Jules Crépieux-Jamin (1859–1940) was a French

graphologist Graphology is the analysis of handwriting with attempt to determine someone's personality traits. No scientific evidence exists to support graphology, and it is generally considered a pseudoscience or scientifically questionable practice. Howe ...

born in

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. From 1889 Crépieux-Jamin worked as a

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. He was deeply interested in the works of Jean-Hippolyte Michon (1806–1881), who is considered to be the founder of modern

graphology Graphology is the analysis of handwriting with attempt to determine someone's personality traits. No scientific evidence exists to support graphology, and it is generally considered a pseudoscience or scientifically questionable practice. Howe ...

(science of

handwriting analysis Graphology is the analysis of handwriting with attempt to determine someone's personality traits. No scientific evidence exists to support graphology, and it is generally considered a pseudoscience or scientifically questionable practice. Howe ...

). For much of his career Crépieux-Jamin analyzed and revised Michon's work, which included reclassification and re-grouping the system of "handwriting signs", and developing new rules on their classification. In his 1929 book ''ABC de la graphologie'' he laid out a classification system of seven categories in which 175 graphological signs are grouped. The seven categories he used are titled: Dimension, Form, Pressure, Speed, Direction, Layout and Continuity. As an example the category "Form" would contain various graphological signs such as: "rounded", "ornate", "harmonious", "confused", et al. Crepieux-Jamin took a "holistic approach" to

, and to every element in the handwriting he applied a range of hypothetical meanings, maintaining that the value of a particular sign is not fixed, and its importance and interpretation are variable depending on other aspects in the writing being analyzed. British Graphology (History)

Writings

* ''Traité Pratique de Graphologie'', Flammarion, Paris * ''L'écriture et le caractère'' (1888), PUF, Paris, 1951, 441 pages --- Handwriting and expression * ''La graphologie en exemples'' (1898), Larousse, Paris.-- Graphology in examples * ''Les Bases fondamentales de la Graphologie et de l'expertise en écritures'' (1921)-- The fundamentals of graphology and expertise in writing * ''L'Age et le sexe dans l'écriture'' (1924), Adyar, Paris --- Age and sex in handwriting * ''Les éléments de l'écriture des canailles'' (1925), Flammarion, Paris.---The elements of the writing of scoundrels. * ''L'ABC de la graphologie'' (1929), PUF, 1960, 667 pages--- The ABC of graphology. * ''Libres propos sur l'expertise en écritures et les leçons de l'Affaire Dreyfus'', Alcan, 1935 --- On free writing expertise and lessons of the

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References

The British Academy of Graphology
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