| Graphology became a common term. Many | | | | Nowadays Graphology has many uses and it |
| people have started to use it, but only few know | | | | serves as a unique and accurate diagnostic tool |
| what Graphology really means and what | | | | for employee hiring and evaluation, profiling, jury |
| graphologist do when they analyze text samples. | | | | screening and many other forms of personality |
| In a nut shell, Graphology is the study and analysis | | | | assessments. |
| of handwriting. The literal meaning of this term is | | | | The most interesting question is how exactly |
| "the science of handwriting" but the assertions | | | | Graphology works. |
| that this science are based upon claim that | | | | The main idea is that the writing movement is not |
| handwriting is more than just a collection of lines, | | | | modified by the writing organs (the hands, the |
| circles, semicircles, commas and spaces, but a | | | | arms or the fingers) but by the central nervous |
| reflection of the inner mind, therefore a better | | | | system (CNS), the same system that controls |
| way to explain what graphology or handwriting | | | | behavior, therefore the written movement |
| analysis is, is to describe it as the psychology of | | | | reflects personality traits. |
| handwriting. | | | | Although handwriting is written by the hands, it's |
| Handwriting can tell many things about a person. | | | | controlled by the brain, and since we all know that |
| Examining one's slant and size of letters, line | | | | the brain is responsible for the functioning of the |
| spacing, pressure, margins and other | | | | voluntary and the involuntary body mechanism, |
| considerations can shed light on the inner thoughts | | | | analyzing the handwriting can reveal many things |
| and feelings of the writer. | | | | about writer's thoughts, attitudes and |
| Anna Koren, a world expert in graphology, | | | | characteristics. |
| compared handwriting analysis to taking an x-ray | | | | The expert graphologist knows how to look for |
| scan of the brain. Expert graphologist, who | | | | specific features in the handwriting and how to |
| examines a sample of handwriting, can identify | | | | use them for analyzing the personality traits and |
| many patterns and features that will help him to | | | | the behavioral tendencies of the writer. |
| analyze and gather information about the writer | | | | In order to become an expert handwriting analyst |
| of the text. | | | | one must study this science and practice it with |
| Graphology is an old science. The study and | | | | the guidance of experienced graphology |
| analysis of handwriting was practiced by the | | | | instructors. It may take years of studying until |
| Chinese 3,000 years ago and was also very | | | | one can practice graphology, but for those who |
| common in the Roman Empire. Later, the term | | | | are only interested in the subject, it is always |
| "Graphology" was coined by a French abbot by | | | | recommended to attend introductory courses or |
| the name of Jean Hippolyte Michon. Michon studied | | | | to read books about graphology. |
| and helped to develop handwriting analysis. | | | | |