Mr. Cole. Well, I would say much of it is. Not all of it. Handprinting doesn't always give the same amount of information about writing habit as does cursive writing.
Mr. Eisenberg. Are you always able to identify the author of a writing if you have a questioned document and a standard document?
Mr. Cole. No, sir; not always.
Mr. Eisenberg. And can you expand on that?
Mr. Cole. Well, some handwriting doesn't include enough distinctive features, or in some cases there may not be enough of it to give a complete enough record of handwriting habits to be certain that you have a basis for identification.
Mr. Eisenberg. Do you need a sufficient basis in both the questioned and the standard?
Mr. Cole. Yes.
Mr. Eisenberg. Do the standards that you have selected provide a sufficient basis for making identification?
Mr. Cole. They do.
Mr. Eisenberg. Without going into every questioned document separately, do the questioned documents which you have reviewed at my request each individually provide a sufficient basis for comparison?