Compared with
the bulk of the rest of a sample of writing, a lonely little i-dot
seems very insignificant. Dont you believe it! i-dots
reveal a great deal.
Where are they
placed? What shape? How heavy is the pressure? Are they all the same? All
these things have to be considered.
First, let us
look at WHERE the i-dot is placed, in relation
to the rest of the letter i. The closer it is to the top of the i,
the more attention to detail is shown.
The writing of
an accountant or an engineer two professions where attention to detail is
crucial will often show the i-dots just a
fraction of a centimeter above the top of the stem. This is extreme attention
to detail. In fact, it might be a detail you want to keep in mind when
choosing your accountant! On the other hand, for those of us less detail
oriented, trying to work along side someone who is so precise can be quite
infuriating!
Conversely,
the farther away the dot, the less attention to detail the writer pays. In
fact, as the i-dot flies higher and higher away
from the stem, there is more and more imagination showing. Details tend to be
factual, so this high- flying dot, is leaving the
realm of reality for that of fantasy.
When it flies
right off the page (ie when the i-dot
is missing completely,) it becomes a lack of attention to, or missed, details,
just as the writer missed the i-dot. (Look for
missing t-bars as well.) You may well find a writing sample where most of
the i-dots are placed
relatively close to the stem, but the occasional one is completely missing.
This is the person, who, when he considers the details worth his attention,
will work very well with them, but when he considers he has come across an
unimportant one, will just ignore it altogether.
Missing some i dots? You
can start adding them to your writing and youll find you start noticing
details more as well. Or you can use an
organizer tool
to help you keep tabs on your lifes details.
An i-dot
to the left of the stem indicates procrastination. When it is to the right
shows eagerness to move on with whatever the details are.
Next let us
look at HOW the i-dots are written. They come
in various forms.
What is taught
in schools is the small, rounded dot. This in mature writing is an indication
of loyalty to ones beliefs. It gives no indication as to what these beliefs
are, or whether in the eyes of the world, they are right or wrong. It
merely indicates that once a belief is formed, the writer will remain loyal to
it. When teamed with lack of deceit (no loops in the circle letters a, o,
g, d), loyalty becomes sincerity.
Dots that are drawn in a
circle, or any other drawn shape, show immaturity, and a desire for attention.
Jayne Mansfield, movie star of old, dotted the i
in her name with a heart shape! It is very common to find drawn i-dots
in the writing of teenage girls, and sometimes they may be embellished to form
a happy face or some sort of picture.
Light sweeping
i-dots show enthusiasm, and are a good
complement to the long sweeping t-bars that mean the same. However, once
these i-dots become more jabbing than sweeping,
irritability is present. When these jabbing dots go downwards
towards the right, a more domineering, angry
irritation is indicated, and often is accompanied by other jabbing strokes
elsewhere in the writing.
Lightweight,
saucer shaped i-dots show the same as similar
t-bars, namely a lightweight, or flippant
approach. A dot of any shape, which scarcely is visible, because of light
pressure applied when writing, shows lack of energy and low vitality.
When the i-dot
is written as another short vertical line above the stem a quick, critical
mind is indicated. If it appears as a mini-L shape it shows that the writer
is very observant, and if the mini-L is reversed (a mirror image) it is a
sarcastic sense of humor.
Where the
writer has continued from the i-dot, without
lifting his pen, onto the next letter, this is the speed and creativity of a
quick and agile mind.
So next time
you pick up a sheet of handwriting, pay attention to the details - zero in on
those dots. Dots tell a lot!
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