Handwriting Analysis » (REVISED)

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.

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

Library Journal

Handwriting is an expression of personality, and as unique as a fingerprint. Physical, intellectual, and emotional states combine to produce a writing style. Handwriting analysis, or graphology, was once sneeringly labeled a pseudoscience but is now gaining acceptance as a useful diagnostic tool in business, criminology, medicine, and psychology. McNichol (Univ. of California) has thorough knowledge and long experience as a consultant and expert witness, and teaches the only graphology course sponsored by an accredited U.S. university. Her common sense explanations are salted with wry humor and ironic observations on the handwriting of the famous as well as the infamous. No one, including the reader, is safe from her barbs. This is an excellent introduction to graphology, a great party game, and an incentive to type all correspondence!-- Evelyn L. Mott, Palm Beach Cty. Lib., West Palm Beach, Fla.

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

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.