Graphology

You misunderstood me. What I was saying is that I think someone trained in questioned document examination may be able to divine some things about my mental state at the time of writing (which is very much a graphology thing), given a sufficiently large sample size to train on. This doesn’t go at all towards my personality, but a trained graphanylsis person could probably tell small things like if I was frantic, calm, angry, etc based on things like variance in stroke clarity, pressure used, and so on.

No, it isn’t. There may be a misunderstanding though. From the German Wiki entry on graphology (Graphologie), under the section “Schnitstellen zu anderen Disziplinenen: Forensik” (“interfaces to other disciplines: forensics”):

[Quote=Wikipedia]
In der forensischen Kriminaltechnik werden auch Handschriften untersucht. […]
Dabei kommen auch physikalisch-technische Methoden zur Anwendung. Es wird unter anderem mit Ultraviolett-Licht, mit Rasterelektronenmikroskop und weiteren Untersuchungsverfahren gearbeitet. Diese naturwissenschaftlich fundierten Verfahren bilden die Basis. […]
Die forensische Handschriftenvergleichung ist Beweismittel in Gerichtsverfahren.

(my translation):

Hand writing is also examined in forenisc sciences. […]
Thereby, physical-technical methods are also applied. This is, among other things, done with ultraviolet light, scanning electron microscopes und other means of investigation. These scientifically sound methods provide the basics. […]
Forensic comparison of handwritings is used as evidence in court.

[/Quote]

[Emphasis mine]

So what’s really used in court are scientific, comparative methods that only share some cursory similarities to graphology. I have also never heard of graphology used in job applications; I’ve written countless applications in the last 20 years, and the only parts handwritten ever were the signatures.

Rumpology? And it’s exactly (more or less) what it sounds like? So my hobby has a name, making it almost legitimate? Will wonders never cease. :slight_smile:

Either that or the fans of Rumpole of the Bailey have very crazy ideas about the law or kidney puddings. :wink:

I loved to watch PBS’s Mystery!

Nope. Didn’t misunderstand you.

When he finds out about this, we’ll soon have Dr. Mix-A-Lot.

It’s hilarious that it is almost certain that Stallone’s mom just really likes ass (she’s not alone there, I cannot blame her for that) and made that into a money-making woo scheme. No worse that astrology I guess. I wonder if she considered calling it “Asstrology”?