Description
Book Synopsis"Handwriting Analysis" includes a chapter on analyzing doodles.
Trade ReviewMcNichol's commonsense explanations are salted with wry humor and ironic observations on the handwriting of the famous as well as the infamous. No one, including the reader, is safe from her barbs. This is an excellent introduction to graphology ... and an incentive to type all correspondence! Library Journal 19940103
Table of ContentsCONTENTS,
Acknowledgments IX
Introduction xi
Last-Chance Page Xill
PART I: GETTING YOUR HANDS WET
1 Fun Quiz 3
2 Explanation of Answers 9
3 What Does Getting the Right Answers Mean? 19
PART II: THE SCIENCE OF GRAPHOLOGY
4 Handwriting as "Brain Prints" 23
5 Science Quiz 26
6 Graphology and the Three Facets of Man 32
7 Graphological Deductions: The Five Ways They Are Made 41
8 Summary: Graphology as a Science 54
PART III: AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME SPECIFIC HANDWRITING TRAITS
9 A Few Things to Know Before Getting Started 59
10 Slant 63
11 Baselines 93 12 Margins 102
13 Spacing 120
14 Pressure 130
15 Size 140
16 Speed 152
17 Zones 157
18 Printing vs. Connected Writing 177
19 Connecting Strokes 188
20 Signatures 200
PART IV: PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
21 High vs. Low Functioning Intelligence 231
22 Extroversion vs. Introversion 236
23 Strong vs. Weak Work Drive 240
24 Honesty vs. Dishonesty 244
PART V: TRYING YOUR HAND AT IT
25 Your First Analysis 255
PART VI: THE USES OF GRAPHOLOGY
26 Graphology and Psychology 261
27 Graphology and Social Work 265
28 Graphology and Medicine 268
29 Graphology and Education 271
30 Graphology and Business 273
31 Graphology and Personal Uses 278
32 Graphology and Crime Solving 280
PART VII: GRAPHOLOGY AND YOUR LIFE
33 The Future of Graphology 303
34 Those Last Few Tidbits 311
35 Analyzing Your Own Handwriting 314
36 Where Do You Go from Here? 318
PART VIII: A BIT ABOUT DOODLES
37 Doodles 321
Bibliography 340
About the Authors 343
Index 344
