International reference atlas
Writing systems differ in how signs are formed and joined. Start by identifying the script actually used in each document.
Handwriting and graphology
In Arabic, a letter can change form according to its place in a joining sequence. In Hebrew, printed and handwritten letterforms can differ. Even two documents in one language may offer poorly matched material.
A name in Cyrillic and a signature in Latin letters do not present the same sequence of shapes. Seek examples in the same script and note the parts without counterparts. Flag the script when referring a case to an examiner.
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