Hand Writing Template

In handwriting forgery, there are two ways of forging someone's handwriting: free handing and tracing. With free handing, the forger spends time learning and practicing the signature. They begin to develop the signature and soon their replication becomes very similar if not exactly the same signature that they are trying reproduce. However, the other method, tracing, involves less learning and/or skill because the forger is just merely writing over the original print. Unlike the learning aspect of free handing, tracing is an inaccurate method due to untraceable handwriting characteristics such as line quality, words spacing, and slant that have more noticeable differences because of the forger’s persistence on recreating the exact same signature or writing. With free hand, the forger has learned and practiced the signature and its second nature to them. Overall, free handing is a better method of forgery than tracing due to the learning process, time, and dedication involved with free handing.