Originally published in London, 1922. The aim of this fascinating book is to enable the reader to analyse character from handwriting. Contents Include: Psychology of Handwriting. Physiology of Handwriting. Connections between Physical condition and Handwriting. Recognition of Activity in Handwriting. Imagination. Tendencies. Autographs. Handwriting as an Art. Diagrams. Why we write as we do. Scheme for systematic observation of handwriting traits. etc. The book is well illustrated with writing examples etc. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Learn to interpret the messages in your handwriting and open to a new dimension in self-understanding, with "The Truth About Graphology" by Ruth Gardner. Your handwriting consists of unusual configurations that can be decoded. "The Truth About Graphology "explains how to translate these tell-tale signs for accurate information about anyone's personality. You can determine the physical condition of your Uncle Bill by examining his baseline slants. Or measure your child's vitality by the pressure she uses. Will you work well with that new employee? Look at her letter spacing. Distinguish a moody person from one with an even temper--from their handwriting alone. With "The Truth About Graphology" you'll: -Learn instant handwriting analysis in less than two hours -Recognize the personal traits revealed in your handwriting -Awaken to personality characteristics you previously ignored -Recognize areas of budding potential -Gain keen insight into others' actions -Design a signature that reflects your self-image -Practice your handwriting analysis skill at work and social events -Uncover hidden personality traits -Use the tell-tale signs in anyone's handwriting for an accurate assessment of their character -Learn to use graphology for professional gain and entertainment "The Truth About Graphology" is filled with illustrations that will finally make handwriting analysis easy for you to learn and practice. You'll learn, through examples and clear explanations, the meanings of the different letter slants, zones, spacing, loops and more. Once you learn handwriting analysis, people will be asking you to tell them about themselves: what are their hidden potentials, abilities, and even fears? Here is a system that requires nothing more than a piece of paper and a pen, a technique that can be done anywhere. To find out more you must get "The Truth About Graphology.

"The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis is a must for all serious students of graphology." —Iris Hatfield, Professional Graphologist, HuVista International The complete guide to graphology from the winner of Flandrin-Michon AHAF President’s Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation The ability to write by hand is a pinnacle of human achievement. As a form of self-expression, handwriting reflects a person's thoughts about the self and reveals aspects of a person's personality. Written in a step-by-step fashion, The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis begins with the history of the field and then teaches you how to analyze any handwriting, starting with objective criteria, including variables such as organization, speed, size, shape, slant, and symbolic features. Then you learn how to combine these variables to create a full personality profile. There are more than 100 handwriting samples, including those from Paul Newman, Bill Clinton, Marlon Brando, Donald Trump, Sigmund and Anna Freud, Thomas Edison, Osama bin Laden, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bruce Springsteen, Benito Mussolini, Napoleon, Michael Jackson, Robert Redford, Barak Obama, and Charles Darwin. Part II discusses how handwriting is organized by the brain and includes many examples of the link between handwriting and various illnesses and brain disorders, from dyslexia and epilepsy to stroke and coma. It ends with a discussion of the link between different personality types, their brain organization, and their handwriting. Part III is an in-depth look at the field of questioned documents, including such topics as free-hand forgeries, tracing, disguised handwriting, and anonymous notes. It features an in-depth discussion of how forgeries are created and how they are detected. If you are interested in any aspect of this topic, The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis is definitely the book you need!

In "Cultural Graphology" Juliet Fleming explains the consequences of Jacques Derrida s thoughts about writing to those interested in the history of the book. She is especially interested in Derrida s writing in tandem with bibliography, to open new ways of thinking about the print culture of early modern England and the literary writing that got caught up in it. Fleming uses a deep reading of Derrida to analyze ignored forms of writing, of parts of books that are not writing, and of uses of books that she challenges us to think of as alternative and overlooked forms of reading. In particular, she thinks through printers errors and Shakespeare s blots; the printers flowers that ornamented early modern books; semantic elements that form "not" words, but parts of words (letters, syllables, and spaces); and early modern decoupage, or the cutting up of books. Fleming uses these examples drawn from early modern print culture to demonstrate how some of the governing assumptions of bibliography might be loosened and re-configured in the wake of Derrida s thought, and she demonstrates in a new way the consequence in Derrida s oeuvre of his career-long commitment to the topic of writing."

Shows how to analyze handwriting traits, including slant, spacing, baseline, and connecting strokes, and discusses practical uses.