International reference atlas
Good notes let another reader locate the detail, understand what was examined and see the limits of the inference.
Handwriting and graphology
Begin with something that can be pointed out: for example, a gap in both images above the second letter. Record the page, region, display scale and any processing; preserve the file as received.
Then list explanations such as an interruption in the original writing or detail lost during copying. If both fit what is visible, the image alone cannot decide between them.
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