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The following analysis is taken from the author's 1864 manuscript:
Alice In Wonderland
shown on the left. "Lewis Carroll" was the pen name of Charles
Ludridge Dodgson, a mathematician.
He had a focused mind. His concentration is shown by his very small
middle letters, "m's", "n's", "o's", etc.
These are circled in red.
The smaller those letters, the more the writer focuses on what he is
doing.
He likes to spend a great deal of time alone, as evidenced by the wide
spacing between his words. It is normal for a writer to have the spacing
of one letter between words. As you can see, there are as many as three,
sometimes four spaces between his words. It's as if he makes little
islands around himself. In fact, if I didn't know whose writing this
was, I'd say it was the writing of a scientist. Mr. Carroll's writing
has similarities with that of Thomas Edison.
Lewis Carroll was also a slow and deliberate thinker. His letters are
almost painstakingly drawn. One thing follows the next in specific order.
Another way you can see how slowly he thinks is to look at the tops
of the letters "m" and "n". They are rounded at
the tops. Try writing those letters yourself. If you are normally a
fast thinker, you will have to slow down to write this way because it
is unnatural for you.
Mr. Carroll's writing is consistent. Each word and letter are the same
size. This also indicates a tendency toward rigidness.
He was highly detail oriented. When you are looking for detail orientation
in a person's writing, look at the small letter "i". An "i"
dot that is round and firm and close to the stem indicates this. Here,
you also have a person who has an excellent memory. The closer to the
stem the "i" dot is, the better the memory. These
are circled in green.
This style of handwriting indicates a person who is introspective, and
probably uncomfortable socially.
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