Basis of Handwriting Impulse

Cortex

Cortex is the brain area, where the impulse to form a letters emanates. This
cortex center is related to the brain area that control vision, hearing, talking and
walking. It guides the muscles of the hand, as they move, to write in the complex
movements that make the words into paragraph.

Each writer had their own way of holding, manipulating and exerting pressure on
the pen. Hence, the same pen in different hands will create entirely different
strokes structure. The portion of the brain near the motor area of the cortex is
responsible for the finger movement in the execution of handwriting as well as its
idiosyncrasies.

Agraphia

Agraphia is a disease in cortex area of the brain that loss the ability to write
although he could still grasp a writing instrument. Therefore, the ability to hold a
pen or pencil to form symbols, letters and words still, emanate from the cortical
center of the brain.

Three kinds of muscles in the hands

1. Extensor Muscle- these muscles are responsible to push the pen to for
upward strokes.
2. Flexor Muscle- these muscles are responsible to push the pen from
downward strokes.
3. Lumbrical Muscle- responsible for the lateral stroke when combine with
extensor and flexor muscles.

Aside from these kind of muscles, there are also four group of muscles used in
writing, such as: fingers, elbows and the shoulder. When these muscles work
together to produce form of stroke structure of the letters or words, this is known
as motor coordination.

Idiosyncrasy or Individuality of Handwriting

Idiosyncrasy or individuality of writing with all its thousand o peculiarities in

combination, are the most personal individual thing that a man does, which
leaves a record that can be seen and analyze when, questioned crop up. The
development of the writing pattern of each child or learner, embodies unique
combination of such deviation from the standard letter forms or copybook forms,
and become his personal habit as consequence.

Styles of Signature

Writers use two or more styles of signatures, the most common of which are:

1. Conventional style- one written in the ordinary long-hand writing style

2. Individualize or personalized style- one in which the signature is made up of
certain designs or patterns, not usually legible as forms of the letters, but it
is personal to the writer.

Kinds of Handwriting

1. Block or Block lettering or printing- every letters are capital letters, from the
beginning of the words up to end of the words or paragraphs.
2. Cursive or Ductus link or Junction connected- all letters are connected in
one word, but do not include the next word because it needs space.
3. Script or Ductus broken or junction broken- not connected from the first
letter up to the end of the word or paragraph.