Documents Flashcards
(6 cards)
Types of documents 4
cursive
disconnected
signatures
capitals
Stages of writing 3
Graphene - deciding letter to write
Allograph - choose a way of writing it
Graph - physically writing
Why writing is never the same 4
Random variation
Physical condition
Different writing instrument
different writing surface
Types of signatures 4
rapid made
slowly made
free hand
traces
Difference between free hand and traced signatures
free hand has a heavier ink density, pressure on the paper varies
traced signatures will have a a visible deep paper indentstion from heavy writing
Ways to examine documents (5)
raman spectroscopy
microscopic examination
Electrostatic detection devices
UV detection
video spectropic comparator