The Writing Material and Surface

Written by S.Sulianah

The writing material which we will be using to write is as important as any other factors to produce an authentic handwriting. When we use a specific type of pen or a pencil, the handwriting results tend to have contrast with the another.

The handwriting’s pressure, flow, movement, consistency, the energy to write and the overall look of the written document will show difference even though the strokes and all will be the same throughout.
In the science of handwriting analysis, to analyse a handwriting, we will advised our client to write in pencil just so we can observe the pressure throughout. In this article, we are interested in the comfort while writing. Because if you write with stiffness just to be as comfortable as possible with the ball point pen which you are not used to, it will affect the analysis’ accuracy.  

These are the different results which you can see written by the same person using different type of pens or pencils.
  

What you should do when you write?

1. Use a suitable pen which you are comfortable with. You could write smoothly with a ball point pen while others would prefer a gel pen.
2. The pen point such as 0.5, 0.7 etc could also make a difference.
3. Normally when we analyse handwriting, we will provide an unlined paper. Papers with lines is fine however there will be some areas that could be overlooked which would then affect the accuracy of the analysis.
4. The surface where you write is another important factor. Make sure it is on a flat surface. Have something underneath the paper so that when you write it will not be out of control on your handwriting such as declining baseline, uneven pressure or strokes that are not supposed to be there.