The Handwriting Yesternite

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i had an uncle who dabbled in it as a hobby, anddemos it for me. It wasn't till later that i discovered concretely that it was pure pseudo science. And at the time, yes, I think he probably believed it. The handwriting yestite is half a dozen not familiar with this idea of handwriting n analysis. People look at the slant of the letters or the impression of the pen to see how they are written.

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