Handwriting Analysis

Having sold over 120,000 copies, Handwriting Analysis has been revised and expanded to include a new chapter on analyzing doodles.

Actual samples from famous celebs to infamous criminals illustrate what handwriting and doodles say about a person.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-341) and index.

Andrea McNichol is one of the leading forensic graphologists and examiners of questioned documents in the United States, and a highly respected researcher in the field. She has been consulted by law enforcement agencies across the country, Fortune 500 companies, and the State Department, and has served as Examiner of Questioned Documents in such cases as as the Hitler Diaries, the Billionaires Boys' Club murder, the OJ Simpson and JonBenet Ramsey murder cases.

CONTENTS,

Acknowledgments IX

Introduction xi

Last-Chance Page Xill

PART I: GETTING YOUR HANDS WET

1 Fun Quiz 3

2 Explanation of Answers 9

3 What Does Getting the Right Answers Mean? 19

PART II: THE SCIENCE OF GRAPHOLOGY

4 Handwriting as "Brain Prints" 23

5 Science Quiz 26

6 Graphology and the Three Facets of Man 32

7 Graphological Deductions: The Five Ways They Are Made 41

8 Summary: Graphology as a Science 54

PART III: AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME SPECIFIC HANDWRITING TRAITS

9 A Few Things to Know Before Getting Started 59

10 Slant 63

11 Baselines 93 12 Margins 102

13 Spacing 120

14 Pressure 130

15 Size 140

16 Speed 152

17 Zones 157

18 Printing vs. Connected Writing 177

19 Connecting Strokes 188

20 Signatures 200

PART IV: PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS

21 High vs. Low Functioning Intelligence 231

22 Extroversion vs. Introversion 236

23 Strong vs. Weak Work Drive 240

24 Honesty vs. Dishonesty 244

PART V: TRYING YOUR HAND AT IT

25 Your First Analysis 255

PART VI: THE USES OF GRAPHOLOGY

26 Graphology and Psychology 261

27 Graphology and Social Work 265

28 Graphology and Medicine 268

29 Graphology and Education 271

30 Graphology and Business 273

31 Graphology and Personal Uses 278

32 Graphology and Crime Solving 280

PART VII: GRAPHOLOGY AND YOUR LIFE

33 The Future of Graphology 303

34 Those Last Few Tidbits 311

35 Analyzing Your Own Handwriting 314

36 Where Do You Go from Here? 318

PART VIII: A BIT ABOUT DOODLES

37 Doodles 321

Bibliography 340

About the Authors 343

Index 344