ABSTEMIOUS limited capacity for indulging appetites, temperance -NARROW LINE WIDTH

ACQUISITIVE likes to own and have possessions -INITIAL HOOKS ON A HORIZONTAL STROKE

ADAPTABILITY TO STRESS an elegant balance of one's needs and demands of others -PRINTED LETTER S-SHADING DOWN STROKE ABOVE THE BASELINE

AESTHETIC TASTES appreciates creative artistry and structural systems -PLAIN PRINTED CAPITALS

AGGRESSIVE quickly grasps opportunities for advancement -LONG LOWER BREAKAWAY UPSTROKE CROSSING OR REACHING THE BASELINE

 ANALYTICAL THINKING sorts and separates information in assessing their value, evaluates information and supporting patterns -V-WEDGES FOR MIDDLE M, N-BOTTOM BASELINE INTERSECTIONS

ANTAGONISTIC alertness of being taken advantage of or of losing, inability to forgive and forget, hostile, ready to retaliate and win -LONG INITIAL STRAIGHT FORWARD UPSTROKE FROM OR THROUGH BASELINE

ARGUMENTATIVE readily debates any issue, quick to notice and reveal a difference of viewpoint or opinion, feels need to state own opinion -HIGH INITIAL UPPER STROKE OF P-STEM

ARTISTIC INDEPENDENCE judges self-importance by creative surroundings -PRINTED SIMPLE BLOCK CAPITAL M, THREE VERTICAL STRAIGHT UPPER DOWNSTROKES EQUALLY SPACED ON TOP OF STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL STROKE

ATTENTION TO DETAILS accounts for all minor parts, ability to recall information, accuracy oriented -I-DOT CLOSELY PLACED OVER I-STEM

AUTONOMOUS follows own convictions, balances self-directed values with moral actions, cannot be led -PRINTED SIMPLE BLOCK CAPITAL I WITH SERIFS, VERTICAL STRAIGHT UPPER DOWNSTROKE WITH EQUALLY BALANCED STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL STROKES CONNECTED AT TOP AND BOTTOM SITTING ON BASELINE

BELIEVER maintains strict adherence and intolerant devotion to a creed or philosophical value -TRIANGULAR UPPER LOOP

BIASED rigid self-viewpoints, dogmatic -TRIANGULAR MIDDLE E-LOOP

BLUNT brings matters to a conclusion and thrusts it upon others -INCREASINGLY HEAVY DOWNWARD/FORWARD MIDDLE FINAL

BROADMINDED liberal self-viewpoints, free of bigotry -WIDE MIDDLE E-LOOP

CAJOLE can be coaxed with flattery or false promises -INFLATED I-STEM

CAUTIOUS alertness to potential trouble -LONG FORWARD HORIZONTAL LINE FINAL ABOVE OR ON BASELINE

CAUTIOUS, CHRONIC habitual alertness to potential trouble -LONG FORWARD HORIZONTAL WORD FINAL ABOVE OR ON BASELINE

CHANGE, DESIRE FOR restless to shift or get out of a specific real situation -LONG LOWER DOWN STROKE

CHIDES SELF scolds self for plans that did not happen, but could have -DOWNWARD BACKWARD T-BAR

CLANNISH meticulously distinguishes and separates a friend or close companion, suggestible to object attachment or fetish -SMALL DANGLING LOWER LOOP

CLANNISH, EXCLUSIVE meticulously distinguishes and separates a friend or close companion, excludes and rejects others from the relationship, suggestible to a particular object attachment or fetish -SMALL DANGLING LOWER CIRCLE

CLARITY OF THOUGHT surveys life activities and avoids confusing or entangling them, appreciates freedom for mental and/or physical activities -LARGE DISTANCE BETWEEN LINES

CLOSE-MINDED not willing to listen or tolerate other opinions or learned viewpoints -NARROW MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

COMMUNICATIVE readily conveys information or feelings, talkative -OPEN TOP MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

COMPREHENSIVE THINKING keenly alert to and the rapid grasp of situations or information, understands information -NEEDLE-LIKE POINTED MIDDLE M, N-TOPS

CONCENTRATION focuses attention on one activity ignoring all other influences -SMALL WRITING

CONFUSION OF INTERESTS simultaneously pursues too many mental and/or physical activities, cannot handle abstractions -INTERMINGLING BETWEEN LINE EXTENSIONS

