I often receive emails from people who are considering changing their Signature and carefully creating a new one.

Is this a good idea?

That depends… » Continue reading “10 Tips on Changing your Signature”

When people give me writing to analyze they almost always apologize that it is not their “best” writing, and follow up with some reason why.

But I don’t want their “best” writing, and neither do you if you are going to be looking for personality traits in the script. » Continue reading “Your “Best” Writing: Quick Tip #7″

We were all taught to write at one time. We were taught a particular style, depending on where we were living. We copied from books and from the teacher’s writing, trying our best to make our writing look the same.

Fine. But what age were you then?

Do you still do everything else as you had to do it then? » Continue reading “But I was taught to write this way…”

Any stroke that only happens in your signature has special significance.

Your signature is very personal, so a stroke that happens only there applies to you on a very personal level. » Continue reading “Signature Analysis: It only happens in my signature! Quick Tip #6″

Attention to detail can be important to your success – do you have it?

Compared with the bulk of the rest of a sample of writing, a lonely little “i”-dot seems very insignificant.

Don’t you believe it!  “i”-dots reveal a great deal. » Continue reading “Spot the Dot: It Tells a Lot!”

If you have an i-dot in your signature, give some thought to what it will say about you.

It may say more than you think. » Continue reading “I-dot in your signature: 5 things it tells about you”

Most people sign more than one name in their signature. It may be as simple as one initial and name, or it may be 3 or 4 names written out in full.

How many names you write and whether they are written out in full or just initials all has its own meaning.

For now, however, we will look just at the significance of the amount of space left between names, and whether it’s the same each time or not. » Continue reading “Signature Analysis: Gaps between Names”

Diplomacy – or lack of it – shows in writing in general, and will be just as obvious in a signature.

Natural diplomacy shows when the writing become increasingly smaller as the word, or line of writing goes on. But only if the writing also continues to be as legible at the end as it is at the start.

» Continue reading “Diplomacy: does it show in your signature? Quick tip #3″

What does it mean when someone’s signature has noticeably small capitals?

It is an indication of modesty. This writer does not seek the limelight. S/he may like to be in the center of things, knowing what is going on (this will show if their signature is in the middle of the page) but they don’t want to be noticed and attract attention.

» Continue reading “Small Capitals in Signature: Quick Tip #2″

What does it mean when the tail on your first name  of your Signature goes way high above the rest of the lower case letter? » Continue reading “Signature Analysis: writing high flying long tails on your name: Quick Tip #1″