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Rhythm In Writing And Terminologies Flashcards

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is a succession of connected, uniform strokes working in full coordination

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Rhythm

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This is manifested by clear-cut accentuated strokes which increase and decrease in which like perfect cones.

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Rhythm in Handwriting

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Pressure is always in a state of change moving from light to heavy or from heavy to light.

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Rhythm in Handwriting

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Characterized by a succession of awkward, independent, poorly directed and disconnected motions.

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A. Lack of Rhythm

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By studying the rhythm of the succession of strokes, one can determine if the writer normally and spontaneously or write with hesitation as if he is attempting to for another signature.

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B. Importance of Rhythm

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Determine the essential expression of the writing pattern. It is a mean indicator of the neuromuscular function.

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C. Letter of Connections

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Words are formed by connection letters to one another. Even letters are formed by the joining of the upward and downward strokes.

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C. Letter of Connections

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These types of connections are:

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Arcade
Garland
Angular connective form
The threadlike connective form

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A rounded strokes shaped like an arch. It is a slow mode of connection resulting from controlled movements.

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  1. Arcade
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Links the downward stroke to the upstrokes with a flowing curve swinging from left to right.

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  1. Garland
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It is an easy, effortless mode of connection, written with speed.

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  1. Garland
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When the downward strokes and upward strokes meet directly, angular connection is formed.

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  1. Angular Connective form
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This type of connection imposes a check on the continuity of movement which is characterized by an abrupt stop and start in each turning point.

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  1. Angular Connective form
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The joining of downward and upward strokes is slurred to a threadlike tracing or where rounded turns used at both top and bottom produce a double curve.

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  1. The Threadlike Connective form
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These forms appear both in the shaping of letters within the word.

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  1. The Threadlike Connective form
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Is the relation of parts of the whole of writing or line of individual letters in words to the baseline.

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ALIGNMENT

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Sharp straight strokes that are made by stopping the pen and changing directing before continuing

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ANGULAR FORMS

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Forms that look like arches rounded on the top and open at the bottom.

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ARCADE

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  • Any property or mark which distinguishes and in document examination commonly called to as the identifying details”
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CHARACTERISTICS

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Side by side comparison collation as used in this text means the critical comparison on side by side examination.

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COLLATION

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The act of setting two or more items side by side to weigh their identifying qualities; it refers not only a visual but also the mental act in which the element of one item are related to the counterparts of the other.

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COMPARISON

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  • A writer may deliberately “try to alter his usual writing habits” in the hopes of hiding his identity.
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DISGUISED WRITING

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  • The movement of the pen towards the writer.
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DOWNSTROKE

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  • The writer’s chosen “writing style”. The way the writing looks, whether it is copybook, elaborated, simplified or printed.
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FORM

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  • A cup-like connected form that is open at the top and rounded on the bottom.
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GARLAND FORMS

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-The German word that means “complete or whole”. A good gestalt needs nothing added or taken away to make it “look right”.

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GESTALT

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  • Also a school of handwriting analysis that looks at handwriting as a whole picture.
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K. GESTALT

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The study of handwriting based on the two fundamental strokes, the curve and the straight strokes.

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GRAPHOANALYSIS

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Analysis by “comparison and measurement.”

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GRAPHOMETRY

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-The art of determining character disposition and amplitude of a person from the study of handwriting.

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GRAPHOLOGY

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It also means the scientific study and analysis of handwriting, especially with reference to forgeries and questioned documents

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Graphology

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-Any disconnected style of writing in which each letter is written separately: also called hand printing

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O. HANDLETTERING

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See ‘wrong hand writing”

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LEFT-HANDED WRITING

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-The amount of space left between letters.

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LETTER SPACE

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-Movement of the baseline. May slant up and down, or straight across the page.

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LINE DIRECTION

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  • The overall character of the ink lines from the beginning to the ending strokes. There are two classes; Good line quality and Poor line quality.
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LINE QUALITY

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-The amount of space left between lines.

