ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 16

Class Characteristics of Alphabetic Speedwriting Shorthand Systems
Finch, T
Forensic document analyst, Crime Laboratory, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, IL

(Received 5 March 1991; accepted 12 June 1991)

Abstract

The handwriting class characteristics of four alphabetic speedwriting shorthand systems are identified and compared. The four systems are analyzed and compared primarily by (1) letter form simplification; (2) printed and cursive capital letter forms; (3) disjoined and joined letter forms; (4) superscript and subscript letter or number forms, or both; (5) capital and small letters or symbols, or a combination of these, used as abbreviations; (6) nonalphabetic symbols; and (7) phrasing or combinations of symbols.

Keywords:
questioned documents, handwriting, speedwriting, class characteristics, alphabetic shorthand

Paper ID: JFS13233J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13233J
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