What Is Graphology?
A method of determining the character and/or personality of a writer through a study of his or her script. The term is derived from the Greek words “Grapho,” meaning “I write” and “Logos,” meaning word, language or statement. Graphology was a term coined by Abbe Michon in 1872 to refer to the art and science of Handwriting Analysis.Handwriting can be viewed as a social activity, as finger and hand movements which result in strokes, and as letter shape formations. Writing a letter or note to someone is a social activity involving interpersonal communication. An image in the writer’s mind of the person to whom the letter is being written influences the writer’s behavior in ways which vary according to the writer’s personality.Writers habitually form letter shapes in characteristic ways. The formations of different writers vary in respect to the type of the letter form as well as in respect to size, width, height and style.
