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BACKHAND WRITING [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
DEF

... Handwriting whose strokes slant downward from left to right.

CONT

When tall letters and capitals and long letters slant to the left (backhand writing), the writer resorts to dissimulation and maneuvers as the easiest way out of disagreeable and embarrassing situations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
DEF

[...] Incliné en arrière. [...]

CONT

Écriture renversée, penchée vers la gauche.

CONT

On ne trouvera jamais d'écriture renversée à gauche chez un enfant. Elle apparaît chez l'adolescent, pendant cette douloureuse gestation de l'être qui se cherche, s'interroge, dont les tourments et les conflits intérieurs sont parfois tellement intolérables qu'ils conduisent au suicide.

Spanish

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