Hi All,
Glad to see theres interest and I appreciate everyone agreeing to only discuss the handwriting of Casey and the other players who submitted written statements to LE, and not compare it to -- or make comments about -- any of our own individual handwriting.
That said, lets start!
According to one of my reference books, handwriting is **brain prints.**
Brain prints reveal who we are and how we think, feel and behave. They are an x-ray of our mind. Like fingerprints, they are unique. No two people ever have the exact same brain prints (handwriting).
(See Handwriting Analysis: Putting It to Work for You by Andrea McNichol, page 24.)
It is completely possible for expert graphologists to get a clear picture of how someone thinks, feels and behaves by examining their handwriting.
Professional graphologists examine dozens of what are called **traits** in the handwriting sample to come up with a clear picture of an individual. Just like other forensic work, there has to be **a preponderance of the evidence** before an expert graphologist will judge a person to be a liar, crook, baby killer, whatever simply based on their handwriting.
Before they even start looking at traits or formations of letters, graphologists visually examine the document to get a sense of general layout, such as placement of the writing on the page, width of margins, upward or downward slope of the sentences, do the words it appear crowded or spaced out, does the signature differ from the other handwriting, and other such observations.
Handwriting samples are almost always submitted on unlined, blank sheets of paper. Since there are no lines to guide the writer, the graphologist gets a much clearer picture --- way deeper insight --- into the writers mind.
All of the handwriting samples we have from the documents released by LE are written on lined paper. Well still see what we can try to pull out of them, but keep in mind that lined paper will disguise some of the things we are looking for. For example, when written on blank, unlined paper, sentences sloping down can be an indicator of depression, while sentences sloping up can be an indicator of someone with a positive attitude.
Over the next day or two, Ill post some short, basic, introductory posts to help people without reference books or prior knowledge get a clear sense on whats involved in the examination of handwriting.
Of course, if anyone reading this thread knows a professional graphologist (or even a good amateur) who might be willing to join in, please invite them to contribute!!
Thanks,
Soulscape
