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A STUDY ON THE RELATION OF

SPEED, PRESSURE, AND

LEGIBILITY IN HANDWRITING US-

ING THREE DISTINCTIVE PENS

Veritas Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages:163-172 Ms. Athira E C

Ms. Devi Chandana S

IN T R ODUC T ION
INTRODUCTION
Handwriting is an acquired skill and a neuro-muscular process and it
is unique to each individual. Handwriting involves 27 bones and 40

muscles to work. To determine the proper writing speed, the slow speed

is indicated by writing with heavy pen pressure, blunt starts, blunt ter-

minals, and pen lifts. Whereas fast speed is indicated by well-defined

rhythmic strokes and tapering terminals. Tremors, retouching, and pen
pauses in the strokes all indicate slow speed.

Questioned document examination (QDE) is a forensic science disci-

pline that examines documents that may be contested in court. The pri-

mary goal of the examination is to provide evidence about suspicious

or questioned documents by employing a variety of scientific principles

and methods. Document examination may include alterations, by, pa-

per analysis, forgery, origin, determining authenticity, and other issues.
Documents related to a criminal or civil case can provide a wealth of

critical information.

AIM
AIM
This study aims to describe the relation of speed, pressure and legibility

as well as the impact of different pens used namely ball point pen, ink

pen and gel pen.

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