CONSTRUCTIVE builds with repetitive small parts, goal to make -STRAIGHT FLAT MIDDLE M, N-TOPS PARALLEL TO BASELINE WITH SHARP ANGLES TO VERTICAL STROKES

COVETOUS inordinate desire for another's possessions and presence -NARROW SPACING BETWEEN WORDS

CULTURAL REFINEMENT integration and discrimination of creative artistry and structural systems into one's mode of living -MIDDLE LETTER PRINTED AS CAPITAL

CUMULATIVE THINKING slowly accumulates information, arranges information into logical step-by-step sequences -ROUNDED OR FLAT MIDDLE M, N-TOPS

CYNICAL, BELLIGERENT looks for injustice and exploitation in human relationships and activities -INVERTED LOWER CIRCLE

DECEIT, INTENTIONAL deliberately misleads others -INITIAL AND FINAL, DOUBLED, LOOPS WITHIN MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

DECISIVE brings matters to a conclusion, does not vacillates -ABRUPT ENDING

DEFIANCE looks for injustices, misuse of power, abusive government, unfair control, prejudices -FORWARD INVERTED UPPER CIRCLES

DEGENERATIVE EXHAUSTION a physiological disturbance interfering with one's mental process -STROKE PRESSURE SKIPS

DELIBERATE approaches situations of conduct in a slow leisurely manner -HUMPED T, D-STEM

DEPRESSION consistently takes a dim outlook on life, expects the worse to happen -DOWNWARD WORD BASELINE

DESPONDENT desperately wants involvement in the affairs of others, seeking help -BACK FILLED-IN HORIZONTAL MARGINS

DETACHED wants separation from the affairs of others or the group -WIDE HORIZONTAL MARGINS

DETERMINATION completes a delegated job, finishes tasks and projects -STRAIGHT LOWER DOWN STROKE

DICTATORIAL controls others and imposes obedience -INCREASINGLY HEAVY DOWNWARD/FORWARD T-BAR

DIGNITY conduct conforms to proper prevailing customs, manners matter -RETRACED T, D-STEM

DIPLOMACY unobtrusive in influencing others, tactful -TAPERING OR DECREASING HEIGHT OF M, m-SECTIONS ABOVE BASELINE

DIRECT operates efficiently and only with fundamentals -INITIAL STRAIGHT MIDDLE/ UPPER AREA DOWN STROKE TO BASELINE

DISTANT GOALS directs one's efforts towards long range objectives -T-BAR ON TOP OF T-STEM

DISTORTED IDEAS, ABSTRACT expands and elaborates on a philosophical idea in a contorted or perverse manner -DEFORMED UPPER LOOP

DISTORTED IDEAS, CONCRETE expands and elaborates personal relationships and physical surroundings in a contorted or perverse manner -DEFORMED LOWER LOOP

DIVERSIFIED BELIEFS liberal philosophical values, susceptible to various religious concepts -INFLATED UPPER LOOPS

DOMINATION drives others and demands obedience -HEAVY DOWNWARD FORWARD T-BAR

DOMINEERING orders others and expects obedience -TAPERING DOWNWARD FORWARD T-BAR

EGOISM justified confidence in one's importance in relation to others -AVERAGE CAPITAL HEIGHT

EGOTISM excessively high regard of one's importance in relation to others demonstrated through arrogance -TALL CAPITAL

ELBOWROOM wants separation from another's possessions and no infringement on personal space -WIDE SPACING BETWEEN WORDS

EMOTIONAL CONFINEMENT severely limits or shows feelings -NARROW LETTER SPACING

EMOTIONAL DISPLAY readily and excessively shows feelings -WIDE LETTER SPACING

EMOTIONAL INTENSITY, MUCH AVAILABLE possesses strong libido and passions, abundance of available energy and vitality, proactive -HEAVY AVERAGE STROKE PRESSURE

EMOTIONAL INTENSITY, LITTLE AVAILABLE possesses weak libido and passions, scarcity of available energy and vitality, reactive -LIGHT AVERAGE STROKE PRESSURE

EMOTIONAL INTENSITY, VERY ACTIVE expends all available energy -MUCH PRESSURE VARIATION ABOUT AVERAGE PRESSURE

