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The study of the writing systems of a language, including the number and formation of letters, spelling patterns, accents, and punctuation. In the 19th century it was believed that analysis of a person's handwriting could give an indication of his or her personality, a belief still held in a more limited fashion today.

Personality as revealed by handwriting was studied by Chinese scholars more than 800 years ago. However, the correlations found between characteristics of handwriting and personality in modern graphology are few.



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Handwriting analysis became a cultural craze from the 1930s to the 1950s, with newspaper advice columns promising to disclose readers' character and personality through writing samples and graphologists setting up booths in Atlantic City and elsewhere to capitalize on its commercial appeal (Thornton 119, 120).
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Twenty Remarkable Women Seen Through Their Handwriting is a most enjoyable read especially for amateur graphologists.
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Though the field once was scorned by scientists as something akin to fortunetelling and palm reading, handwriting analysis has achieved a respectable profile in recent decades with hundreds of graphologists like Lowe in Southern California.
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