5. How you cross your T
Crossing Ts with sweeping T-bar strokes is a telltale sign of generosity, according to graphologists. “This is the exuberant giver,” Poizner says. “The left side of the page constitutes the self, and the right side of the page symbolizes the world out there. When that horizontal stroke reaches toward the outer margin like that in a grand, sweeping gesture, this is somebody who wants to extend their energy and resources toward others.”
Traditionally, somebody who crosses a T-bar with a stroke that is placed on the higher end of the T-stem is said to be ambitious—similar to someone whose lines of writing gradually move upward, Poizner says. T-bar crossings that slant downward at a sharp angle, on the other hand, are seen as indicators of the critical person. “That downward stroke usually indicates someone who has a ‘negativity bias,’” Poizner says. “The glass is half empty.”