EMOTION INTENSITY, SLIGHTLY ACTIVE expends little available energy -LITTLE PRESSURE VARIATION ABOUT AVERAGE PRESSURE

EMOTIONAL INTENSITY, STORED amount of energy and vitality held in reserve, needs excessive rest periods -LARGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AVAILABLE ENERGY (PRESSURE) AND ACTIVE ENERGY (PRESSURE VARIATION)

EMOTIONAL RESPONSIVE, STABLE consistent reactions to immediate circumstances and to inner feelings -LITTLE VARIATION IN SLANT OF MIDDLE/UPPER BASELINE UPSTROKES

EMOTIONAL RESPONSIVE, CHANGING inconsistent reactions to immediate circumstances and to inner feelings (emotional memories), unstable -MUCH VARIATION IN THE SLANT OF MIDDLE/UPPER BASELINE CONSECUTIVE UPSTROKE

EMPHATIC brings matters to a strongly marked conclusion with certitude, does not vacillate -INCREASINGLY HEAVY STRAIGHT DOWNWARD FINAL ABOVE BASELINE

ENGINEERING AWARENESS understands creative artistry and constructions -INITIAL SPIKE WITH STRAIGHT FLAT MIDDLE M, N, R-TOPS WITH SHARP ANGLES TO VERTICAL STROKES

EUPHORIA displays lighthearted cheerfulness and exaggerated elation, convinced that the best conditions are inevitable, expects improvement -CURVING UPWARD LINE BASELINE

EVASIVE uses trickery to escape an issue -EXTRA STROKES WITHIN AND ENTERING THROUGH TOP MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

EXTRAVAGANCE ignores the danger of taking chances, spends lavishly, unrestrained spending of possessions -WIDE HORIZONTAL SPACING BETWEEN LETTERS

FACETIOUS inappropriate humor -EXAGGERATE INITIAL WAVY UPPER AREA DOWN STROKE

FANTASY, ABSTRACT the exaggerated expansion and elaboration of an idea producing an unreal philosophical value -INFLATED DANGLING UPPER LOOP

FANTASY, CONCRETE the exaggerated expansion and elaboration of an idea producing possibilities for an unreal situation -INFLATED DANGLING LOWER LOOP

FAULT FINDER draws attention to the contrast between reality and assumed values -LARGE INITIAL UPPER AREA DOWN STROKE TO BASELINE

FLEXIBLE MENTALITY easily follows the subject at hand -SMOOTH MIDDLE-UPPER AREA CONTOUR

FIGUREHEAD, DESIRE FOR attaches self importance relative to surroundings, wants to be considered a leader and the authority -LARGE CAPITAL IN MIDDLE OF WORD

FLUIDITY the smooth transition from one word, thought, or action to another, expresses abstract concepts and thoughts utilizing concrete descriptions -FIGURE 8 STRUCTURE PASSING THROUGH BASELINE UPPER PROPORTIONAL CIRCLE COMPLETED BY AND ATTACHED TO A LOWER PROPORTIONAL LOOP

FOOT-TAPER feels the urgency to grasp opportunities of advancement -SHORT STRAIGHT FORWARD BREAKAWAY UPSTROKE FROM A LOWER STROKE NOT REACHING THE BASELINE

FORESIGHT projects into the future a sense of proportion regarding worldly matters, capable of resourceful and perspective -LOWER PROPORTIONAL CIRCLE WITH AN UP AND DOWN STROKE BALANCE

FORGETFUL inability to recall information, absentminded -MISSING I-DOTS

FORGETFUL inability to recall information or planned action, absentminded -MISSING T-BARS

FORMALITY pays strict attention to what is prescribed by custom, strict adherence to proper prevailing conventions -TRIANGULAR T, D-STEM

FRENZY dissipation of energy through chaotic actions -ERRATIC AND BIZARRE STROKE DIRECTION AND SPACING

GENEROSITY readiness to share with others (time, money, sympathy, energy, things) -LONG CURVED ATTACHED UP/FORWARD BASELINE FINAL

GRACEFUL an easy natural elegance capable of evoking delight -PRINTED LETTER S-SHADING UPSTROKE ABOVE THE BASELINE

GULLIBLE ignores injustices, misuse of power, abusive government, unfair control, prejudices, victim predisposition -FORWARD INVERTED UPPER CIRCLES OPEN AT BOTTOM

