The study of handwriting to reveal a person's character is gaining support
Young male offenders frequently have very high ascenders, indicating that they live in a world of fantasy and dream of making it big. Graphologists can tell whether violence is about to erupt, whether the writer is under unbearable pressures, and whether there are psychopathic tendencies. Handwriting can be used to predict would-be suicides.
People with writing in which letters form “thread” instead of being individually formed are, apparently, devious and clever. Those who write mainly in capitals are trying to conceal their true selves from others. Very light pressure indicates sensitivity and lack of vitality. Originality in handwriting—how far the writer had derived from copybook script—indicates confidence and artistic ability. Disconnected writing is the cardinal sign of the loner.
Very small signatures indicate inhibition and an inferiority complex; circles over the “i” are a bid for attention and crossing the “t” heavily over the whole word is a sign of intolerance and a patronizing attitude.
It takes six years of study and experience to be able to analyze handwriting accurately, and this has to be combined with empathy and intuition.
Ms. Marne believes, “It is actually far more accurate than psychoanalysis, as you can tell the whole history of the person, including all their emotional crisis, without asking them questions to which they may give wrong answers.”
Interesting as all this may sound, there is little hard evidence to support such claims. Some psychiatrists are highly critical of them. Handwriting, they say, is a product of education, artistic ability and the type of writing taught — and has no other significance.
笔迹比心理分析更具说服力(II)
笔迹揭示性格的研究越来越赢得人们的支持
年轻的男性罪犯经常写起字来向上挑，这说明他们想入非非，幻想着有一天能飞黄腾达。笔迹学家们可以判断出暴力是否即将发生；写字的人是否处于难以承受的压力之下，是否有精神变态的趋势，笔迹还可以预测出可能发生的自杀事件。
如果一个人写字母时“成一条线”而不是单个书写，很显然说明这个人为人圆滑，颇有心计。那些总是用大写字母书写的人在试图掩盖真实的自我。用力很轻说明这个人反应敏锐但缺乏朝气。一个人的笔迹与字帖相差很大，写的字有所创新表明这个人很有自信而且具有较高的审美能力。字连不起来表明这个人很可能是位孤独者。
把名字写得很小则表明此人心情压抑，有自卑感。在字母“i”上画圆圈说明此人意欲引起他人的注意；在整个单词上方划字母“t”的一横，表明此人缺乏耐心，心态骄傲自大。
想要精确分析人们的笔迹需要研究、经历六年之久，同时，还要结合自己的领悟和直觉。
马恩女士相信，“笔迹研究要比心理分析准确得多，因为你可以不问那些有可能得到错误答案的问题就可以说出他们的人生经历，包括所有经历过的感情危机。”
这些论断听起来也许很有趣，但是，还缺乏充分的证据。有些精神病专家对以上的观点极为反对。他们说，笔迹是一个人受教育的产物，是他的审美能力的体现，也是他所学的书法风格的表露——除此之外，笔迹也就没有其他意义了。
