Handwriting Is a Reflection of One’s Personality

Posted on 01/08/2022

“Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart”- Natalie Goldberg
In the early human age, the first man used to carve in mud and stones to convey his thoughts. Humanspainted caves so that they could warn others the dangers of the place another humanwho would pass the cave. Late as the civilization prospered and humans evolved their ancient ways, they developed a common written format termed ‘Cuneiform’ which was used in Mesopotamia and later on in other places such as Egypt.
From then on, writing forms have been developed to express human thoughts and messages that should be conveyed to other people. As the human hand evolved to its right form, humans had a better grip to hold the equipment required to draw and write. People developed writing forms such as ‘Calligraphy’ to write beautifully and legibly.
During all these years handwriting has been part of a person’s personality and thoughts. Handwriting has been an important tool for humans since ages to convey their messages to their surroundings.
In the present world, handwriting has been something more than just writing something on paper. It is a part of our life. Writing is done by all human beings as part of various chores. Children are trained to develop legible handwriting to take notes, write test papers, etc. Schools also conduct various competitions like essay writing and handwriting competition to reward students who practice good handwriting. As we grow, we write for various purposes. Rather than typing and waiting to print writing on a paper by ourselves feels an easy task. We make lists, reports, diary entries notes to remember something, etc. to move forward with our routine.
Handwriting says more than just words. Through various analyses of handwriting, experts can explain the character of a person. This form of analysis has been used widely by psychologists to help their patients with mental health. It is also believed that many illnesseslike blood pressure, schizophrenia, etc. can be identified through a person’s writing style. A person’s traits, moods, and which hand is used can also be identified through handwriting. ‘Graphology’ is one such study where people learn how to understand a person’s writing and use it to analyzea writer’s character and personality traits.
According to many various studies conducted by graphologists, it is considered a person who writes in bigger and clearer fonts is considered bold and extroverted while a person who writes in smaller fonts is considered to be shy and introverted. Even the loops of words can say about a trait such as narrow loops are restrictive people and broader loops are outgoing people. When a person has good handwriting while writing something such as an essay subconsciously he/ she will feel good and this booststhe confidence of the person and they will add more content to it. Children, when they write test papers if they write in good handwriting teacher, is able to read the answers which keeps them calm and they get deserving marks. When a person has to pass written message to someone, he/she writes beautifully and legibly which in turn the reader will understand and will feel good.
Many researchers and experts argue over the facts whether handwriting is a criterion that should be considered while understanding a person. But one thing is commonly agreed that good handwriting is an important characteristic of several human traits.