History & public life · Autograph & handwriting
Vasco da Gama signature
The selected historical mark uses a connected title-form band rather than a modern full-name line.
What does Vasco da Gama’s signature look like?
The selected historical mark uses a connected title-form band rather than a modern full-name line. Taller strokes and a small upper curl interrupt its middle, above a long underline and crossed descenders at the right.
- Slant
- +10°forward
- Baseline
- −7.9°falling
- Width / height
- 2.39 : 1overall proportions
- Opening height
- 0.95×opening versus body letters
A title-form autograph above a long underline
The selected historical mark uses a connected title-form band rather than a modern full-name line. Taller strokes and a small upper curl interrupt its middle, above a long underline and crossed descenders at the right. Compare the upper additions with the lower returns: the writing has several distinct levels around a comparatively narrow central group.
Vasco da Gama signature analysis
Vasco da Gama’s signature sample has 10° of forward slant, a falling baseline and 5 enclosed loops. Use the layers to follow the writing line, letter band, slant and enclosed loops.
- Slantforward
- +10°
- Baselinefalling
- −7.9°
- Width / heightoverall proportions
- 2.39 : 1
- Opening heightopening versus body letters
- 0.95×
- Enclosed loopsclosed spaces in the image
- 5
- Ink groupsmain disconnected groups
- 8
- Ink densityinside the signature bounds
- 7.5%
- Underlinelower flourish
- 85% of width
- Finish heightrelative to the letter body
- +0.01×
Opening, letter body and finish
The opening stays near the height of the body letters. The opening-to-body ratio is 0.95×, while the whole image is 2.39 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 5 enclosed loops and 8 main ink groups. The lower flourish spans about 85% of the full ink width, giving the name another line to follow beneath its letters.
Vasco da Gama’s signature in graphology
Traditional graphology associates extended underlining with public emphasis. The tall upper strokes and crossed lower returns add expressive accents to this historical title-form specimen at several different heights.
Follow the forward-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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