HEDGES, ILLUSIVE allows an escape from any issue taken -FINAL STROKE OF CIRCLE PASSES BACKWARD AND OVER MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

HENOTHEISM meticulously distinguishes one faith and excludes other beliefs, suggestible to religious obsession -SMALL DANGLING UPPER LOOP

HESITATION mentally pauses before moving on -INITIAL MOMENTARY INCREASE OF PRESSURE PRIOR TO STROKE MOVEMENT

HESITATION, INVOLUNTARY inadvertently pauses before moving on usually indicated by a stutter, twitch, speech defect, short lived gesture, or rest period -MOMENTARY INCREASE IN PRESSURE DURING STROKE MOVEMENT

HUMILITY excessively low regard of one's importance in relation to others -SHORT CAPITAL

HUMOR provokes amusement from the contrast between reality and assumed values -INITIAL WAVY UPPER AREA DOWN STROKE

HYSTERIA overly reacts to immediate circumstances and loses touch of inner feelings, loses control, influenced by the emotional content of situations, indifferent to feelings -STROKE-MIDDLE/UPPER AREA BASELINE UPSTROKES SLANTED EXTREMELY FORWARD (0-20 DEGREES)

IDEALISM maintains rigid criteria for choosing ethical standards -TALL NARROW UPPER LOOP

IDIOSYNCRASY contrasts self from others by having eccentric, odd, and different qualities -CIRCLED I-DOT

IMAGINATION expands and elaborates upon an idea, exaggerates and amplifiers an idea, enlarges concepts, visualizes images -LARGE ENCLOSURES

IMPATIENCE eager to act with no delay, wants speed up activity or thoughts -I-DOT TO RIGHT OF I-STEM

IMPATIENCE eager to act with no delay, wants speed up activity or thoughts, plans to immediately finish things -T-BAR TO RIGHT OF T-STEM

IMPULSIVE readily reacts to immediate circumstances and/or inner feelings, excitable, actions based more on emotions than reason - influenced by the emotional content of situations and of feelings -MIDDLE/UPPER BASELINE UPSTROKES SLANTED FORWARD (20 TO 55 DEGREES)

INDECISIVE vacillates, does not bring matters to a conclusion -FADING FINAL

INDEPENDENCE conduct unshackled by established customs -SHORT T, D-STEM HEIGHT

INHIBITED restrains action with unnecessary burdens -STRAIGHT BACKWARD DOWNWARD UPPER STROKE

INSOUCIANT ATTITUDE unconcerned, carefree, believes circumstances happen by chance or is accidental -DOWNWARD THEN UPWARD LINE BASELINE

INTRUSIVE wants involvement in the affairs of others or the group -NARROW HORIZONTAL MARGINS

INTUITIVE sudden insight without apparent evidence or verification, aware of harmony or lack of, cognizance of fundamental truths -BREAK IN CONNECTION BETWEEN LETTERS, STROKE LIFTS AND RETURNS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTION

INVESTIGATIVE THINKING searches for originals sources, wants to learn and to explore -INVERTED V-WEDGES MIDDLE M, N-TOP

IRRITABILITY easily annoyed by minor or momentary disturbances -JAB LIKE I-DOT

ISOLATION wants to be detached from human relationships and activities which directly influences others -SINGLE DOWN STROKE FOR LOWER LOOP

JEALOUSY wants to be important and the only "big shot", alpha male, or top dog -INITIAL SMALL DANGLING UPPER AREA INVERTED LOOP

KALEIDOSCOPIC NATURE unpredictably and sporadically changes attitudes, interests, and activities -CHOPPY MULTIPLE DIRECTIONAL BASELINE

LACKADAISICAL PURPOSE makes light of self objectives -WAVY T-BAR

LAID-BACK feels no urgency to do things -SHORT STRAIGHT BACKWARD BREAKAWAY UPSTROKE FROM A LOWER STROKE NOT REACHING THE BASELINE

LIGHTHEARTED expects plans to just happen, fall into place, and should be doing -UPWARD FORWARD T-BAR

LINE VALUE, INTANGIBLE, HARMONIOUS sense of proportion, can see balance and symmetry in philosophical matters, coordinates thoughts and plans -PROPORTIONAL UPPER LOOP WITH AN UP AND DOWN STROKE BALANCE

