forensic

Characteristics or properties which are common or which can be found in the specimen writing of other person.

• CLASS CHARACTERISTICS

• INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS

Characteristics are highly personal or peculiar. That which is unlikely to occur in other’s handwriting.

• INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS

• CLASS CHARACTERISTICS

Motion of writing instrument with the action of hand on the writing surface.

• Movement

• Pen Pressure

• Pen Presentation

Weight or pressure unconsciously applied to the writing instrument during the act of writing. Writing produced with a nib pen will clearly show the effect of applying different amount of pressure to the writing instrument as it passes along the paper.

• Pen Presentation

• Movement

• Pen Pressure

It is the angle of the pen with the writing surface or with the line of writing. The best writing is produced when the angle is 45 degrees.

• Pen Pressure

• Pen Presentation

• Movement

What is 5s Characteristics?

• Speed, Skill, Slant /slope, Shading, Spacing

• 'sort', 'set in order', 'shine', 'standardize', and 'sustain'

• sisa, simu, siki, sma and siku

The amount of time it takes a writer to execute a handwriting . _____ can be fast, medium , slow and deliberate. The number of words one can write in a minute.

• Shading

• Slant/ Slope

• Skill

• Speed

_____ is the ability/ expertise to do something. The act of writing is a _____ learned through repetition until it becomes a habit.

• Slant/ Slope

• Skill

• Speed

• Shading

is the inclination of the axes of letters relative to the perpendicular to the baseline of the writing. _____ can be Vertical / Straight Left/Backward Right/ Forward

• Speed

• Skill

• Slant/ Slope

• Shading

is the conscious or voluntary act of applying pressure to the pen while completing certain strokes. When a nib pen is used, pen strokes executed with heavy pressure will be wider than strokes written with less pressure. It is mostly seen in downward strokes.

• Shading

• Skill

• Speed

• Slant/ Slope