Investigation of Class Characteristics in English Handwriting of the Three Main Racial Groups: Chinese, Malay and Indian in Singapore
Na Cheng, GK Lee, BS Yap, L. S. Lee, SK Tan, KP Tan · Journal of Forensic Sciences · 2004
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.