Handwriting - I'm intrigued...

[laligin]

Nabbed from an MSN Encarta article about graphology.

Top ten handwriting secrets, it says:

And because I'm intrigued, I've bolded the ones I think fit mine. Along with whether I think the interpretations are accurate... (: Interesting. Anyone else have some of these traits?


Be warned, though: Graphology is too complex to be boiled down into universal nuggets. So, take these with a grain of salt.

1. Are your Us and Ws rounded on their bottoms?
You're sensitive and maybe poetic. (Well, I did just win a poetry prize... ^_^')

2. Do you cross your Ts in the middle or at the top?
The lower you cross your T, the less ambition you have. (Win!)

3. Do you loop your Cs at the top?
Then, to quote Carly Simon, you're so vain.

4. Are your As and Os tightly closed?
Perhaps you're hiding something. (Ahem. Well. Moving swiftly on...)

5. Do your letters slant every which way?
If so, then yikes. Only 10 per cent of the general population has a wobbly slant—compared with 70 to 80 per cent of convicted felons.

6. Do you have the "felon's claw"?
It's another hallmark of the criminal, and it occurs when you bring a letter straight down, then attach a claw-shaped curve to its end—say when you're writing the lowercase y. (Oops. And I just thought I did it because my handwriting is pretty sharp and spiky and quick. And I like the look of it. ^_^' Hee.)

7. Is your signature different from your normal handwriting?
Then perhaps you're putting on an act. (It just slants and accentuates the spiky and half the time I can't remember how to do it... ^_^' Though... Well... Moving on again...)

8. Do the connecting swoops between your letters droop?
Maybe you have a martyr complex, and are carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. (Phew!)

9. Is your handwriting spiky and angular?
Relax. There's no need to be so tense. (I'm a wigwam, I'm a teepee, I'm a wigwam, I'm a teepee... I'm two tents!)

10. Are your letters a bit squatty?
If they're biggest in the middle zone, and don't extend much up or below the baseline, then you're perhaps a bit childish. The Disney logo, based on Walt Disney's handwriting, is a good example of this.

These ten tips come from Handwriting Analysis: Putting It to Work for You by Andrea McNichol, and Handwriting Analysis by Karen Kristin Amend and Mary Stansbury Ruiz.

Comments

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

1. Are your Us and Ws rounded on their bottoms?
You're sensitive and maybe poetic. - My U's are b/c they are supposed to be, otherwise I have made a 'V'. W's are pointy.

2. Do you cross your Ts in the middle or at the top?
The lower you cross your T, the less ambition you have. - er, more middely, i think, which... duh! Ambition, thy name is not me.

3. Do you loop your Cs at the top?
Then, to quote Carly Simon, you're so vain. - i don't know what that means?

4. Are your As and Os tightly closed?
Perhaps you're hiding something. - nope, not at all, this lies, i hide lots of things

5. Do your letters slant every which way?
If so, then yikes. Only 10 per cent of the general population has a wobbly slant—compared with 70 to 80 per cent of convicted felons. - mostly kinda just straight up and down, actually

6. Do you have the "felon's claw"?
It's another hallmark of the criminal, and it occurs when you bring a letter straight down, then attach a claw-shaped curve to its end—say when you're writing the lowercase y. - o look at that, i'm not evil

7. Is your signature different from your normal handwriting?
Then perhaps you're putting on an act. - nope, both are equally illegible

8. Do the connecting swoops between your letters droop?
Maybe you have a martyr complex, and are carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. - eh... what?

9. Is your handwriting spiky and angular?
Relax. There's no need to be so tense. - yes, shut up

10. Are your letters a bit squatty?
If they're biggest in the middle zone, and don't extend much up or below the baseline, then you're perhaps a bit childish. The Disney logo, based on Walt Disney's handwriting, is a good example of this. - if by squatty you mean so small they are hard to read...

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Hi there, welcome to the tiny-handwriting club. ;)

And I think the looping Cs is for if the top curls over on itself. I know a couple of people who do that. (And actually the vanity thing is kind of appropriate in those cases... ^_^')

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

ah, then no loopy C's for me
they are kinda pointy actually
i have angry C's

[laligin.livejournal.com]

(: I seem to have teeny tiny curls at the top of my capital cs, though... But only sometimes. I wonder if that counts. Ah, 'tis an interesting topic...

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

it is
i've always wanted to have my handwriting analyzed by a pro
you know, to see if i could have a career as a serial killer or a florist

[snakeling]

I used to think that graphology was a crock of shit, and then someone who had never met me analysed my handwriting, and wow! That was me, to a tee. I was completely blown away.

But it was done by someone who worked in HR (it's a big recruitment test here in France), and so who had a lot of experience with it. I'm still very wary of any conclusions people draw from such simplistic tests :)

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Hee. I know where you're coming from. For the most part it's like cold reading anyway - in simple stuff like this you can get away with such general statements that they could apply to pretty much anyone. (: But I like the idea of it, and it's always fun to see what you can turn up from the easy tests. ;) I'm easily amused. ^_^

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

So, apparently I'm sensitive and artistic, have no ambition whatsoever, and am a bit tense.

[laligin.livejournal.com]

^_^' Eheh. Do you think we're stressed because we're so sensitive? XD

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

That makes a lot of sense, actually.