A comparative approach to the examination of Chinese handwriting Part 3—Disguise
Author(s)
Author(s)
Leung, S. C.
Chung, M. W. L.
Tsui, C. K.
Date Issued
1988
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal
Journal of the Forensic Science Society
Volume
28
Issue
3
Start page
149
End page
165
Abstract
Ninety-eight Chinese characters commonly encountered in casework were selected for the study and 437 sets of normal and disguised Chinese handwriting specimens were obtained. A survey of the disguised features revealed a more complicated pattern than disguised English handwriting in respect of the varieties of methods found. Over 30 methods of disguise were observed, of which only about half are comparable to English handwriting. The study confirms that disguise in Chinese handwriting is also simple and lacks originality. It is concluded that, similar to observations on disguised English writing, characteristics most often changed in disguised Chinese handwriting are those which most drastically affect the pictorial appearance of the writing and that other features altered are those which can conveniently be modified or substituted. The psychology of disguise is therefore postulated to be essentially the same in both (and probably all) language systems.
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