Chapter 5: Handwriting Flashcards
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It is the result of a very complicated series of facts, used as a whole, combination of certain forms or visible mental and muscular habits acquired by long continued product painstaking effort.
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Handwriting
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Handwriting otherwise known as?
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Visible Speech
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Writing in which one letter is joined to the next
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Cursive
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Latin word of cursive and means?
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Cursus means “Running”
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Characters were written in a separate manner making it easier for beginners to learn the shapes of each letters
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Script
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Characters were in capital letters
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Block
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It is defined as a visible effect of bodily movement which is almost an unconscious expression of fixed habits, reacting from mental impression of certain ideas associated with script form.
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Handwriting
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A muscle which pushes up the pen from the upward strokes
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Extensor Muscles
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A muscle which pushes the pen from the downward strokes
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Flexor muscles
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The delicate way in which the various muscles used in writing work together to produce written form
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Motor Coordination
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The thumb, the first, second and slightly the fingers are in actual motion most usually employed in children and illiterates
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Finger movement
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Produced by the movement or action of the whole hand with the wrist as the center of attraction.
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Hand Movement
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Movement of the shoulder, hand and arm with support of the table.
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Forearm Movement
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An action of the entire arm without resting
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Whole Forearm Movement
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This refers to the shape or design of the individual letters
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Form
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It is an angle or inclination of the axis of the letters relative to the baseline
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Slope or Slant
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Refers to the symmetry of an individual letter
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Proportion
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This concept usually develops a relationship between one portion of a letter to another portion of the same letter
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Proportion
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It is a writing characteristic that is considered as one of the hidden features of writing
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Proportion of letters
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The relationship between tall and short letters
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Ratio
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It is a common practice among many writers to write their signatures with initial and connected without the pen.
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Connecting Stroke
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Are a comparison or correlation of the height of one letter or letter segment to another letter usually within the same word or signature
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Ratio
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Is used when the writing space is adequate
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Normal Proportion
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Is used when the space is limited
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Compressed Proportion
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Is used when the space is too wide to write on
Extended Proportion
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It is when a letter, word or name (signature) is completed in a free, natural writing the pen is usually raised from paper while in motion of flying finish.
Terminal Stroke
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What are the others referred to as Terminal strokes?
• Flying Finish
• Vanishing
• Tapering or Flourishing
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The motion of the pen is slightly precedes the putting of the pen on the paper at the beginning with "flying start"
Initial Stroke
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It is an interruption in a stroke caused by removing the pen from the paper
Pen Lift
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Is a gap between strokes due to speed in writing and defective writing instrument
Hiatus or Pen Jump
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It is considered as a common characteristic when it conforms to the ordinary copy book form
Lateral Spacing
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It is the distance of a letter in a word or word in a sentence
Lateral Spacing
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Refers to the visible record in the written strokes of the basic movement and manner of holding the writing instrument
Line Quality
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It is the widening of the ink strokes with increased pressure on the paper surface
Shading
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It is the relation of the parts of the whole line of writing or line of individual letters in words or signature to the baseline
Alignment
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It is the balanced quality of movements of the harmonious recurrence of stress or impulse
Rhythm
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The act of intermittently forcing the pen against the paper surfaces
Pen Emphasis
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Relationship between the pen point and the paper
Pen Position
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The place where the writer grasps the barrel of the pen and the angle at which he holds it
Pen Hold
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The average force with which the pen contacts the papers
Pen Pressure
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It deals with the usual average force involved in the writing rather than the period increases
Pen Pressure
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Deviation from uniform strokes due to lack of smoothness perfectly apparent even without magnification
Tremor
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It is caused by external factors such as the writing instrument and the writing position influenced by physical and mental condition.
Natural Variation
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These are most often located at the beginning and of a letter but may be throughout the written material
Rubric or Embellishment
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They usually take the form of an added movement that decorates the writing, such as swirls, added loops, concentric circles etc.
Rubric or Embellishment
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Sharp, straight strokes that are made by stopping the pen and changing direction before continuing
Angular Forms
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Forms that look like arches rounded on the top and open at the bottom
Arcade Forms
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Any property or mark which distinguishes and in document examination commonly called to as the identifying details
Characteristics
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The act of setting two or more items side by side to weigh their identifying qualities
Comparison
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A writer may deliberately try to alter his usual writing habits in hopes of hiding his identity
Disguised Writing
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The movement of the pen toward the writer
Downstroke
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The writer's chosen writing style
Form
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The way the writing looks, whether it is a copybook, elaborate, simplified or printed
Form
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The way the writing looks, whether it is a copybook, elaborate, simplified or printed
Form
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A cup-like connected form that is open at the top and rounded on the bottom
Garland Forms
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The german word that means complete or whole
Gestalt
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The study of handwriting based on the two fundamental strokes, the curve and the straight strokes
Graphoanalysis
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Analysis by comparison and measurement
Graphometry
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The art of determining character disposition and amplitude of a person from the study of handwriting
Graphology
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It also means the scientific study and analysis of handwriting especially with reference to forgeries and questioned documents
Graphology
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Any disconnected style of writing in which each letter is written separately
Handlettering
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Handlettering also called as?
