Investigation of class characteristics in English handwriting of the three main racial groups: Chinese, Malay and Indian in Singapore.
This paper investigated the class characteristics in English handwriting of the Chinese, Malays and Indians in Singapore, many of whom learned their native language as a second language. One hundred and fifty-four handwriting exemplars were collected and features such as letter designs, pen-lifts, letter spacing and embellishments were studied. A number of characteristic features peculiar to the individual racial group were identified, which confirmed the impact of their native language writing systems on English handwriting.
Cheng
Nellie
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Forensic Document Examiner, San Jose, CA 95134, USA.
Lee
Gek Kwee
GK
Yap
Bei Sing
BS
Lee
Lee Tiang
LT
Tan
Sock Kim
SK
Tan
Koon Puay
KP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D044707:Forensic Sciences / Q000379:methods; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007802:Language; D008296:Malaysia / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups; D012846:Singapore