Handwriting

Forensic Document Examination should not be confused with graphology where handwriting is claimed to be an indication of the character and personality of an individual. Forensic Document Examiners analyze and compare handwriting to determine authorship of a particular document.
	The signature on the check was confirmed to be a forgery when compared to the true signatures below. Notice the differences in the letters "H" and "t" in the forgery and the true signatures.
	The Questioned Document Section was asked to determine if a suspect in a check writing scam made the signature at the top. When asked to write the questioned signature three times, the suspect attempted to disguise her handwriting. Based on several factors such as relative height of letters and connections between letters as in "u" to "d", the document examiner was able link the suspect's handwriting to the signature on the check.
The signature at right is an example of a traced forgery. The penmanship is uneven and shaky.