What Your Handwriting Says About You

By Rigel Celeste on December 17th, 2009

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Writing is something we all do all the time — even for technology-lovers it’s hard to go even a day without signing something or jotting a quick note somewhere. No wonder our personalities and inner selves shine through, flowing from hand to pen to paper. More than just words, our handwriting is personal, and is unique to each individual. Which makes it all that much more interesting as a subject.

Graphology, the study of handwriting, is a detailed, delicate, and complex science. Analysis requires a handwritten paragraph or two on unlined paper and involves looking at many aspects and qualities of a person’s writing. For fun, here are a few basics:

Spacing

Words that are really close together suggest a social person who loves people and craves crowds and interaction. Words that are spaced relatively far apart, on the other hand, usually belong to people who are more introverted, prefer spending time alone, and maybe have trouble relating to others.

Line Levels

Lines of writing that slant upward as the sentence progresses signify an optimistic person who is generally positive and determined. However, lines of writing that slant down can mean a person is feeling sad, depressed, lethargic/tired, and moody. As to those whose writing is mostly straight or slightly wavy, this suggests a great deal of self-control and a methodical nature.

Slant

Writing with a slant to the left can mean that a person has difficulty expressing their feelings and may come off as distant and detached sometimes. Writing that stands up straight (has no slant), however, suggests a person is more logical than emotional. And, finally, writing that slants right signifies a personality that is very caring, empathetic, and prone to follow their heart before their head.

So what do you think? Feel like some of these hit home for you, or were they totally way off?