Individual characteristics of handwriting

PART ONE

ALIGNMENT The relation of the letters in words to the baseline

Form Form is the way a writer makes a letter

Form are classified into:

1. ANGULAR FORMSAre made by stopping the pen and changing direction.

2. ARCADE FORMSlook like arches rounded on the top and open at the bottom

3. GARLAND FORMS- A cup like connected form that is open at the top and rounded on the bottom.

SLANT Angle of writing; Can be forward or backward

PROPORTION or RATIO the relation between the tall and the short letter

It is the symmetry of individual letter usual habits found in a specific writer

SKILL- writers proficiency.

High skill level VS Low skill level

Movement - is the way a pen moves in order to make a mark.

KINDS OF MOVEMENT

Finger MovementUsually employed by children and illiterates.

Hand Movement action of the whole hand with the wrist as the center of attraction.

Forearm Movementmovement of the shoulder, hand and arm with the support of the table

Whole Forearm Movement - action of the entire arm.

QUALITY OF MOVEMENT

Hesitating and painful due to weakness and illness

Nervous and irregular Smooth, flowing and rapid.

Strong, heavy and forceful

Clumsy, illiterate and halting.

Rhythm in Handwriting - the succession of connected,

and uniform strokes in full coordination.

LACK OF RHYTHMCharacterized by succession of awkward, independent,

poorly directed and disconnected motions.

Memory Evaluation

1. The relation of the letters in words to the baseline

2. What forms are made by stopping the pen and changing direction.

3. What movement usually employed by children and illiterates.

4. the way a writer makes a letter

6. Angle of writing; Can be forward or backward

7. What movement pertains to the action of the entire arm.

8. The relation between the tall and the short letter

9. Cup like connected form that is open at the top and rounded on the bottom.

10. It is the symmetry of individual letter

KEY TO CORRECTION

1. The relation of the letters in words to the baseline

ALIGNMENT

2. What forms are made by stopping the pen and changing direction.

ANGULAR FORMS

3. What movement usually employed by children and illiterates.

Finger Movement

4. The way a writer makes a letter

FORM

6. Angle of writing; Can be forward or backward

SLANT

7. What movement pertains to the action of the entire arm.

Whole Forearm Movement

8. The relation between the tall and the short letter

RATIO/PROPORTION

9. Cup like connected form that is open at the top and rounded on the bottom.

GARLAND FORMS

10. It is the symmetry of individual letter

RATIO/PROPORTION

END OF PART ONE