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Detailed Guidelines for Graphologists on How to Collect Handwriting Samples

on it. Your subject may have been too So much for the DON’Ts. Remember
F careful in writing. the one big DO. Do try to get a sample
O of writing that the subject does not know
R 3. Don’t, if possible, use a sample writ- will be used for analysis. A letter writ-

G ten in pencil. The pen is usually much ten to a friend is ideal, since one is really
E more sensitive. trying to put oneself into the writing and

R should be more honest than usual-both in
Y 4. Don’t use postcard samples. They what is said and in how it is written.

are usually too crowded and pinched, Now, keeping in mind that handwriting
D and the spacing of the lines is very im- should be studied as a whole, not as a
E portant in graphology. bunch of symbols, you are ready to learn

C to analyze. Deep down, everyone is a
E 5. Don’t use a sample that has been graphologist. If you have ever received
P written to someone in power, such as a love letter, you know what that means.

T a teacher or a boss. These are usually Unconsciously, you consider the hand-
I too carefully written in order not to writing of your friend to be a secret

O reveal the real character of the writer. message. What else can be more upset-
N ting than to get a love note that is typed?

6. Don’t use a sample that is a copy of
L something that someone else has writ- Kathleen is a certified graphology ex-
I ten-a Bible verse, for example. The pert from the International Handwriting

E writer may not really believe what he Analysis Foundation which offers
S or she has written, and the writing will guidance to all students of handwriting

be unconsciously changed. analysis worldwide.

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