Illegible signature: Does it show writer is dishonest?

September 6, 2010
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As a handwriting analyst, I’ve seen that about 90 per cent of people I meet want their handwriting analysed. The remaining don’t. Graphologists say only two kinds of people don’t want their handwriting under the scanner: one is illiterate and the other has something to hide. However, I believe there’s a third category: the person is your boss (I don’t wanna lose my job, you see).

The tendency to hide one’s real motives is seen both in personal and public life, which is reflected by various strokes in handwriting. Today we’ll only talk about people who wish to remain a mystery in public.

Illegible signature

A person who guards his inner feelings in public always maintains a certain degree of illegibility in signature.

Incidentally, signature shows how people behave in public and how they want others to perceive them. For instance, a girl with an illegible signature won’t possess a transparent nature and her activities — good or bad — can remain unknown for a long period.

I’ve a friend with this trait and his signature has some illegibility. I’ve known this gentleman for about three years, but he never discusses what is happening in his life with me. Nevertheless, he is a nice and harmless chap.

Likewise, people who sign their names with certain illegibility have a propensity to withhold facts and restrain inner feelings. That’s not to say they’re necessarily being dishonest by concealing them. Such signatures can only tell you that they want to hide. What they want to mask (maybe insecurities, traumatic experiences, social deviancy or sexual perversion) is known from their handwriting, and not just signature alone.

In short, illegible signature reflects on an inclination to remain mysterious, impenetrable and enigmatic, but the reason behind the tendency can be both malicious and benevolent. One must check all aspects of handwriting before arriving at conclusions.

This article first appeared in Mumbai Mirror

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  • Sonam D

    I have a doubt. Majority of the signatures (about 70%) we see are illegible.Does this mean that so many people do hide their feelings?and will a person who has a legible signature reveal her feelings to everybody ?N will such people not be able to keep any secrets???

  • Vishwas Heathhcliff

    Hi Sonam,

    Handwriting analysis does not always follow a this-means-that theory. A lot of things are taken into account before an analysis is provided to an individual. The art is called trait-stacking.

  • Aarti Patel

    Nice Article as always!! But it seems your article are getting shorter!!
    I won’t say sweeter!! Sweetness is same I guess!!

    • http://www.writechoice.co.in/writechoice Vishwas Heathhcliff

      Hey Aarti! This is what you liked in Mumbai Mirror!

  • guest

    Interesting! I am an extrovert and am probably too transparent. My illegible signature is a result of my hatred for how long my name is. Every time I write it I think “I am NOT wasting precious time with all these letters…” and then just do the first letter of each name and a squiggly line that takes about the right amount of space for the rest of the letters.

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