The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis: The Complete Guide to Interpreting Personalities, Detecting Forgeries, and Revealing Brain Activity Through the Science of Graphology

by Marc J. Seifer

" The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis  is a must for all serious students of graphology." —Iris Hatfield, Professional Graphologist, HuVista International
 
The complete guide to graphology from the winner of Flandrin-Michon AHAF President’s Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation

The ability to write by hand is a pinnacle of human achievement. As a form of self-expression, handwriting reflects a person's thoughts about the self and reveals aspects of a person's personality. Written in a step-by-step fashion, The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis begins with the history of the field and then teaches you how to analyze any handwriting, starting with objective criteria, including variables such as organization, speed, size, shape, slant, and symbolic features. Then you learn how to combine these variables to create a full personality profile. There are more than 100 handwriting samples, including those from Paul Newman, Bill Clinton, Marlon Brando, Donald Trump, Sigmund and Anna Freud, Thomas Edison, Osama bin Laden, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bruce Springsteen, Benito Mussolini, Napoleon, Michael Jackson, Robert Redford, Barak Obama, and Charles Darwin. Part II discusses how handwriting is organized by the brain and includes many examples of the link between handwriting and various illnesses and brain disorders, from dyslexia and epilepsy to stroke and coma. It ends with a discussion of the link between different personality types, their brain organization, and their handwriting. Part III is an in-depth look at the field of questioned documents, including such topics as free-hand forgeries, tracing, disguised handwriting, and anonymous notes. It features an in-depth discussion of how forgeries are created and how they are detected. If you are interested in any aspect of this topic, The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis is definitely the book you need!

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Science

351 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2008

Reviews

[Michael Brennan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the harder graphological books to follow. It is, however, insightful, in-depth, and well-written.

[Mindy Miller · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not super impressed. The author's been using terms without explaining them and without giving examples, and it doesn't seem like he's included as much information about how to actually interpret handwriting as I was hoping to find. I've mostly skimmed through and read several random sections, but I don't think this book warrants another attempt, at least for a while.

[Joshua Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

To be honest, this book is really hard to understand. He gives a little clue about the graphology indicator while he's writing style isn't easy to swallow.

But I admitted that he can explain the detail of graphological works.

[Liri · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good way to learn the various schools of analysis on handwriting. Not too in depth but I wish it had a workbook to accompany it.

[Audrey G · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely a book to chew on. Googled a lot of terms and theories throughout. Probably more for experienced psychology readers. Still an excellent book and though I am not an experienced psychology reader, I got quite a bit out of it and do feel like I learned a significant bit about graphology. Excellent examples throughout the book. Interesting subject.
A few typos are present in the text.

[Jasmin Martin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gave this an okay rating because if you've already read a lot of books on graphology, plus studied psychology, then you basically know most of what is covered in this book. Bit of an encyclopedia rather than one man's experience and own research/findings.

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately very inaccessible. You need to already know graphology to get anything out of this. VERY few samples of handwriting with analysis, which was a huge bummer. I feel like the title is pretty misleading.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite informative and funny. he did a thorough research on the topic.

[Wayward Skyril]

DNF

Very... complex. Very dull. I had too much trouble paying attention.