frequently share some hand- writing characteristics

Once a writer has reached the permanent condition of automatic writing, he or she has attain

which continues until some physical or mental disturbance interferes with the ability to write.

It's profiles character or personality by drawing conclusion from certain type of characte- ristics in handwriting sample. They do not compare handwriting to determine authenticity or origin. Most graphologist lack of scientific proof

-also known as handwriting specialists, study specifically the whole document in order to recognize the source or other evidence that can be determine authenticity document in questioned.

The pseudoscientific study and analysis of hand- writing, especially in relation to human psychology

is the highest form of an individual's writing consisting of his normal writing habits and which is regularly being executed by a writer.

The lowest specimen of writing degree is the

the letter in the word (s) are CAPITALIZED

refers to the specimen of writing in which letters are for the most part joined together

-generally refers to disconnected style of writing. It may take the form of a Block Capital (All capitals disconnected style) or a MANUSCRIPT form (combination of capital and small letters

are those which are highly personal or peculiar and are unlikely to occur in other

These are small inconspicuous habits of the writer that go unnoticed by most people

which refers to the hand's grasp on the writing instrument, and the amount of pressure used to push the pen across the paper

refers to the writer's consistency of the slant combined with the even return to the baseline ✓ Skilled writers produce more rhythmic writing than unskilled writers

refers to the direction in which the writing leans it may lean to the RIGHT or the LEFTfor it may be VERTICAL or it may be variable.

Refer to the use of space by the writer, including size and proportions of the writing, space between letters, words and lines, and the baseline alignment.

are strokes that occur at the beginning of an unattached lettenblished had y These strokes represent well-established habits of the writer.

that make up an individual's handwriting represent the range of the writer

includes DIRECTION, SLANT, RHYTHM, PRESSURE PATTERNS, LINE QUALITY, AND SPEED

dictate that writing prog- resses from left to right on a horizontal plane

may be consciously executed characteristics, particularly circle i-dots or the placement of i-dots or t-bars in a location that is pleasing to the writer

habits are those the writer cultivates in his or her writing

Meanwhile the___ creep into handwriting without conscious awareness.

can be found always in his writing

be found in a group of writers who studied the same system of writing

only found occasionally in his writing

special to the writer and perhaps found only in one or two persons in a group of one hundred individuals

those deviations from the norm that writers make when they do not follow the rules of penmanship.

the characteristics of writing that occur in handwriting include the appea- rance of the writing and the method of construction

are those features shared by a large number of people.

are called CHARACTERISTICS it used to identify handwriting

it in charge of pushing up the pen to form the upward strokes and ease the tension produce as result of flexion.

it in charge to push the pen to form downward strokes...

it's produces lateral Stroke

the state of being equally adept in the use of both left and right appendage such as the hand

is a form of handedness in which one has greater coordination and dexterity in the right hand than the left hand

word "Calli" came from the Greek word "Kallos, which means "beauty", is a type of visual art. It is also called as the art of fancy lettering

the Greek word "Kakos" means bad, it is the possession of poor spelling skills or bad writing

is a skill and grace in physical movement especially in the use of hands; adroitness. It is mental skill or adroitness, cleverness.

It is a visible effect of a bodily movement which is an almost unconscious expression of fixed muscular habit, reacting from the fixed mental impression of certain ideas associated with script form.

A type of disease that comes to an older aged persons, it greatly affects the handwriting of a person thru uncontrolled tremor that are typically features of advance stage of such ailment.

According to Beacom (1968) "to whom much is owed for the knowledge and examples that we have of the writing of (1) the blind, (2) the sinistral, (3) aphasics, (4) twins and quintuplets, provides a definition of cerebral palsy as "an abnormal alteration of movement or motor function arising from defect, injury, or disease of the nerve tissues in the cranial cavity."

an inability to write the correct words, but the ability to copy text is retained.

is the term that identifies the inability to write, or to write in an orderly fashion, as the result of brain lesions.

This refers to a serious writing problem in relative to dyslexia where writing may be erratic, cramped, illegible and misshaped

It is a learning disability, wherein children suffers difficulty in learning to read which later develop a deficiency in spelling a word and sometimes cause phonetic switching in writing.

It is a condition whereby a person's power to understand words is impaired, this is normally due to stroke, brain infections, head injuries and tumors that accompanies paralysis where upper limbs which recover slower than the lower limbs

one loses the ability to write although he could still grasp a writing instrument thus the ability or power to hold a pencil to form symbols and words can be said to emanate from this critical center.

use their THUMB to exert pressure on the writing instrument to push it horizontally in a rightward and upward direction.

pushes the writing instrument leftward both

is reached when the motor skills of the writer are fully developed, writer no longer Has to focus attention on the act of writing.

generally introduced by the end of the second grade or the beginning of the third grade

The powers of obser vation and the ability to remember the form of obser Weltwo principal considerations

Children learn in the primary grades

As learning to write and practice a writer progresses the writer develops his own writing habits and identifying details, some of writer uses hand print while others evolve their writing to cursive but there are some writers who uses both hand print and cursive style it is sometimes called as

is a precursor to writing and helps children develop coordination

involves the VISUAL OBSERVATION of one's surroundings

see many forms that they will eventually identify and duplicate