The Principal Letters
Taken in alphabetical order, the following are the principal letters to study:—
A. Well made, and simple in outline, indicates refinement, gentleness, intelligence, perhaps poetic feelings. Flourishes are always bad, and tell of pretension and egotism. If a small a is unjoined—open-mouthed as it were—the subject is something of a gossip. This also applies to the small o.
Artistic—refined—loves poetry.
Selfish and egotistical.
B. This is a letter that frequently tells of ostentation and kindred failings. If the small b is well looped, look for an affectionate nature.
C. A well-rounded C shows a kindly, perhaps indolent nature. A curly tail suggests selfishness and egotism.
D. The small d is very truth-telling. A small d united to the letter following shows a good sequence of ideas. Too much flourish tells of an ill-balanced imagination.
E. The capital letter shows egotism, even as the letter C does, in the curled back tail. A long tail to the small e tells of imagination, good-nature, ardor; if exaggerated, carelessness.
M is the next really important letter—in some respects the most important. The first high loop means ambition, pride, discontent. A big flourish to the termination shows egotism; a moderate one force of character.
T, or rather the particular method of crossing the T, is always of immense interest to the graphologist. Energy, strength of will, temper, perseverance, obstinacy, may all be shown or found to be lacking. The thickly crossed T indicates energy; the little hook back at the end, perseverance; a thick abrupt ending, temper. Impulsive people cross their T’s high. Those who make long bars are energetic and quick in thinking.
Egotist.
Force of character.
Quick-tempered, willful and persevering.
Wide spacing between lines suggests extravagant tastes; accompanied by rounded terminals to the letters, good-nature and generosity.
Short tails and a tendency to make as much as possible out of a sheet of paper, show the opposite characteristic.