Likewise, written texts have nonverbal elements such as handwriting style, spatial arrangement of words, or the physical layout of a page.

Several letters look markedly different from their block counterparts and a few letters look similar to one another, especially in less accurate handwriting style.

It also reduced the amount of errors during copying, by having a standardised form of numbers on the sales slip, instead of various kind of handwriting style.

Not always chronological, different pen colors and handwriting styles denote the dialogues between the two and how they change on subsequent re-readings on the novel.

Analysis of the map suggests no less than five unique handwriting styles, and thus five different contributors.