LINE VALUES, TANGIBLE, HARMONIOUS sense of proportion, can see balance and symmetry in personal relationships and in physical surroundings, coordinates facts -PROPORTIONAL LOWER LOOP WITH AN UP AND DOWN STROKE BALANCE

LIVE UNTO SELF wants to be detached from human relationships and activities -RETRACED LOWER LOOP

LOST OF SPONTANEITY stops and compares present action or content of written statement -A SINGLE SUDDEN AND EXCESSIVELY WIDE SPACE BETWEEN WORDS, A CONSCIOUS BREAK IN THE WRITTEN MESSAGE

LOW GOALS self-underestimation, severely limits objectives by consistently underrating what one can accomplish -T-BAR CROSSES 1/3 UP ON T-STEM

LOYALTY a belief that one should adhere to a principle -PIN LIKE I-DOT

MUNDANE, UNSOPHISTICATED overly concerned with the personal daily basic needs of living -LARGE MIDDLE HEIGHT RELATIVE TO TOTAL HEIGHT

NARROWMINDED fixed, limited self viewpoints, bigoted -NARROW MIDDLE E-LOOP

NOTICE, DESIRE FOR wants to draw attention to the fact that he is part of or belongs to "the" group, gets distracted with attention -LARGE WRITING

OBJECTIVE DETACHMENT does not readily react to immediate circumstances or is not influenced by inner feelings, impartial, action based more on reason than emotion, indifferent to the emotional content of situations and of feelings -MIDDLE/UPPER BASELINE UPSTROKES SLANTED VERTICALLY (55-90 DEGREES)

OBSTINATE pigheaded, refusal to change one's judgment, stubborn -INVERTED V WEDGE WIGWAM LIKE T, D-STEM

OPEN-MINDED willing to receive and tolerate other opinions or learned viewpoints -BROAD MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

OPTIMISM consistently takes a hopeful outlook on life, expects the best to happen -UPWARD WORD BASELINE

ORGANIZATIONAL ABILITY desire to coordinate and to arrange thoughts and actions into orderly structural systems, desires balanced outlook, keeps to plans -BALANCED F-ENCLOSURES, AN UPPER PROPORTIONAL LOOP FLOWING INTO LOWER PROPORTIONAL CIRCLE TRANSITION AT BASELINE

OSTENTATIOUS flashy and excessive displays -EXTRA FLOURISHES

OVERBEARING thrusts philosophical conditions and beliefs upon others -STRAIGHT FORWARD DOWNWARD UPPER STROKE

PEDANTIC considers mistakes a weakness and overemphasizes their correction -SLOPPILY PATCHES STRUCTURES

PERFECTION dislikes and immediately reconsiders and corrects mistakes or defects -NEATLY PATCHES STRUCTURES

PERSISTENCE perseverance, repeatedly keeps on trying to return equal value, does not know when to stop, to retreat and to give up -A TIED AMPERSAND, UPPER BACKWARD LOOP ATTACHED TO A DOWN STROKE MOVING FORWARD

PESSIMISM gloomy attitude attracts failure, convinced that the worst conditions are inevitable, expects failure -CURVING DOWNWARD LINE BASELINE

PETTY excessive alertness of details to potential problems -EXTRA DOTS ON OR ABOVE BASELINE

PHYSICALMINDED, DESIRE FOR desire to flex muscles and coordinate bodily movement: -LONG P-STEM

PHYSICALMINDED, CONTROLLED wants controlled precise action -NARROW P-STEM

PHYSICALMINDED, SKILLFUL wants skillful action -PROPORTIONAL P-STEM

PHYSICALMINDED, VIGOROUS wants vigorous action -BROAD P-STEM

PHYSICALMINDED, OFFENSIVE wants offensive action -LONG BREAK AWAY UPSTROKE OF P-STEM

PHYSICALMINDED, UNHURRIED wants unhurried action, deliberate -HUMPED P-STEM

PHYSICALMINDED, STRUCTURED wants structured activities, drills -TRIANGULAR P-STEM

PHYSIOLOGICAL DECAY deterioration of one's neural system -STROKE EDGE CORRUGATIONS AND SERRATION

PICAYUNE cannot discriminate or separate creative artistry from surroundings, attaches importance to insignificant situations and structures -BLOCK PRINTING FOR SCRIPT

PLACID blindly accepts harsh conditions or concepts without question -TRIANGULAR MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

