Graphology is primarily used as a recruiting tool in the applicant screening process for predicting personality traits and job performance, despite research showing consistently null correlations for these uses. Graphology is the pseudoscientific study and analysis of handwriting in relation to human psychology.

The influence of medication on the quality of handwriting is not clear. With inattention, changes will occur too late, resulting in higher letters and poor alignment of letters on the baseline. To anticipate a change of direction between strokes, constant visual attention is essential. This has been explained with motor skill impairment either due to lack of attention or lack of inhibition.

Children who have ADHD were more likely to have difficulty parameterising movements in a consistent way. Fluency of the movement is normal but children with ADHD were more likely to make slower movements during the handwriting task and hold the pen longer in the air between movements, especially when they had to write complex letters, implying that planning the movement may take longer. Variability of handwriting increases with longer texts. In children with these difficulties, the letters tend to be larger with wide variability of letters, letter spacing, word spacing, and the alignment of letters on the baseline. Ĭhildren with ADHD have been found to be more likely to have less legible handwriting, make more spelling errors, more insertions and/or deletions of letters and more corrections. It is unknown how many individuals with ADD/ADHD who also struggle with penmanship actually have undiagnosed specific learning disabilities like developmental dyslexia or developmental dysgraphia causing their handwriting difficulties. Similarly, people with ADD/ADHD have higher rates of dyslexia. See also: Dyslexia and Dysgraphia § Classificationĭevelopmental dysgraphia is very often accompanied by other learning and/or neurodevelopmental disorder like ADHD. the rhythmic repetition of the elements or arrhythmia.regular or irregular spacing between letters.Even identical twins who share appearance and genetics do not have the same handwriting. Cultural environment and the characteristics of the written form of the first language that one learns to write are the primary influences on the development of one's own unique handwriting style. The inability to produce clear and coherent handwriting is also known as dysgraphia.Įach person has their own unique style of handwriting, whether it is everyday handwriting or their personal signature. The deterioration of a person's handwriting is also a symptom or result of several different diseases. Because each person's handwriting is unique and different, it can be used to verify a document's writer. Handwriting includes both block and cursive styles and is separate from formal calligraphy or typeface.

Handwriting is the writing done with a writing instrument, such as a pen or pencil, in the hand. Various examples of different handwritings in different languages throughout history clockwise from top left: Isaiah Scroll, a breviary, Voynich manuscript, The Communist Manifesto, Constitution of the United States, Description of Greece

Fonts to write in by hand