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Usain Bolt signature
Usain Bolt’s autograph sits between a high diagonal stroke and a long lower crossing line.
What does Usain Bolt’s signature look like?
Usain Bolt’s autograph sits between a high diagonal stroke and a long lower crossing line. The first-name opening has a deep narrow turn, and the later letters rise toward the right.
- Slant
- +11°forward
- Baseline
- +11.3°rising
- Width / height
- 2.31 : 1overall proportions
- Opening height
- 0.90×opening versus body letters
A connected name between two long rising lines
Usain Bolt’s autograph sits between a high diagonal stroke and a long lower crossing line. The first-name opening has a deep narrow turn, and the later letters rise toward the right. Compare the name’s small curves with the two extended lines: the specimen’s width comes from its framing strokes as much as the written letters.
Usain Bolt signature analysis
Usain Bolt’s signature sample has 11° of forward slant, a rising baseline and 12 enclosed loops. Use the layers to follow the writing line, letter band, slant and enclosed loops.
- Slantforward
- +11°
- Baselinerising
- +11.3°
- Width / heightoverall proportions
- 2.31 : 1
- Opening heightopening versus body letters
- 0.90×
- Enclosed loopsclosed spaces in the image
- 12
- Ink groupsmain disconnected groups
- 1
- Ink densityinside the signature bounds
- 10.2%
- Underlineno long lower flourish
- None
- Finish heightrelative to the letter body
- +0.07×
Opening, letter body and finish
The opening stays near the height of the body letters. The opening-to-body ratio is 0.90×, while the whole image is 2.31 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 12 enclosed loops and 1 main ink group. The letterforms carry the main horizontal movement; there is no long lower underline detected beneath their band.
Usain Bolt’s signature in graphology
Traditional graphology associates repeated rising strokes with forward movement in the public presentation. The connected name gives that movement a flowing centre, while the long upper and lower lines make the outline more emphatic.
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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