Analyze Your Handwriting: Learn the Basics of Graphology

By Melissa Alvarez

We are each distinctive individuals with unique styles of writing. Our handwriting is a tangible extension of our inner selves. Have you ever wondered what your handwriting says about you? With a basic understanding of handwriting analysis you can discover more about yourself and those around you. Graphology is the analysis of a handwriting sample. Graphologists can tell when someone is loyal, excitable or hiding something just from slight nuances in writing. Would you like to learn to do this too? Once you know the basics you will never look at handwriting in the same way again. With Analyze Your Handwriting, you can learn the fundamental skills necessary to determine if you will be compatible with another person, if someone is trustworthy and individual personality characteristics. It is an exciting, fun tool that you can use on a daily basis.

Published by Adrema Press.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Adrema Press
• Release date: Feb 3, 2011
• ISBN: 9781596110724

Melissa Alvarez

Melissa Alvarez is a bestselling, award winning author who has written ten books and nearly five hundred articles on self-help, spirituality and wellness. As a professional intuitive coach, energy worker, spiritual advisor, medium, and animal communicator with over twenty-five years of experience, Melissa has helped thousands of people bring clarity, joy, and balance into their lives. Melissa teaches others how to connect with their own intuitive nature and how to work with frequency for spiritual growth. She has appeared on numerous radio shows as both a guest and host. Melissa is the author of 365 Ways to Raise Your Frequency, Your Psychic Self, and Animal Frequency. Melissa's books have been translated into Romanian, Russian, Chinese, French, and Czech. She lives in South Florida with her family, dogs, and horses. 

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Analyze Your Handwriting

Learn the Basics of Graphology

Melissa Alvarez

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Adrema Press

Adrema Press, 1095 Military Trail, #7022, Jupiter, FL 33458

Copyright © 2009, 2022 by Melissa Alvarez

ISBN: 978-1-59611-063-2

Published by Adrema Press: June 2009, revised edition December 2022

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The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of non-fiction:

D'Nealian: Scott Foresman, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

Zaner-Bloser: Zaner-Bloser, Inc.

Author’s Notes

The handwriting samples in this book have been reduced to meet formatting requirements. The samples have been created by a graphic designer to imitate actual handwriting styles. This book contains the opinions of the author and is intended as an introduction to the basics of graphology. Sources for more in-depth study are provided in the bibliography. For the sake of consistency, the author uses feminine personal pronouns (she, her, herself) in this text and non-gender specific pronouns (they, their). These terms apply to both males and females.

Contents

Graphology—An Introduction

What Graphology Can and Cannot Tell You

What You Will Need

Obtain Writing Samples

Handwriting Traits

Presence and Size

Form—Looking from a Distance

Under Pressure

Rhythm

Where are the Baselines?

In the Zone

Printing

Connections

Beginning and Ending Strokes

Slants

I’s and T’s

Spacing

Margins

Envelopes

Signatures

Doodling

Composing Your Analysis

The Business of Graphology

Conclusion

Bibliography

Author Bio

Graphology—An Introduction

Every person embodies unique characteristics that make each of us different from everyone else on this planet: fingerprints, personalities, hair and eye color, likes and dislikes, fears and dreams, just to name a few. We also have individualized writing styles, which can give others a glimpse into our uniqueness.

I have always been interested in what makes a person tick and how their personality shines through in hidden ways. I enjoy studying body language, eye movements and the slight gestures that people make, which give insight into their character. Usually the information is given away without people realizing it. Either I was a detective in a past life or the policemen in my family impressed upon me the desire to get to the root of behaviors, character traits and personality. Naturally, with my inquisitive nature, I was drawn to understanding character traits and personality