Background of Handwriting Analysis (Graphoanalysis)
Graphoanalysis (Handwriting Analysis) dates back to antiquity (1612), Mid-Renaissance days, when the first written piece of information was published by an Italian physician named Camilo Baldi. Centuries of books and papers were written on the subject, but none agreed on the methods relating handwriting to personality.
Yet Sigmund Freud was quoted as saying: "There is no doubt that men also express their character through their handwriting."
In 1910, Milton J. Bunker (Doc Bunker) bought a book on graphology, the generic term for handwriting analysis found in the dictionary. This shorthand master was fascinated by handwriting analysis. He was also dissatisfied that there was no proof of what he found. With that in mind, he began his lifelong research.
In 1915, Milton Bunker discovered STROKE formations, not letters alone as in Graphology, determine personality and characteristics of any given writer. After years and years of analyzing clients, friends, students, observing them closely in their reactions, along with their handwriting, the demand grew for him to teach Graphoanalysis. Early pioneers like Milton Bunker proved beyond a doubt, through scientific research and empirical methods, that Graphoanalysis was a sound authentic science both at home and on the job, as well as in life itself. After World War II, Doc Bunker made friends with the late Peter Ferrara, and together with a team of experts in the field, brought the society into its present eminence.
In 1929, the International Graphoanalysis Society (IGAS) was founded. The IGAS School survived the Great Depression, two world wars, several recessions, and the Stock Market crash. After World War II, the demand for Graphoanalysis became even greater.
Today, technology is impacting the way we view handwriting, but it is not a lost art—just a different art form. Handwriting in all its capacities is alive and well, and is not going to go away any time soon.
Eileen Page, former educator in the Massachusetts school system, states: “Did you know that standardized testing in Massachusetts' schools is requiring legible handwritten (in manuscript or cursive) paragraphs or they will not be graded?" And let's not forget that we will always be required to sign important documents in our own handwriting.
Eileen Page, former educator in the Massachusetts school system, states: “Did you know that standardized testing in Massachusetts' schools is requiring legible handwritten (in manuscript or cursive) paragraphs or they will not be graded?" And let's not forget that we will always be required to sign important documents in our own handwriting.
"Let those bumps in the road be lessons to learn by."
