How To Disguize Handwriting

Amity University

Major Project

Submitted By: Kavya Chaturvedi

Course: B.Sc (Hons) Forensic Sciences

Enrollment No: A5905912043

Topic- Disguise Handwriting

INTRODUCTION

Because of the existence of natural variation, the comparison of handwriting to determine the authorship cannot be regarded as a simple and straightforward task, but the difficulties are increased when the writer has deliberately departed from his usual style of handwriting. A deliberate departure from normal handwriting habits generally referred to as ‘disguise’ can be expected whenever

1. The handwriting is that of an anonymous letter which the writer has no desire to have tracked back to him by recognition of the handwriting;

2. The signature of a factious person is fabricated on a receipt or other similar document;

3. The signature of a real person is carefully copied from a genuine signature;

4. The handwriting or more often figuring, of another person is copied in an endeavor to place

There is no doubt that many people, provided they are willing to take the trouble are quite capable of writing a few lines of handwriting which has been so thoroughly disguised that its identification by comparison with the normal handwriting is virtually impossible. Fortunately, for reasons which will be made clear, most of the disguised handwriting, encountered in the course of criminal investigations are only superficially disguised; the identification of many disguised handwritings will cause an experienced document examiner little more difficulty than is presented by the comparison of normal, but rather variable,