Letter Slants In Handwriting Analysis
Prior to this article, we've been taking a look at baseline slants, doodles and scribbles, margins and more margins. In this piece, we'll take a look at the slants of letters. Let's think about a half circle, which is 180 degrees. Handwriting analysts use a handy dandy half circle ruler if you like (called an Emotional Responsiveness Gauge), marked out in one of two ways.
The first way is marked showing an A straight up at the 90-degree mark. To the left of the A are the numbers (in descending order) 4, 3, 2, and 1. To the right of the A mark are the numbers (in descending order) 6, 7, 8, and 9. For all intents and purposes, the numbers are actually angles and degrees of angles.
The second method of marking, used by the International Graphoanalysis Society in Chicago is the same Emotional Responsiveness Gauge, but it's marked into letter combinations. For instance, the straight up 90-degree angle is considered to be an AB writing slant. To the left of the AB slant is the FA and F- slant. To the right of the AB slant are the BC, CD, DE, and E+ slants. All slants are measured from the baseline, and each letter is measured on its own. No matter which set of markings you use, they mean the same thing. And this is what we are going to talk about in this article.
So, let's get started. First a look at the FA (4,3) and F- (2,1) slants. They're not all that common and are quite interesting when you see them. In a nutshell, the person who is writing with a slant to the left is withdrawing, reserved, has difficulty expressing emotions, difficulty communicating, is aloof, cold, and whose mind controls their emotions. These would be the people who write with a left slant that falls in the FA (4,3) range.
Those who write with an even further slant to the left in the F- (2,1) area extremely unbalanced and withdrawn emotionally, simply can not cope with emotions, fears the future and does a good job of evading reality.
Writers who slant their letters in-between the AB and BC angles self possessed and objective. People with their emotions under control. In other words, their head and not their hearts rule them. It's interesting to note that these individuals tend to face emotional situations with calmness and composure. Others may mistake this as being unconcerned or callous. This person though registers emotions VERY deeply and when they hit a saturation point, it will come as a great surprise to those around them.
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