History of Handwriting

Have you ever tried to forge your parents' signature on your progress report or report card? If you have before, or have at least tried, then you know that its not easy. The reason is because every person's style of writing is different. For example, some people put more space in between their letters, some put more pressure on their writing, some slant their letters, and some connect their letters or lift their pencil in between letters.

Important People who contributed to Forensics:

Camillo Baldo (1622): He wrote the first known book on graphology. It was titled, How To Judge the Nature and the Character of a Person from His Letter. He said that all writers write differently and no one has the same handwriting as another.
Gordon Allport (1930): Had 3 assumptions on handwriting: 1. personality is consistent; 2. movement is expressive of personality; and 3. the gestures and other expressive movements of an individual are consistent with one another.