Education: Pen & Pencil Therapy

In France, where analysis of a man's character from his handwriting is considered a science, Raymond Trillat has risen to the top of his field. He has built up such a large practice that 300 firms now call on him to describe the characters of job candidates from the squiggles they make on application blanks. But back in 1946 Trillat began a second career. "If you can study someone's handwriting and deduce ideas about his character," he reasoned, "why can't you reverse the process? By modifying his handwriting, perhaps you can modify his personality."

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