Possible to tell if someone is a lefty or a righty from handwriting alone?

[RobertCSutcliffe]

Hi is it possible to tell if someone was left or right handed from a picture of their handwriting alone?

[mckha489]

There was a bit of a discussion about that on this thread

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=867827.0

[Treetotal]

I am left handed and my writing slopes forward.
Carol

[Erato]

We could all submit handwriting samples here as a test to see if handedness can be reliably identified.

[Rosinish]

Hi is it possible to tell if someone was left or right handed from a picture of their handwriting alone?

If you're relying on one case of a person's handwriting, I'd say no.

Writing can depend on the angle of the paper, type of pen etc.

I've known left handed people to write completely differently - sloping in opposite directions.
I'm right-handed & depending on the situation I'm in, what I'm writing, how the paper is positioned, my writing can slope in either direction or be straight with no real slope.

I don't think you can rely on 1 case.

You don't state an era i.e. do you have their signature on any marriage, births or deaths?

Annie