POSITIVE brings matters to a precise conclusion with certitude, sure of facts or evidence, does not vacillate -HEAVY STRAIGHT MIDDLE AREA DOWNWARD FINAL

PRACTICAL GOALS directs ones efforts towards feasible achievements -T-BAR PLACED 3/4 UP ON T-STEM

PRECISION accurate and thorough in following procedures and plans -T-BAR EQUALLY BALANCED ON T-STEM

PRIDE justified respect and esteem for one's conduct -AVERAGE T, D-STEM HEIGHT

PROCRASTINATION delays, postpones activities and thoughts -I-DOT TO THE LEFT OF I-STEM

PROCRASTINATION delays, postpones activities and thoughts, plans to finish things later -T-BAR TO THE LEFT OF T-STEM

PURPOSE capacity to establish a self-motivated plan -LONG STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL FORWARD T-BAR CROSSING 3/4 UP ON T-STEM

PUSHING DETERMINATION carelessly forges ahead in completing a delegated job -STRAIGHT LOWER FORWARD STROKE

REACTION FORMATION inner tension by over emphasizing a characteristic, exaggerated compensation for the opposite or lack of, a form of compulsive behavior -HEAVY PRESSURE OVER ONE STROKE OR REPEATED OVERSTROKE or OVERLY HEAVY AND LARGER FINAL ENCLOSURE OR STROKE AT END OF LINE

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Reaction formation examples:


GOAL INADEQUACY reaction formation to purpose -OVERLY HEAVY T-BAR

RUMINATING reaction formation to details -OVERLY HEAVY I-DOT

CALLOUS reaction formation to feelings -OVERLY HEAVY MIDDLE UPPER BASELINE UPSTROKE

INCOHERENT reaction formation to intuition, disturbed harmony and awareness -DETACHED CONNECTIONS WITHIN LETTERS, STROKE LIFTS AND RETURNS IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION

HOPEFUL reaction formation to euphoria, believes the best conditions will continue -STRAIGHT EXCESSIVELY UPWARD BASELINE

HOPELESS reaction formation to pessimism, believes the worst conditions will continue -STRAIGHT EXCESSIVELY DOWNWARD BASELINE

BLUFF reaction formation to determination -OVERLY HEAVY STRAIGHT LOWER DOWNSTROKE

ACTION CONCERN reaction formation to venturesome, wary of action, a minor task is an adventure -OVERLY HEAVY OR REPETITIVE WORD UNDERSCORES

SHOWMANSHIP CONCERN, SHOWOFF overemphasizes and places importance on being dramatic -OVERLY HEAVY LARGE UPWARD BASELINE FINAL

ORIGINAL INFO CONCERN, SKEPTIC overemphasizes and places importance on obtaining only original information -OVERLY HEAVY LARGE INVERTED MIDDLE V-WEDGE FINAL

BROADMINDED CONCERN overemphasizes and places importance on being allowed to have personal opinions, states own opinions -OVERLY HEAVY LARGE WIDE E-LOOP FOR FINAL

COMPULSIVE compulsive seizure -REPETITIVE OVERWRITING
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REBELLIOUS open hostility towards authority and for any form of discipline, belligerent, skeptical predisposition -INFLATED TRIANGULAR FORWARD INVERTED MIDDLE/UPPER CIRCLE

REGIMENTAL regulates personal relationships, carefully controls physical surroundings, good strategist -TRIANGULAR LOWER LOOP

REQUITED perseverance, repeatedly keeps on trying to return equal value, wants reciprocation for alleged injustice or for gift or favor

REPRESSION habitually restrains unacceptable emotional impulses -MANY MIDDLE/UPPER DOWN STROKES RETRACED BY UPSTROKES

RESENTMENT indignant from a sense of being offended, of being intruded upon, of being required to do something, of losing -INITIAL MIDDLE STRAIGHT FORWARD UPSTROKE FROM BASELINE

RESPONSIBILITY, DESIRE FOR wants to gain importance and to be a "big shot", alpha male, or top dog -INITIAL INFLATED INVERTED UPPER LOOP

RESTRAINING DETERMINATION overly careful in completing a delegated job, places extra burdens before completing a job -STRAIGHT LOWER BACKWARD DOWN STROKE

