Handwriting Analysis : The Complete Basic Book

Cover; Copyright; Introduction; Contents; Graphology Pictograms; Three Dimensions of Movement: Zone, Slant and Pressure; Zones: The Vertical Dimension of Movement; Slant: The Horizontal Dimension of Movement; Pressure: The Depth Dimension of Movement; Size and Spacing; Speed: The Pace of Writing; Rhythm and Form Quality; Strokes & Shapes; Connectedness and Disconnectedness; Self-Image Concepts; Letter Specifics; Danger Signs; Children's Handwriting; Tips and Guidelines for Doing Your Own Analysis; Bibliography; Index Contents 8 Introduction 4 Graphology Pictographs 10 Three Dimensions of Movement: Zones, Slant and Pressure 16 Zones: The Vertical Dimension of Movement 17 The Upper Zone 19 The Middle Zone 23 Baselines 26 The Lower Zone 28 Slant: The Horizontal Dimension of Movement 35 Pressure: The Depth Dimension of Movement 46 The Degree of Force 46 The Width of the Stroke 49 Pastiosity 52 Size and Spacing 58 How to Measure Size 58 Spacing Within Words 60 Spacing Between Words 61 Spacing Between Lines 61 Rigid and Irregular Spacing 62 Margins 64 Envelopes 66 Speed: The Pace of Writing 68 Rhythm and Form Quality 73 Strokes and Shapes 85 Curved Movement 85 Straight Movement 94 Threaded Movement 100 Lead-In Strokes 106 Ending Strokes 108 Connecting Strokes 111 Connectedness and Disconnectedness 114 Self-Image Concepts 123 The Personal Pronoun I 123 The Small Letter d 126 T-Bars 128 I-dot 130 Signatures 135 Letter Specifics 145 Capitals 145 Small Letters 148 The Sexual Aspects of y 149 Danger Signs 153 Honesty and Dishonesty 153 Signs of Violence 159 Emotional Instability 164 Children’s Handwriting 172 Infant to Third Grade 172 Fifth Grade 173 Adolescents 181 Tips and Guidelines for Doing Your Own Analysis 184 Bibliography 191 Index 196 A 196 B 196 C 196 D 197 E 197 F 198 G 198 H 199 I 199 J 199 K 199 L 199 M 200 N 201 O 201 P 201 R 202 S 202 T 204 U 205 V 205 W 205 X 205 Y 205 Z 205 Learn the many ways handwriting can reveal personality traits in this comprehensive introduction to graphology. In Handwriting Analysis, graphology expert Karen Kristin Amend offers a fresh approach to the principles of graphology. Covering all aspects of handwriting, from size and spacing to pace and form quality, this book is designed to help readers learn the skills of whole-person profiling. Amend demonstrates how to determine various personality traits ranging from mood to moral character, self-confidence, and emotional needs. She also shows how to detect emotional disturbance or mental illness. With new material for understanding the significance of the writing rhythm, this volume also provides handwriting samples of famous people. Outlines a fresh approach to handwriting analysis designed to enable whole-person profiling - providing handwriting samples of famous people - coverage of how to determine emotional disturbance or mental illness and new material for understanding the significance of the writing rhythm. This fresh new approach to handwriting analysis develops a view of the whole person not a piecemeal understanding. New chapters on emotional disturbances and childhood analysis make this book the most comprehensive volume on writing analysis available. (Philosophy/Divination)