The language of handwriting : a textbook of graphology / by Richard Dimsdale Stocker.
- Richard Dimsdale Stocker
- Date:
- 1904
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The language of handwriting : a textbook of graphology / by Richard Dimsdale Stocker. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![thereunto, and giving, as further examples, other letters in which the graphological signs are the most likely to occur. If the capitals be joined to the small letters by which they are followed [some authorities state that this follows the rules given for the connection of the letters generally, viz., sequence of ideas, &c.], the indication is that of an altruistic, kind-hearted indi- vidual, possessed of broad sympathies and a large heart. When, however, the capital letter is united with the one (small or otherwise) which follows it, after describing a loop, it is said to show that sort of self-sacriiice which believes in the motto “ Charity begins at home.” Generally speaking, those who write thus, I am led to believe, are clannish. Personally, I believe this trait to be shown by this particular graphic sign, in virtue of its being a loop, which, according to my own theories, always argues a patriotic or home-loving and party-supporting nature. Small, simply-formed capitals imply humility, modesty, though, if excessively low, they would show a cring- ing, fawning sort of disposition. Disproportionately “ swagger ” capitals denote an affected, boastful, conceited nature. Elegantly-shaped, curvilinear forms of the letters, capitals especially, are held, by one or two writers, to show artistic taste for painting. The colour-sense, however, I have generally found allied with consider- able thickness of the strokes of which the handwrit-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28064501_0084.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
