We probably still remember as a child being discouraged from allowing our handwriting to slope backwards — We were warned the relaxed letters would be taken as a sign of an idle personality.
我们可能还记得，孩提时代的我们因为笔迹歪歪扭扭而被说教一通？大人们提醒我们说，人的字迹松散凌乱，其人也会被打上性格散漫的标签。
According to research from the National Pen Company in the U.S., your handwriting can give away clues about 5,000 different personality traits based on the way you space your letters and how you sign your name.
根据美国国家钢笔公司的一项研究，根据写字的字符间距以及签名的方式，你的笔迹可以泄露出很多线索，根据线索能分析出5000种不同的性格特征。
According to the results, the size of someone's handwriting can determine the type of personality they have.
研究结果显示，根据字迹大小可以判断其性格类型。
People with small handwriting tend to be shy, studious and meticulous, whereas outgoing people who love attention will have larger handwriting.
字迹小的人往往会比较害羞、勤奋好学、细致入微，而外向的人喜欢受到别人的关注，其字迹会更大。
Moving onto the spacing of words, people who leave large gaps between words enjoy their freedom, while people who write words close together can't stand to be alone.
再来看单词间距。在单词之间留有很大空隙的人喜欢自由，而将单词紧凑的人不能忍受孤独。
If handwriting slants to the right the person is open to new experiences and enjoy meeting new people. If handwriting slants to the left, that person tends to keep themselves to themselves. People whose handwriting doesn't slant in either direction are logical and practical.
如果字迹向右倾斜，则表明这个人更能接受新鲜事物，结识新朋友。如果字迹向左倾斜，则表明这个人更喜欢自己一个人呆着。字迹不偏不倚的人很有逻辑，更加务实。
The results also claim that a person's health can be identified from their handwriting, for example, people with high blood pressure tend to have writing that is sometimes heavy and dark, and at other times light.
研究结果还声称可以通过字迹来识别一个人的健康状况，例如，患有高血压的人时而下笔很重，时而又很轻。
The process of analysing handwriting is called graphology. It is classed as a pseudoscience because there are debates about how accurate it can be at determining psychological and even physical features.
分析笔迹的过程称为笔迹学。它被归类为伪科学的一种，因为有很多人质疑其判定的心理甚至生理特性的结论是否准确。