Graphologists claim your handwriting can reveal clues to your personality and that no two people have the same handwriting. Being an unconscious habit, we tend to weave our identities into the way we write, so by analysing size, slant and pressure graphologists can determine things like imagination, self-confidence, repression and sociability.
For example, did you know that small handwriting can suggest you’re studious, focused and meticulous, whereas large handwriting can mean you’re outgoing, people-oriented and have a broad perspective of life. Average size? Then apparently you’re well-adjusted and adaptable.
If you write with large spacing between your words, you like freedom and space. Narrow spacing implies you’d rather not be alone.
Slanting your letters to the left suggests you’re independent and introverted; to the right and emotions rule your thinking, you’re open to the world and like to socialise. Straight up means you’re logical and practical. If you connect your letters, you’re logical and systematic.
Rounded letters means you’re creative and artistic; pointed letters makes you intense and curious.
If you cross your ‘t’s at the top you have good self-esteem and are optimistic; in the middle you’re confident and comfortable in your own skin.
Closing your ‘o’s means you’re a private person, leaving them open means you’re talkative and expressive.
Dot your ‘i’s high up and you’re imaginative, dot them to the left and you procrastinate, dot them precisely above and you’re detail-orientated. Do you draw circles over your ‘i’s? Then you’re visionary. Slash those dots and you’re self-critical. The more pressure you exert when you write, the deeper your emotions. Apparently you can even tell if you’re well-matched to your partner by your handwriting – if the ‘depth of handwriting’ isn’t the same for both of you, you’ll never really relate emotionally to one another.
Oh, and if any feature of your handwriting changes dramatically over the course of a piece of writing, it’s a sign you might be lying!
Since handwriting can be so revealing I thought it might be insightful and fun to see how a bunch of writers write. Few of us actually write stories by hand anymore but, following on from the popularity of my ‘Where Writers Write’ and ‘What Music Inspires Authors’ blogs, I became interested in writing a blog series to discover ‘How Authors Sign Books’.
I’ve been signing a lot of books myself over the past year, even been asked to post signed books direct to readers, and it’s such a thrill. I suspect it always will be.
As a reader, I also treasure books signed by their authors and love going to book launches where I can support writers in person and leave with a memory. Writers are so awesome! It’s lovely that the following authors have all taken time out of their busy schedules to show us how they sign books. As their posts are published, you’ll be able to click on a link to see their handwriting and discover what you can about them from the way they sign books! More authors will be joining the series too, and I’ll be adding their names here as they join:
- AJ Spedding
- Alan Baxter
- Aleesah Darlison
- Amanda Bridgeman
- Andrew McKiernan
- Cat Sparks
- Chris Allen
- Deb Kalin
- Dionne Lister
- Ian Irvine
- Jack Dann
- Jason Nahrung
- Jason Fischer
- Jo Anderton
- Kaaron Warren
- Keith Stevenson
- Kim Falconer
- Lee Battersby
- Leife Shallcross
- Margo Lanagan
- MJ Hearle
- Michael Pryor
- Nansi Kunze
- Nicole R Murphy
- Pamela Hart
- Richard Harland
- Sam Hawke
- Sean Williams
Thank you, lovely writers, for participating in this blog series!
This is going to be fun! …and revealing 🙂
I hope so! Thanks for taking part, Kim 🙂