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Disguise means that the writer deliberately altered their writing. Distinguishing it from natural change requires care.
Handwriting and graphology
Someone using their other hand or writing while standing may make less fluent movements. Hesitant strokes or an unusual slope describe the appearance but do not, by themselves, disclose intent.
If an anonymous note looks unlike the usual notebooks, first describe the visible differences. Then record which writing conditions are known and what information is missing. The material may ultimately be insufficient for comparison.
Graphology associates handwriting with personality. Each proposed link needs an independent test of its predictive value.
Handwriting and graphologyA person may form one letter several ways even within one sentence. Comparison needs a range of examples rather than the nearest match.
Handwriting and graphologyExaminers consider how a stroke travels, breaks and changes along its path. With a photograph the first question is which details the image actually retains.
Graphologist Israel