When the graphologist opened her mail, she saw three scrawled lines and a signature: "This is a sample of the way I normally write. I would like to know what my handwriting reveals." There was no other information except the date and the fact that the writer was a seventeen-year-old male.
On the basis of the young man's pen strokes, the handwriting analyst began her reply with: "How long have you been thinking about suicide? I know what you're feeling. And I understand why."
Every time you write something, say graphologists, you reveal facts about yourself that may have nothing to do with the words you put down on paper. Your handwriting is a graphic expression of your thoughts and reactions, of feelings and needs that you can't express--even abilities you may not realize you have.
A graphologist is anyone skilled in handwriting analysis; a graphoanalyst, however, must complete at least eighteen months of study and be certified by the International Graphoanalysis Society, Inc., in Chicago. A variety of professions, including social agencies and legal services, use their services.
Handwriting can be compared to playing a musical instrument. When you are learning the fundamentals, you learn and practice precision. But once you have the hang of it, you develop your own style, a manner that reflects your personality and character.
Graphologists say there are many signs in your handwriting that indicate how you think and feel about yourself, others, and your environment. Pen pressure, for example, shows how much energy and determination you have. If your writing leans toward the right, you are a person who reaches out to others. If it slants to the left slightly, you are probably shy. And if it slants dramatically to the left, there is a good possibility that you are introverted. A leftward slant usually has nothing to do with left-handedness.
Books and papers on the study of handwriting have been available since 1622, but not until 1915 were any of the findings systematized. In the year, Milton Newman Bunker, a teacher and expert in shorthand, recognized that each student formed his shorthand strokes in a unique manner. Acting on the premise that impulses from the brain directed the stroke formation, Bunker gathered thousands of handwriting specimens, and with the help of students, set up the system now known as graphoanalysis.
How it's used
Do you need to fill a position in your company? Some 85 percent of the companies in Western European nations use handwriting analysis to evaluate and understand abilities and attitudes of prospective employees. Many businesses in the United States are also finding it an accurate and generally inexpensive guide for both executive recruitment and general employee screening.
But handwriting analysis can often reveal more than simply an applicant's aptitude for a particular job. A few companies in New Hampshire ask handwriting analyst Bonnie Lee Nugent to list any marketable traits found in a writing sample of first-time hirees. Thus, while an employer may be trying to fill a clerical
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