{"id":3965,"date":"2022-09-25T22:06:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T01:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handwritinggraphology.com\/?p=3965"},"modified":"2023-01-10T08:18:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T11:18:56","slug":"letter-i-in-handwriting-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handwritinggraphology.com\/letter-i-in-handwriting-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter “i” in Handwriting Analysis: The Meaning of Dotting your i’s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The letter “i” is located in the middle zone<\/strong> of the writing and it is studied among the so-called reflex letters<\/em>. Although it is something so small, the dot of the letter i is very important since it measures attention, precision, memory and concentration. These characteristics are also analyzed in the dot of letter \u201cj\u201d which is usually forgotten.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read also: Graphology Basics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do the i-dots reveal about your personality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Focusing on interpretations of isolated symbols is not recommended. We must consider the graphism as a whole. Reflex letters <\/strong>are the ones that, due to their structure and location<\/strong> in the graphical space, evoke psychological signs and symbols that indicate physical states or certain behaviors<\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The descriptive study of each reflex letter contributes as a complementary analysis to the main analysis of the represented graphism through the interpretation of the eight graphical aspects and the analysis of the signature.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter i is a vowel of the middle zone of writing<\/strong> composed by an edge or downstroke and a dot. Specifically, the dot of the letter \u201ci\u201d (like the dot in letter \u201cj\u201d), presents a diversity of varieties and meanings. In these, we mainly study the shape, the pressure used on the pencil when drawing the dot, the location of the dot (if it is high, forward or backwards according to the downstroke) and the regularity presented along the text.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Letter i in Handwriting Analysis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Handwriting Analysis of Letter i: Dots and Accents<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In general, the fact of placing the dot in the right spot indicates that the individual is concrete and exact at the moment of issuing opinions or observations. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An \u201ci\u201d without a dot or a dot incorrectly drawn denotes errors or confusion, providing an idea that the task is being executed incorrectly or disorderly. It denotes lack of attention and negligence. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the contrary, the act of drawing the dot precisely is positive and denotes order, attention and concentration on the executed activity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Origin of the expression \u201cDotting the i’s\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Letter i in Handwriting Analisis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The expression \u201cdotting your i’s<\/em>\u201d, means making things clear or expressing something without leaving room for doubt or misinterpretation.<\/span><\/span> To dot the i’s and cross the t’s means to complete the task fully<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This situation comes from times in which gothic characters were user for writing. At that time, it was common to find two i’s together, one following the other in the same word.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, the letter \u201ci\u201d did not carry a dot. This generated great confusion, since these two i’s looked like a \u201cu\u201d. In order to differentiate them and avoid confusion, a line or accent was introduced on top of the \u201ci\u201d and with time and the speed of writing it became a dot. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This custom of some copyists resulted excessively meticulous for others. That is why the expression of placing the dots on the is<\/em> is applied to indicate that the copyists and printers who used dots where meticulous and perfectionists.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does Calligraphy “i” mean?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Calligraphic letter \u201ci\u201d:<\/strong> When the letter i is executed according to calligraphy learned<\/strong> in school, we interpret that we are before a person with a childish personality. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dots and accents in the letters i and j are identified as symbols of attention. This is not exclusively about \u201cpaying attention\u201d to real objects that surround us but also whatever comes from our imagination. Graphologists Trillat and Periot discovered equilibrium in thinking before obligations in the dots of \u201ci\u201d and compare the dot of \u201ci\u201d using the <\/span><\/span>Barany test<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the Barany test?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Robert B\u00e1r\u00e1ny<\/span><\/span> was a Nobel prize-winning doctor born in Vienna, 1876. Several tests that diagnose vertigo problems carry his name. These consist of extending the arms and fingers pointing forward in order to detect the presence of lateral deviations in the arms or body.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downstroke of letter “i”: Shape<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n