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    This document provides an observation chart for analyzing handwriting samples. It includes sections to note impressions of zones, baseline, slant, pressure, size, spacing, speed, rhythm and form quality, strokes and shapes. The observer is to check characteristics in each category and note any dominant features, proportions, connections and formations that provide insights into the writer's personality, temperament, social orientation, expression of energy and emphasis on self-importance. Special considerations may reveal signs of emotional distress, dishonesty or other insights.

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    This document provides an observation chart for analyzing handwriting samples. It includes sections to note impressions of zones, baseline, slant, pressure, size, spacing, speed, rhythm and form quality, strokes and shapes. The observer is to check characteristics in each category and note any dominant features, proportions, connections and formations that provide insights into the writer's personality, temperament, social orientation, expression of energy and emphasis on self-importance. Special considerations may reveal signs of emotional distress, dishonesty or other insights.

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    HANDWRITING ANALYSIS OBSERVATION CHART

    Name: Age: Sex: Date of Sample:

    First Impressions, overall look, personal reactions, graphological extremes:

    Systematic Checklist: Check all the characteristics you can observe in each area.

    ZONES - Indicators of inner balance and character.


    balanced
    dominating UZ
    dominating MZ
    dominating LZ
    -dominating UZ and LZ
    erratic proportion
    additional zonal observations:

    BASELINE - Measure of temperament, mood level and quality of social control.


    straight
    rigid
    -sinuous
    rising
    falling
    other observations:

    SLANT - Social orientation and degree of emotional expression.


    vertical
    i.ncIined
    very inclined
    extremely inclined
    reclined
    very reclined
    -extremely reclined
    unstable
    additional slant observations:
    PRESSURE - Intensity of energy, how displayed, sensuality of the writer
    heavy
    ___ medium
    light
    average width
    thick
    thin
    -shaded
    pastiose
    very pastiose
    ___ sharp
    additional pressure observations:

    SIZE - Emphasis placed b y the writer on his own importance.


    -average
    -large
    small
    var iabIe
    other size observations

    SPACING - Relationship between the writer and other people or situations.


    narrow letters
    wide letters
    letters close together
    letters wide apart
    words close together
    words wide apart
    lines close together
    lines far apart
    tangling between lines
    rigid spacing
    irregular spacing
    wide margins
    narrow margins
    other margin observations:

    other spatial observations:

    SPEED - Mental and physical agilty


    fast
    slow

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    RHYTHM and FORM QUALITY - Balance and harmony within the self and between the self and the
    world at large; personal style of expression.
    good rhythm
    bad rhythm
    -. embellished
    -- simplified
    ___ negl8Cted
    other rhythmic observations:

    other form level observations:

    STROKES and SHAPES - Qualities of activity, thought, expression and communication.


    Overall look:
    round
    - angular
    ~- threaded
    -mixed
    loops - what kind?
    -stick-figurestrokes
    Ovals:
    ___ open
    closed
    -knotted
    lead-ins- what kind?
    endings - what kind?
    Connecting Strokes:
    garland
    arcaded
    -angular
    -threaded
    -mixed
    -very connected writing
    -mostly connected writing
    disconnected writing
    ___ totally disconnected writing
    printing
    other observations:

    180
    What do you observe about the following:
    personal pronoun “I”:

    small letter “d”:

    t-bars:

    I-dotsi

    the signature:

    capital letter formations:

    small letter formations:

    the “y” and the “g”:

    Are there signs of emotional distress?

    Are there signs of dishonesty?

    Any other special considerations?

    SUMMATION:

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