*Odd, uneven spaces between words can signal feeling disconnected from oneself, from others and from one’s environment.

*If you’re mild-mannered and enjoy a quiet, peaceful lifestyle, you probably would be best without someone who makes stiff, rigid beginning strokes before letters such as lowercase “a” and “g.” Yes, everyone learned to do this in third grade — and virtually everyone stopped doing it, Lazewnik says. “It shows a toughness, a resentment, a readiness to fight.”

*If you want an easygoing partner, look for uniformity. Don’t worry about sloppy writing or even illegible letters. Instead, concentrate on finding someone whose writing shows consistency, with the height and width of letters all relatively in proportion.

– Elizabeth Applebaum

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