RESTRICTIVE stifles activities based on previous unfortunate events -BACKWARD DISHSHAPE STROKE RESTING ON BASELINE RETRACED WITH FORWARD STROKE

ROUTINE desires regular predictable settled existence without variation -STRAIGHT LINE BASELINE

SARCASM lashes out with bitter expressions at another individual or existing condition -FORWARD TAPERING T-BAR

SCHEDULE ADHERENCE exactly follows plans and duties with time tables, goal to work without idle time -STRAIGHT FLAT BASELINE CONNECTIONS WITH SHARP ANGLES TO VERTICAL STROKES

SECRETIVE deliberately conceals by omitting information from others -FINAL TOP LOOP WITHIN MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

SECRETIVE, EXTREME deliberately conceals by omitting information from oneself as well as from others -FINAL LOOP RETRACES MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

SECRETIVE, PLANNED intends to withhold information -INITIAL STROKE PASSES FORWARD AND OVER MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

SELECTIVITY meticulously distinguishes and separates friends from acquaintances, maintains rigid criteria for choosing possessions and avocations-NARROW LOWER LOOP

SELF-AWARE observes and reflects on self importance, compares inner values to surroundings -WIDE SPACE BETWEEN INITIAL CAPITAL

SELF-CASTIGATION blames self for unfortunate events beyond one's control -BASELINE FINAL CURLING BACK-DOWNWARD INTO MIDDLE

SELF-CONSCIOUS unduly concerned about being ridiculed or embarrassed, shy, difficulty in accepting praise -INCREASING HEIGHT OF M, m-SECTIONS ABOVE BASELINE

SELF-CONTROL purposely imposes disciplined action for self-objectives -UMBRELLA-LIKE T-BAR

SELF-DECEIT misleads by rationalizing reality -INITIAL TOP LOOP WITHIN MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

SELF-DECEIT, EXTREME lives or plays a self-imposed role -INITIAL LOOP RETRACED BY MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

SELF-INVOLVEMENT confusion of ideas causing chaotic thought patterns -REPEATED PATTERNED ENCLOSURES IN THE SAME SPACE

SELF-LIAISON a smooth transition of inner values to others and surroundings -CONNECTION BETWEEN A CAPITAL LETTER AND THE NEXT LETTER AND/OR BETWEEN A WORD'S FINAL STROKE AND THE NEXT WORD'S INITIAL STROKE

SELF-RELIANCE self assurance beyond proven abilities, wants no assistance -SIMPLE SIGNATURE UNDERSCORE

SELF-REPROACH scolds self over previous disappointments or previous conduct -BASELINE FINAL MOVING BACKWARD

SENSE OF PROPORTION coordinates facts and thoughts, foresight, perspective, understands relationships relative to emotional response -HORIZONTALLY BALANCED ENCLOSURES RELATIVE TO SLANT

SENSITIVE TO CRITICISM overly reacts or expands casual remarks about conduct, readily accepts flattery and/or is offended easily -INFLATED T, D-STEM

SENSORY DISCRIMINATION, STRONG an acute awareness of perceptual differences -DARK WRITING CONTRAST BETWEEN "INK" AND PAPER

SENSORY DISCRIMINATION, WEAK a mild awareness of perceptual differences -LIGHT WRITING CONTRAST BETWEEN "INK" AND PAPER

SENSUAL vulgarity, uncontrolled over-indulgence of appetites -SMEARED BLOTCHES

SENSUOUS large capacity for indulging appetites -BROAD LINE WIDTH

SERIOUSNESS OF PURPOSE a sober concern for self objectives -STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL T-BAR

SHALLOWNESS OF PURPOSE casual interest in self objectives -DISH SHAPED T-BAR

SHOWMANSHIP invites attention and interest by dramatizing existing features -STRAIGHT UPWARD BASELINE FINAL

SIGNATURE how one wants the world and others to see self, persona, projection of desired self-image, your calling card, social appearance -RELATIVE TO BODY OF WRITING

SIGNATURE, PROMINENT IMAGE wants to be seen as having a position of status and power -LARGE SIGNATURE SIZE RELATIVE TO SAMPLE SIZE

SIGNATURE, PRIVATE IMAGE wants to go unnoticed by the public- SMALL SIGNATURE SIZE RELATIVE TO SAMPLE SIZE

SIGNATURE, STATUS QUO IMAGE wants to project a stable and unchanging appearance -INITIAL. LAST NAME

