Showing papers on "Graphology published in 2005"

The graphology applied to signature verification

Abstract: In this paper we discuss automatic signature verification in the context of the graphology. Graphology is claimed to be useful for everything from understanding health issues, morality and past experiences to hidden talents, and mental problems. It is not restricted to this, though. Forensic document examiners use the concepts of graphology to examine handwriting in order to detect authenticity or forgery. In this work, we describe some of the main features of the graphology and propose a set of features to automatic signature verification. They are evaluated in a database of 5,600 signatures using hidden Markov models.

An Overview on the Use of Graphology as a Tool for Career Guidance

Abstract: Graphology or handwriting analysis is based on the notion that because handwriting is unique to the individual, certain inferences can be made about a person’s character and behaviour from the specific features. The debate over the value of graphology as an assessment tool has been conducted over a number of years. Even though the scientific researches are not encouraging, some reports, however, suggested that graphology is quietly gaining acceptance. While it is undeniable that graphology is an interesting and sometimes useful procedure, its validity is a matter of public debate and uncertainty, and the use of graphology tests in personality assessment is a personal choice made by individual or company. This paper briefly reviews the background of graphology, graphology in career guidance and discusses general issues related to the use of graphology. An overview of computerised handwriting analysis systems available in the market is also presented and compared for better understanding of graphology.

Computer aided graphology for farsi handwriting

Abstract: Graphology is the science of study and analysis of the personality of an individual from his/her style of handwriting. In western communities, the most important application of graphology is the recruitment of job applicants. In this regard, computer aided extraction and analysis of features from handwriting can be of great assistance to graphologists. The most predominant features of handwriting employed in graphological analyses include the shape of the page margins, line spacing, line skew, word slant, corner sharpness, size of letters, text density, writing speed and regularity of writing. In this paper, for the first time, a number of methods are presented for automated extraction of these features from Farsi handwriting. Experimental results on 24 training and 118 test samples are presented and discussed.

A ‘Multimodal Ecology of Text’ in Advanced Level English Language examinations? The incorporation of graphology and ‘embodied’ facsimile texts in unit test papers and their assessment since 2001

Abstract: In this paper we compare the representation of texts in a sample of Advanced Level English Language examination papers set over the past decade in order to explore the changes in ‘what constitutes English and its assessment’. Prior to the year 2000, texts used in most A Level Language examination papers were usually typeset in a word processed format stripped of original font, layout, accompanying images, and colour, and devoid of the material marks of the texts' ‘history’ and materiality. From 2001, the texts for AQA B examination papers1 have been reproduced in facsimile form to include the original graphology used. This shift in production in the materiality of embodiment has led to a corresponding shift in assessment in the codes of recognition of what constitutes English text, and what counts as English response. The sample of texts that we discuss present an ‘ecology of text’ and an ‘ecology of texts and literacy practices’ on a ‘continuum of multimodality’: from the heavily edited, word processed, linguistically circumscribed texts of the 1990s examination papers, through to the more visually-dependent texts of 2004 with their manner of writing, typographic detail, colour, and sometimes even complete with creases and stains. Taking a multimodal approach to these texts, we discuss the implications of this change for what is being required of students analysing texts for examination assessment and more broadly for the subject ‘English’ - ‘what English is’. We also consider how this shift problematizes the English work of students, teachers, examiners, and the institutions in which these agents operate.

Racial Discourse and Graphology around 1900: Thomas Mann's "Tristan"

Abstract: (2005). Racial Discourse and Graphology around 1900: Thomas Mann's 'Tristan' The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory: Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 213-227.