Paleography came from the Greek word ‘palaios’ which literally mean

He used at first the term "paleography" in 1708

A graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept.

These ancient people used stones to engrave images on cave rock surfaces. What is called this art?

It is the study of ancient Handwriting and the practice of deciphering and reading historical manuscripts.

It is defined as a visible effect of bodily movement, an almost unconscious expression of fixed muscular habits, reacting from the fixed mental impression of specific ideas associated with script form.

Refers to handwriting or images on the walls or surfaces of a public area

The following development of Handwriting, except

The art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner

A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its records.

The letters were in all capital letters.

These are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading.

It is the form of writing in which one letter is joined to the next

What is the other term for Handwriting?

No two writers write precisely alike. The statement is

A person can write either with his left or right hand is called ____

Which of these refers to the special way how various hand muscles work together to produce written form of the ideas conceived by the mind of the writer?

What handwriting movement is usually used by children and barely literate people? The thumb, index and middle finger are the ones in actual motion while the person is writing.

Due to a brain infection caused by a head injury, Brenda lost the ability to write in an orderly fashion, although she can still manage to manipulate writing materials. Brenda is suffering from –

What is known as the obsessive impulse to write (Writing insanity)?

The movement of the shoulder, hand and arm with the support of the table.

It is an important element in handwriting. It embraces all the factors which are related to the motion of the writing instrument skill, speed freedom, hesitation, rhythm, emphasis, tremors and the like.

Refers to the standard of handwriting instruction taught in a particular school.

This refers to a peculiar or distinct character utilized in depicting handwriting to any identifying factor related to the writing movement itself.

The following are the importance of Copybook, except

This refers to an important element of handwriting that embraces all factors which are related to the motion of writing

Refers to a visible effect of bodily movement, an almost unconscious expression of fixed muscular habits, reacting from a fixed mental impression of specific ideas associated with script form.

This refers to writing movement that shows the utmost freedom and speed

This refers to the design of letters, which are fundamentals to a writing system

Which of these refers to the author's act of intermittently forcing the pen against the paper surface with increasing pressure while writing?

There is an interruption in a stroke caused by removing the writing instrument from the paper. This is described as –

The ruled or imaginary line where the letters in the handwriting rest is called -

It results from a highly complex series of acts being used as a whole and a combination of certain forms of visible mental and muscular habits acquired by long, continued painstaking effort.

How do you call the average force with which the pen contacts the paper and maybe estimated from examining the writing?

Is the relation of parts of the whole of writing or line of individual letters in words to the baseline, and it is the alignment of words.

The place where the writer grasps the barrel of the pen and the angle at which he holds it.

Sharp, straight strokes that are made by stopping the pen and changing direction before continuing.

A cup-like connected form that is open at the top and rounded on the bottom

Any property or mark that distinguishes and in document examination is commonly called the identifying details.

Side by side comparison; collation, as used in this text, means the critical comparison on side by side examination.

It is a condition when two specimens are compared under the comparison microscope at the same direction, the same level, the same magnification, and the same image

The act of setting two or more items side by side to weigh their identifying qualities; refers not only to a visual but also the mental activity in which the element of one item is related to the counterparts of the other.

The writer's chosen writing style. The way the writing looks, whether it is copybook, elaborated, simplified, or printed.

A disconnected form of script or semi-script writing. This type of writing is taught in young children in elementary schools as the first step in learning to write.

The relation between the tall and the short letter is referred to as the writing ratio.

The angle or inclination of the axis of the letters relative to the baseline.

Is the widening of the ink strokes due to the added pressure on a flexible pen point or the use of a stub pen.

May refer to the overall size of the writing or the proportions between zones.

In any set, there are relative degrees or ability or skill, and a specimen of handwriting usually contains evidence of the writer's degree, knowledge, or skill of writing proficiency.

In Handwriting identification and examination (and other forms of criminalistic examinations), any significant property or mark that serve as identifying detail of the specimen is referred to as –

The top portion of a letter forming an upper loop

A figure resembling a hole or opening as part of the letter

Preliminary embellished initial stroke, which usually occurs in capital letters

A gap occurring between a continuous stroke without lifting the pen

The bottom part of the letter, which rests on the baseline

Any abnormal repetitive shaking movement of the body, usually the hands, affects handwriting

These are characteristics resulting from the writer’s muscular control, coordination, age, health, nervousness, temperament, frequency, personality, and character.

The same pen in different hands will produce entirely different strokes.

Which of the following refers to the irregular thickening of ink found when writing slow down or stop while the pen takes stock of the position?

Short horizontal beginning stroke

This refers to the continuity of stroke, forged writing is usually produced by disconnected and broken movements and more motion or movement impulses than in genuine writing.

The stroke which connects two stroke of a letter; characterized by a connected stroke between letters.

it is a minute curve or an ankle that often occurs at the end of the terminal strokes.

The following are the qualities of the strokes, except