SIGNATURE, DYNAMIC IMAGE wants to project a growing and changing appearance -FIRST NAME LAST NAME

SIMPLICITY operate only with fundamentals -INITIAL MIDDLE/UPPER AREA DOWN STROKE TO BASELINE

SINCERE honest, free from falseness in approach to life, lacks deceit -PLAIN MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

SPLIT PERSONALITY changes emotional reactions to immediate circumstances and to inner feelings in different time periods -DISTINCT MIDDLE/UPPER BASELINE UPSTROKE SLANT PATTERNS

STEADY desires regular predicable settled existence without variation -HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT LINE BASELINE

STINGY unwilling to share with another (time, money, sympathy, energy, things) -SHORT OR NO BASELINE FINAL

SUICIDAL TENDENCY a sudden change in attitude from hopefully expecting miracles to anticipating doom -UPWARD THEN DOWNWARD LINE BASELINE

SUPERFICIAL THINKING (SKIPS) lack of in depth reasoning, learning, and understanding (mentally rushes to meet overwhelming circumstances) -MIDDLE SHORT FORMLESS SCRIBBLE (AT THE END OF WORDS)

SUPPRESSION frequently restrains unacceptable emotional impulses -MIDDLE/UPPER DOWN STROKE RETRACED BY UPSTROKE

TEMPER, EXPLOSIVE an outburst of rage at another or existing condition, short-fused over unplanned delays -T-BAR TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THE T-STEM

TEMPER, PRONE verging on anger over a considered injustice or in action -INITIAL UPPER TICK STROKE ON DOWNSTROKE TO BASELINE

TEMPO the ability to keep a repetitive beat -EQUAL SPACING OF BASELINE DOWN STROKE INTERSECTIONS

TENACITY clings and is reluctant to part with possessions or status quo -FINAL HOOK ON A HORIZONTAL STROKE

THINKING PROCESS manner of understanding, learning, and reasoning -MIDDLE M, N-VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT

THINKING SHORTCOMING a learning defect where one cannot distinguish an object, sound, or symbol in a background, cannot read aloud, cannot carry a musical note, cannot pronounce a sound, or is inarticulate CENTER PART OF MIDDLE M, N SECTION DOESNOT REACH BASELINE

TYRANT oppressive use of physical conditions or personal relationships, strategist -TRIANGULAR LOWER CIRCLE

ULTRA-CONSERVATISM opposes taking any chances for fear of consequences, hoards possessions -NARROW HORIZONTAL SPACING BETWEEN LETTERS

UNCOMMUNICATIVE does not readily convey information or feelings, reticent -CLOSED TOP OF MIDDLE O-CIRCLE

UNSCRUPULOUS moral turpitude -BASELINE STROKE PRESSURE SKIPS

VANITY excessively high regard of ones conduct demonstrated through a sense of superiority -TALL T, D-STEM HEIGHT

VARIETY, DESIRE FOR continuously wants to change scenery and/ or associations, like interesting and diversified activities -INFLATED LOWER LOOP

VENTURESOME, ADVENTURESOME ability to become eager about taking risks, daring -OCCASIONAL STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL WORD UNDERSCORE

VERSATILITY smooth and flexible adaptation to changing situations -SMOOTH WAVY LINE BASELINE

VISIONARY GOALS directs one's efforts towards almost unattainable objectives -T-BAR PLACED OVER T-STEM

WILL POWER the ability to clearly define and become eager about objectives -LONG HEAVY STRAIGHT FORWARD T-BAR

WILL POWER, IN RESERVE increasing desire to maintain objectives regardless of difficulties -INCREASING FORWARD HEAVY T-BAR

WITHDRAWAL outwardly appears to be indifferent to immediate circumstances and retreats into inner feelings, indifferent to the emotional content of situations, influenced by feelings -MIDDLE/UPPER STROKES SLANTED BACKWARDS (90-125 DEGREES)

WORRIER mental disturbance produced by exaggerating a minor problem or concern -INVERTED MIDDLE LOOP ABOVE BASELINE

YIELDING amenable to persuasions, easily influenced, chameleon-like opinions -A SOFTLY BENDING MIDDLE STROKE

Trait intensity is determined by the quality of the graphic stroke-structure pattern and it's frequency of occurrence.