.
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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