Why handwritten characters look the way they do

What is it about?

Did you ever notice that some of your handwritten characters look different, even if it's meant to be the same letter? That might be because they correspond to different grammatic structures or positions in a word. This article shows how handwritten variation can be analysed.

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Why is it important?

The variation of character shapes in handwritten texts sheds a light on the processes that might work in your brain while you write something by hand. They might very well differ from the processes happening when typing something - and this might influence the discussion wether handwriting or typing is more effecting for tasks like memorizing a lecture oder structuring a text.