Learn Handwriting Analysis
Core Handwriting Traits

Emotional Expression, Slant

How the direction letters lean hints at how openly a person shows feeling.

What you will learn
  • Right slant, expressive and forward reaching
  • Vertical slant, measured and self-contained
  • Left slant, private and reserved

Slant is the angle letters make with the baseline. To measure it, look at the tallest strokes and imagine a line running through them.

A right slant often belongs to writers who show feeling easily and lean into people and ideas. A vertical slant tends to belong to writers who prefer to think first and react later. A left slant often belongs to writers who protect their inner world.

None of these is better than the others. They are simply different ways of handling emotion.