Class characteristics of handwriting include features shared by a group, such as slant, alignment, and letter formation. Embellishments, however, are unique to the individual writer and are considered individual characteristics, not class traits.
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A | If two writings are by a single per son | I | may result from influences as the writing system studied etc. |
B | Personal peculiarities, many of them in inconspicuous details | II | constitute the back bone of an identification |
C | Class characteristics | III | then no fundamental differences should exist |
D | Individual characteristic | IV | distinguish the writings of two persons |