International holidays - International Handwriting Day (National Handwriting Day)

Every year on January 23, handwriting day is celebrated all over the world This unusual holiday was established in 1977, and the initiator of this event was the Association of Manufacturers of Stationery for Writing The main task was to revive the art of calligraphic handwriting Thus, the creators wanted to emphasize the importance of handwriting in times of society's refusal to write letters and documents in favor of using computer devices Many even fear that in a few years handwritten letters will completely disappear from people’s everyday life The choice of the holiday date is not accidental On this day in 1737, John Hancock was born, the first person in history to sign the Declaration of American Independence, one of the main documents of the United States Human handwriting is individual and depends on many factors This includes mental state, age, character traits, gender, professional activity All these points are studied by a special science called graphology Representatives of this profession can accurately identify the characteristic features of the person who wrote the text Aristotle himself, many centuries ago, suggested that handwriting reflects the true character of people During the Renaissance, the Italian scientist Baldo dedicated a huge treatise to this topic The writer Goethe, the poet Lavater and the philosopher Leibniz addressed the issue of determining a person’s character by handwriting Today, many people resort to the help of graphologists For example, some companies test potential employees for character and psychological stability based on handwriting style Young people, with the help of experts, strive to look for ways to use personal abilities, children - to understand the behavior of parents, fathers and mothers - the actions of children It is noteworthy that handwriting analysis is used in space medicine Texts written by astronauts during flight are studied with special care by scientists and determine the state of the psyche and nervous system of people at the time of writing But most often the study of handwriting features is used in the forensic field This helps law enforcement officials authenticate securities, search for criminals, and much more Problems of using methods of forensic analysis of writing style are of interest to lawyers, psychiatrists, programmers and specialists of other professions After all, no person is born with the ability to write He learns this later, as he grows up Each of us drew letters as children During exercises in this direction, automaticity is acquired And when we write, we don’t think about how exactly to write a certain character The writing procedure is controlled at a subconscious level