It refers to quality, feature or elements with distinguishes and which serves as the basis of identification.

They are properties, attributes or qualities that are highly unusual or which are unlikely to occur in others handwriting.

They are additional strokes which are necessary to the legibility of the writings? They are added to complete some letters such as i-dots and t-bar.

The strokes added to the forms of the letters that are working as a decorative or adding flourish to the letter.

Is the degree of writing inclination which is relative to the base line? This is the slope of the writing.

Is the combination of the basic forms and designs of letters and the writing movements involved in the writing?

Is the basic forms and design and letters which is fundamental to our writing system.

This is the two very common forms/system of writing used in the Philippines are:

It embraces the factors relative to the motion of the pen.

Any repeated element or detail which may serves to individualize writing.

It refers to any characteristics of handwriting which is sufficiently unique and well-fixed to serve as a fundamental point in identification.

Any specimen of writing executed normally without any attempt to control or alter its identifying habits and its usual quality of execution.

Is the visible record in the writing strokes of the basic movements and manner of holding the pen. It is derived from a combination of factors including writing skill, speed, and rhythm, freedom of movement, shading and pen position.

Is the specimen of writing made or prepared deliberately by altering the usual or normal habits of his writing in the hope of hiding his/her identity.

Is the art of attempting to interpret the characteristics of personality of a person based on his handwriting?

Writing in which the letters are for the most part joined together.

Any disconnected style of writing in which each letter is written separately.

Type of writing movements employ by these with whom writing is, but a new experience. It is considered the most inferior movement in writing resulting to poor quality and lack of rhythm or speed.

20. The action directly comes from the wrist with the fingers playing but minor role which affords more expensive writing, more regularly of the lines and considerable speed.

The writing weakness portrayed by irregular and shaky strokes.

Refers to those changes which continue only while the basic cause is affecting the writer once the cause of deterioration has been removed, the writing will reverts or assume its normal qualities.

Is the periodic increased or change in the speed and force in the execution of the writing.

Is the usual or normal force applied in the writing?

The element of the writing movement which is marked by regular or periodic recurrences. It may be classified as smooth, intermittent or jerky in its quality.

The interruption in a stroke caused by removing the writing instrument from the paper.

The stokes which goes back over another writing stroke; it is slightly to occur in other handwriting.

Refers to the relative degree of the writer’s proficiency when are depend on many factors.

Refers to the more obvious increase in the width of the letter strokes or the widening of stokes due to the added ink on flexible pen point.

Is a stroke going back to repair a defective portion of a writing stroke.

Is the relative location of the pen in relation to the paper surface which can be determined by the presence of the emphasis or pen shading?

The interruption in a stroke caused by removing the writing instrument from the paper.

The stokes which goes back over another writing stroke; it is slightly to occur in other handwriting.

The examination with the illumination so controlled that it graces or strike the surface of the document from one side at a very low angle.

Is a name of a person signed by himself on a document as a sign of acknowledgement.

The class of signature used in acknowledging important document such as will, checks, contract and business papers.

The act of simulating or copying or tracing somebody’s signature without the permission of the former for profit.

The class of signature for routinary document or made for personal correspondence.

Forged signature written without any attempt to copy or effect resemblance of the genuine signature.

Forged signature which closely resemble the genuine signature since they have been produced by following an outline of the genuine signature.

The type of signature which resemble the genuine signature written in free-hand.

The genuine signature which has been used in the preparation of a traced or simulated forgery.

This is the signature used for mail carrier, delivery of goods, purchase of equipment and an autograph collector.

Is the signature signed at a particular time and place, under particular conditions while the signer was at a particular age, mental and physical conditions with a particular purpose and reason for recording his name?

The process by which an outline of the genuine signature is produced on the fraudulent document underneath the genuine signature by tracing the outline of the genuine signature with the use of a pointed instrument with a considerable pressure apply over the genuine signature, also known canal-like structure.

Is the process of forging a genuine signature done by allowing a strong source of light to pass through at the back of the paper bearing the genuine signature and following the imposed image of the genuine signature?

The type of writing instrument that makes detection of pen-lifts, hesitation and patching very difficult.

This is also known as spurious signatures.

As a rule it is easy to determine that a signature is a forgery but it is very difficult to establish who committed the forgery because.

The type of writing instrument that shows the true characteristics of a person‘s handwriting, thus prevent chances of forgery.