Document Analysis
📋 What it is
Document examiners compare handwriting, ink, and paper to spot forgeries and identify writers.
🗣️ Coach says
Handwriting is like a fingerprint of movement — hard to fake perfectly. Examiners compare letter shapes, spacing, and pressure. Even the ink and paper carry clues about when and where a document was made.
🧠 Memory hook
Handwriting is a movement-fingerprint — shape, spacing, pressure give the writer away.
😂 Giggle
What do you call a detective who sleeps on the job?
An undercover agent!
😲 Whoa!
Forgers almost always get caught by SPEED — a forged signature is drawn slowly and carefully, which looks shaky under a microscope, while a real one is written fast and smooth.
✅ Quick check: Why does a forged signature often look shakier than a real one?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
It’s drawn slowly and carefully (copying), while a genuine signature is written fast and fluidly — the slowness shows.
Natural writing is fast and smooth; careful copying introduces tremor.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Sign your name fast, then try to “forge” it slowly. Compare — which is shakier under close look?