The current state of art
Sharada Laxman Kore, Shaila Dinkar Apte · 2012
Person identification and verification based on handwriting is a hot research topic. The use of computer in this area is within recent years. It has received its interest due to a great importance in criminal justice based on handwriting analysis. This paper presents a current research in person identification and verification based on natural as well as disguised and forged handwritings. The focus is on the approaches present for off line cursive and isolated English handwriting up till date. A comparative study is presented for text dependent and text independent methods. It briefly discuss about the software tools available and its applicability. Also gives a summary of research results. It outlines the directions for further research.