Overview

Graphology is the study of "personality" or "character" from handwriting. People first became interested in the study of handwriting when they realized that adults who had all learned to write in the same way as children, under the instruction of the same tutor, often revealed marked differences in their writing style as they matured. This raised the obvious question of why some people deviated from the style originally learned, whilst others retained the "copy model" characteristics. History shows that the analysis of handwriting dates back many centuries, with many men and women having contributed to the science we now know as "Graphology".

History

Although fairly well established on the European continent, notably Germany and France, graphology was largely unknown in this country until the second world war. At that time, many graphologists, amongst them Dr Eric Singer (a student of Klages) came to Britain, hoping to continue their profession here, only to find the subject virtually unknown.

In order to bring it to the attention of the public, several graphologists began producing "popular" books for 'the man in the street', including Singer's "Graphology For Everyman" (now available in the trilogy of Singer's books, "A Manual of Graphology"). This was a breakthrough in the subject with public reaction indicating the demand for more information on the subject.

In 1982 the 'Graphology Society' was formed by journalist and author of several graphological books, Patricia Marne and her colleague John Beck. The Graphology Society offered the first meeting place with regular lectures, for anyone interested in the subject.

Frank Hilliger had long held the ambition of setting graphology on the map by establishing a recognised organisation, or "Institute". He was to realize his dream just 3 years before his untimely death in 1986, setting the first standards for examination in the UK, and finally establishing graphology as a recognized and accepted method for assessing personality through handwriting.

A former student of Dr Eric Singer, he continued his research with routine daily visits to The British Museum in London over a period of more than 12 years, where he studied the many samples of famous and historic writing.

Benefits

• Self-motivation and self-examination
• Judging the intention of people coming closer to you
• Motivating children. Taking right decisions about course of study and career
• Identifying the limitation that has been blocking the deserved success
• Overcoming the obstacle in you, and attributed to DESTINY
• Building self-esteem and self-image
• Choosing the right desirable person amongst the available choice

Procedure

Responsible graphologists require at least a full-page ink specimen, written spontaneously under normal physical conditions, by a person able to write with ease. Before the analysis, the graphologist must know the writer's age, sex, and nationality, none of which is revealed by the writing.

There are two approaches. The psychological aims to make an assessment of an individual's personality from characteristic patterns or features of their writing. And the linguistic - the study of writing systems and their links to the sound systems of languages.

How the writer combines characters from left to right and from top to bottom on the page creates a unique writing pattern. Theoretically, the writing, made up of more than 20 elements, such as degree of slant, breadth and height of letters, and space between lines, letters, and words, represents the different, yet interrelated, aspects of the writer's personality.

Source of information: www.britishgraphology.org