Is a handwriting expert the same as a questioned document examiner?
The term questioned document examiner is more inclusive than handwriting expert. As the name implies, a handwriting expert limits his or her practice to determining the authenticity of signatures, hand printing and cursive writing. A questioned document examiner does that too, but is also involved in a variety of other related specialties such as fraudulent photocopy reproductions, inks, identifying paper, identifying paper clip marks, watermarks and staple holes just to name a few.
