Last week a reporter from the NY Daily News called my office wanting a personality profile from self-confessed New York Times Square terrorist Faisal Shahzad. If you follow the late-night US comedy talk shows, he is the clumsy terrorist who locked his bomb in his own car and failed to make it explode. Whatever the truth of his devious plans were… he was caught and we have just one small sample of his handwriting.
Can you spot anger, distrust, or hatred toward a specific country in handwriting?
(I can spot 2 out of the above 3.)
Read Bart’s analysis and post your comments or even your own analysis, we enjoy hearing your comments!
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Here are some snippets from the NY Daily News article:
“He may be smiling in photos, but his signature is all rage.
Faisal Shahzad’s handwriting on a 2004 condo sale agreement unmasks him as a hostile, self-destructive, arrogant man, an expert said Wednesday.”
“He’s angry at everybody and he’s lashing out at the world”, says expert Bart Baggett, a forensic document examiner and author of Handwriting Analysis 101.
Baggett identified three “ticks” – tiny marks where the pen has dragged – that indicate aggression and hatred: at the top of the F, the bottom of the S and the end of the L in Faisal.
The one on the F is particularly telling because Shahzad’s handwriting has large “upper zones” that suggest an interest in philosophical ideals, religion and analysis, Baggett said.
Shahzad also signed only his first name, indicating pride. The excessive pen pressure he used shows determination, Baggett said.
And that bizarre curlicue over his “i”?
“It shows a desire to be different and not wanting to conform”, Baggett said.
– www.nydailynews.com
Click the link below to read the full article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/05/06/2010-05-06_signature_reveals_hostility.html
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It is amazing to find so much in such a small sample. I picked up on the ticks and using just his first name. If we did not know what the strokes meant, it( signature) would seem artistic.