Part 13

Capital letters made like small ones.--Said to show poetic feeling, love of Nature.

Print-like in form.--Originality.

Eccentric in any way.--Pose or whim.

Widely spaced.--Love of open air.

Curving far below the line, and almost encircling the word.--Protective love of animals.

Letters incorrectly used.--Small detail made over-important.

Tendency to replace by print.--Sense of form, artistic and poetic.

SPECIAL LETTERS.--A.M.N.H., G.O., R.U.W.--Normal width.--Well-poised mind.

Too wide.--Self-contentment, satisfaction.

Nearly touching.--Timidity, want of knowledge of the world.

First leg slightly raised.--Aristocratic tastes.

Second leg exaggerated.--Pose, affectation.

Unconnected, ending with crotchet rentrant.--Egotistical, selfish.

The letters begun and ended with a small crotchet rentrant.--Avarice, meanness.

Letters and words connected.--Power of assimilating ideas, but lack of originality; logic.

Letters disconnected even with their parts.--Creative power, want of logic.

Equally connected or disconnected.--Balanced intuition and deduction.

Last letter increasing in size.--Lack of power of concealment. Decreasing.--Finesse.

Handwriting does not invariably show sex, as the qualities indicated are common to both men and women.

The writing develops as the soul develops, and imitation comes before originality.

QUALITIES SHOWN IN HANDWRITING ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED

ABILITY.--Small writing, angular, clear, decided capitals.

ACCURACY.--Neat, well-placed lines and words, punctuation correct.

AFFECTION.--Softly sloping writing, rounded, fairly thick.

AMIABILITY.--Rounded letters, often unfinished, medium capitals.

AMBITION.--Large first stroke of capital "M's" ascending lines of writing. Imposing signature.

ANALYTICAL.--Small-pointed, clear writing, letters divided, decided capitals.

ARGUMENT.--Words connected, giving logic, and occasional extra long connecting strokes, small writing. (See A.2.)