nome: Regyuroevion ag] ids Bowe: pd 21-202) Characteristics of Handwriting Objective To analyze your own handwriting using the Characteristics Table, similar to what ‘examiners use in the field Materials «= Blue or Black Pen = The 12 characteristics from your Questioned Documents computer-based presentation notes '* Asheet of lined notebook paper ‘* Magnifying glass ‘Characteristics Table Handout Procedure 1. Write the following paragraph in cursive on your sheet of lined notebook paper. Do not try to disguise your writing. Write like you normally would in cursive. At 3:57 p.m. detectives responded to attempted murder at 1234 Blas Roque Street. Upon entering the residence, they noticed a broken glass siding door. In the residence, they noticed blood spatter. Eventually, they find out that the blood samples ‘came from two different individuals. Eyewitnesses describe 2 tall, Caucasian man fleeing the scene in 2 white unmarked van. He was seen wearing blue coveralls and white sneakers. The detectives continued to process the scene ‘and analyze all of the important evidence to help make their case. 2. Using the magnifying glass examine the paragraph that you just wrote. 3. Using your notes about the 12 characteristics, analyze your own handwriting, Fill ‘out the Characteristics Table handout. 4.after you complete the Characteristics Table handout, compare your handwriting with another student's sample. With your partner, discuss how each of your handwriting is unique to you. '5.Write a conclusion on the box provided below describing what you observe on ‘your handwriting and on the handwriting of your partner. It must be at least 50 ‘sentences. LosCharacteristics Table Characteristic Observation while analyzing your own Handwriting ne Spacing of words and letters We Tells And words ane ma Waal! OF SPRY Titik ji nn Relative height, width, and size of fea ae thie oe 15 Ute tnd ere become cbhas. dire in belt wid ard at 3. 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Point 3- Size and Proportion ‘* What is the height of the overall writing?:} 2yceeded om ta Hp baseline * What isthe height of the short letters jn relation to the tall ones? |? ist some keh lh my *Dothe strokes diminish in size? Yor, all webs : ‘alle *Dothey increase in sizejamOt Ye alo oad torah incteads | Ga + Are they narrow in proportion as they are tall7nO tley thick ' * Does the sentence formation create a convex and concave baseline? no“\t de> »2t * Does the sentence formation consistently un uphill? n> , 1s. sate ag. Yer line vn sak * Consistency runs downhill? #810 Form converging “railroad track"? Same oF He Word ort. Point 4- Alignment * Dothe stroke follow straight along the baseline? Some, of Hy, Utdrd llow hu = Do the letter strokes leave the baseline? ¥@5, almost all wf (Lun *Dothe word strokes eave the baseline? Yes, hoe all of taum * Isthe left margin essentially even? yal MR slsitjagged? Some otHe Wks are. # Do the strokes hit the margin at an oblique angle Yes it does + How much space is there between capitals and small letters? yst Yyif muh sive bocca} = Between separate coptals? 3 snot vrach SPO bet wten * Between word formations? Mt He yauch space In connecting strokes? po HNC gf a || : + Proportion of space breaks between letters? nat Mal much $file te teem lelies in wn Point 5- Spacing : + Are the strokes above and below the line balanced? Yes « {Lay ast ‘© How tall are the d and t stems in proportion to the rest Se Hesame as He ohm ots.s Are the strokes ikformed? Ve, orabonnst all of them Point 6- Degree of Slant Point 7- Weight of Strokes Point 8- T-Bars and I-Dots Point 9- The Needle, the Wedge, the Round, the Flat Point 20- Loops Point 22- Circle Formations Point 22- Initial and Final Strokes Sofs.Ceara ae < Fa gemtotelal- EnolaCera <€ zfc-cdha-vpt > piem Lye Cyaan legal Act? as dun wip analyse