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The signature is also fairly brief, but is underlined so, though the writer doesn’t want to express feelings or give away too much, he does want to be noted as someone who expects to get what he wants.
The left margin is linked to a writer’s sense of balance and stability. It has a straight edge in this case, which is positive, but it moves rightwards as it goes down the page, showing impatience to see results.
He is competitive, as already seen in the signature, and this is backed up with the large capital letters. Long t-bars show tat the writer has a message to convey. In this case, the message will be what he wants done. He likes to be surrounded by quick thinkers like himself.
He improvises and knows how to use others, but is successful because he uses his ingenuity to get what he wants.
Tim Brighouse is chief education officer for Birmingham Of course I disagree at the margins, but the analysis appears alarmingly and chasteningly accurate. It confirms what I most feared about myself, namely that my colleagues are unerringly right when they have criticised me, and that Birmingham’s success lies in the amazing efforts of others - and its failings are making a noise at my door.
Elaine Quigley and Tim Brighouse were talking to Harvey McGavin. Does someone you know have unusual handwriting? Send an example - with their signature - on unlined paper with contact details to Jill Craven, Friday magazine, Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX
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