Saturday, January 27, 2007

Handwriting and Our Personality


The handwriting in this picture belong to my nephew, Aziz. He’s really into Wrestling and adores John Cena very much. He came to visit me in Nottingham last December with the rest of the family. I really missed them now that they’ve gone back. Talking about handwriting, I always envy my father who has a very nice handwriting and can do Arabic calligraphy. Mine is straight-line, unconnected, kind-of round figures handwrite and unchanged since my school days. One of Malaysia's well-known counsellor, Dato Dr Fadzillah Kamsah, describe someone who has unchanged handwriting as someone who’s not easily influenced by others, stick to her personality and principle. I don’t know if that’s entirely true… some of it maybe. I’m kind of stubborn at times.
Here’s some interesting information about handwriting and how it describe our personality, which I found in one of the web page.

BACKWARD - indicates that you are shy and afraid to show your feelings, hesitant.

STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN - indicates that you are a person with a strong need for contact

FULLY CONNECTED - indicates that you are a social person who likes to talk and meet others.

PARTIALLY CONNECTED - indicates that you are a shy, idealistic person who does not find it easy to have relationships, especially intimate ones.

UNCONNECTED - indicates that you are a person who thinks before acting, intelligent and thorough.

WIDE SPACES - indicates that you are reserved, shy, cautious, and thoughtful.

NARROW SPACES - indicates that you are a talkative person, maybe even a busybody!

NO SPACES - indicates that you are not very reserved, impatient, self-confident and fond of action

VERY FAR APART - indicates that you are isolated, detached, reserved, maybe even antisocial.

APART FAR ENOUGH THAT LETTERS DO NOT TOUCH - indicates that you are a person who is uneconomical and talkative.

Why is it important for us to know about our personality through our handwriting? Well, according to Dato’, personality is something that can be changed and influenced. So, we can actually change or influence our behaviour or personality by changing the way we write. Try to write something now… if the spaces is very far apart this shows that you are isolated, reserved and maybe even antisocial. So, try to change your handwriting to narrow the spaces down. Maybe in times, it can make you be a more talkative person, but try not to be too busybody!

Comes to think about this handwriting stuff, I wonder if our preference of FONT when using computer does indicate anything? Hmm… Yes, I think it does….

1 comment:

amyheidi said...

My handwriting style changes with the speed I write. Sometimes some letters are joined, sometimes they are not. Spaces between letters and words also change with the amount of space. It has changed progressively from terribly scruffy to less scruffy (though my lecturers wouldn't agree with that since they have never seen those terribly scruffy handwriting from primary school days). One of my lecturers were surprised with the sheer neatness of my blog when my lab log book is the scruffiest log book belonging to a female that he ever encountered.