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HANDWRITINGANALYSIS THE COMPLETE BASIC BOOK

Light Pressure. These people possess a certain delicacy of feeling. The personality is sensitive and impressionable. There is often great creative ability, but the potential is seldom fulfilled as these writers seem unable to absorb their experiences. The willpower is not strong, so the light-pressure writer can easily succumb to the dominance of a heavier writer. They are far more tolerant and genial than their counterparts, and though they can lapse into superficiality, their lack of inhibition can be refreshing. When the rest of the writing is harmonious, the finest peaks of spirituality and idealism are reached.

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With unharmonious writing, light pressure is an indicator of fragility and

At an extreme point of lightness within the pressure pattern we reach the same reversal of meaning we do with very heavy pressure. It takes a certain amount of strength and willpower to check pressure. This passive resistance is expressed gently, but is a firm indication of a refusal to be committed. Very light pressure frequently turns up in the writing of actors or actresses, who must be able to drop their own force of personality in order to play the role of another.

THE WIDTH OF THE STROKE

The relative thinness or thickness of the stroke tells us how the writer displays energy in action. This aspect o pressure has more to do with the manner in which a f person grasps the pen than it does with muscular energy. One pen can produce different results in the hands of different people. The following three examples were supplied by three different individuals using the same pen-a wide-point felt tip. Note the unique effect produced by each writer.