Handprinting
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The amount of space left between letters
Letter Space
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Letter Space may be referred to sometimes as?
Line Space
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The overall character of the ink lines from the beginning to the ending strokes
Line Quality
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A disconnected form of script or semi-script writing
Manuscript Writing
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The amount of space left around the writing on all four sides
Margins
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It is an important element in handwriting
Movement
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It embraces all the factors which are related to the motion of the writing instrument skill, speed, freedom, hesitation, rhythm, emphasis, tremors and the like.
Movement
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Any specimen of writing executed normally without any attempt to control or alter its identifying habits and its usual quality or execution
Natural Writing
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A creative combination of printing and cursive writing
Printscript
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Is used in describing handwriting to refer to any identifying factor that is related to the writing movement it self
Quality
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It is also known as left handed writing
Wrong Hand Writing
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The element of the writing movement which is marked by regular or periodic recurrences.
Rhythm
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The flourishing succession of motion which are recorded in a written record
Rhythm
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It may be classed as smooth, intermittent or jerky in its quality
Rhythm
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It is the widening of the ink strokes due to the added pressure on a flexible pen point or to the use of a stub pen
Shading
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Any characteristics of handwriting that is sufficiently uncommon and well-fixed to serve as a fundamental point in the identification
Significant Writing Habit
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Eliminating extra or superfluous strokes from the copybook model
Simplification
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May refer to the overall size of the writing or the proportion between zones
Size
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It is any set that are relative degrees, ability, or skill and a specimen of handwriting usually contains evidence of the writer's proficiency
Skill
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Degree, ability or skill of s write proficiency
Skill
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A significant identifying element which can be interpreted in broad terms of slow, moderate or rapid
Speed Writing
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The combination of the basic design of letters and the writing movement as taught in school make up the writing system.
System of Writing
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The act or process of changing
Variation
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Any writing executed with the opposite hand
Wrong Handed Writing
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A curve formed inside the top curve of loop
Arch or Arches
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The top portion of a letter or upper loop
Ascender
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Are lower case letters having no ascending loops or stems or descending loops or stems
Linear Letters
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The imaginary line upon which the writing rests
Baseline
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Initial stroke which is usually found in capital letters
Beaded
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Is the rudimentary initial up stroke of a letter
Beard
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The beginning and ending stroke of a letter
Blunt
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The main portion of the letter minus the initial, terminal and diacritic stroke
Body
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A loop made as a flourished which is added to the letters in which used to complete a letter
Buckle or Buckle knot
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A bad writing is known as?
Cacography
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The art of making beautiful writing
Calligraphy
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The portion of a letter that falls below the baseline of a typeface.
Descender
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An element added to complete a certain letter either a cross bar or dot.
Diacritic
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A small loop or curved formed inside the letters.
Eye, Eyelet, Eyeloop
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This may occur inside the oval of the letters
Eye, Eyelet, Eyeloop
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The small loop form by stroke that extends in divergent direction as in small letters
Eye, Eyelet, Eyeloop
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The lower part of the letter which rests on the baseline
Foot
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The term applied to the irregular thickening of ink which is found when writing slows down or stops while the pen takes stock of the position
Hesitation
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Regarded as a special form of pen lift distinguish in a ball gaps in that of perceptible gaps and appear in the writing
Hiatus or Pen Jump
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It is a minute curve or a ankle which often occurs at the end of the terminal strokes
Hook
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The rounded outside of the top of the bend stroke or curve in a small letter
Hump or Shoulder
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The extra deposit of ink in the initial and terminal stroke due to slow withdrawal of the pen from the paper
Knob
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A capital letter
Majuscule
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A small letter
Minuscule
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Retouching or going back over a defective portion of a written stroke
Patching
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An interruption in a stroke caused by removing the writing instrument from the paper
Pen Lift
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Any part of a stroke which is super imposed upon the original stroke
Retrace/Retracing
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A short initial or terminal stroke
Spur
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Any major long downward stroke of a letter that is the long downward stroke of the letter
Staff
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The upright long downward stroke that is the trunk or stalk normally seen in capital letters
Shank or Stem
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Any short stroke which usually occurs at the top of the letters
Tick / Hitch
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A writing weakness portrayed by irregular shaky strokes
Tremor
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The upstroke of a looping ascender
Whirl
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Movement of the baseline which it can slant up, down or straight across the page
Line Direction