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LINE SPACE

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  • A disconnected form of script or semi-script writing. This type of writing is taught in young children in elementary schools as the first step in learning to write.
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MANUSCRIPT WRITING

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  • The amount of space left around the writing on all four sides.
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MARGINS

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  • Any study or examination which is made with the microscope in other to discover minute details.
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MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION

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  • It is an important element in handwriting.
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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.
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MOVEMENT

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  • Any specimen of writing executed normally without any attempt to control pr alter its identifying habits and its usual quality or execution.
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NATURAL WRITING

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  • These are normal or usual deviation found between repeated specimens of any individuals handwriting.
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Natural variation

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  • The act of intermittently forcing the pen against the paper surfaces.
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PEN EMPHASIS

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  • When the pen-point has flexibility, this emphasis produces shading, but with more rigid writing points heavy point emphasis can occur in writing w/out any evidence of shading; the act intermittently forcing the pen against the paper with increase pressure.
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AA. PEN EMPHASIS

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  • When the pen-point has flexibility, this emphasis produces shading, but with more rigid writing points heavy point emphasis can occur in writing w/out any evidence of shading; the act intermittently forcing the pen against the paper with increase pressure.
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AA. PEN EMPHASIS

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The place where the writer grasps the barrel of the pen and the angle at which he holds

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PEN HOLD

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Pen pressure as opposed to open emphasis deals with the usual of average force involved in the writing rather than the period increases

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PEN HOLD

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Relationship between the pen point and the papers

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PEN POSITION

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The average force with which the pen contacts the paper.

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PEN PRESSURE

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Pen pressure as opposed to pen emphasis deals with the usual of average force involved in the writing rather than the period increases.

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PEN PRESSURE

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  • A creative “combination of printing and cursive writing”.
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PRINTSCRIPT

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  • The relation between the tall and the short letter is referred to as to the ratio of writing.
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PROPORTION OR RATIO

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  • A distinct particular character. Also “quality” is used in describing handwriting to refer any identifying factor that is related to the writing movement itself.
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QUALITY

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  • The element of the writing movement which is marked by regular or periodic recurrences.
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RHYTHM

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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.

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SHADING

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Any characteristic of handwriting that is sufficiently uncommon and well fixed to serve as a fundamental point in the identification.

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SIGNIFICANT WRITING HABIT

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  • Eliminating extra or superfluous strokes from the copybook model.
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SIMPLIFICATION

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May refer to the overall size of the writing or the proportions between zones.

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SIZE

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  • In any set there are relative degree ability or skill of a writers b proficiency
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Skill

62
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The angle or inclination of the axis of the letters relative to the baseline. There

are three classes:

a. Slant to the left;

b. Slant to the right; and

c. Vertical Slant.

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SLOPE/SLANT

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  • He personal pace at which the writer’s pen moves across the paper.
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SPEED OF WRITING

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-Not everyone writes at the same rate so that consideration of the speed of writing may be a significant identifying element.

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SPEED (SPEEDY) WRITING

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Writing speed cannot be measured precisely from the finished handwriting but can be interpreted in broad terms of slow, moderate or rapid.

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SPEED (SPEEDY) 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.

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SYSTEM (OF WRITING)

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Writing throughout use diverges from the system, but generally retains some influence of the basic training

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SYSTEM (OF WRITING)

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The degree of force exerted on the pen compared to the degree of relaxation.

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TENSION

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  • An indefinite connective form that looks flat and wavy
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THREADY FORM

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The degree to which the writing varies from the copybook model.

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VARIABILITY

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  • The act or process of changing.
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VARIATION

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-The amount of space left between words.

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WORD SPACE

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Both the circumstances under which the writing was prepared and the factors influencing the writer’s ability to write at the time of execution.

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WRITING CONDITION

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  • Any writing executed with the opposite hand that normally used; a.k.a as the “with the awkward hand”. It is one of the means to disguise.
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WRONG-HANDED WRITING

75
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The result of the pen touching down on the paper and moving across the page, until it is raised from the paper.

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WRITING IMPULSE

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