Across
- 3. Examine typed writings, computer printings, photocopies, inks, papers, handwriting, and forgeries
- 6. How the writer begins and ends words, numbers, and letters
- 7. How the writer stops to form new letters and begin words
- 12. Any document which some issue has been raised, or is subject of an investigation
- 14. The differing amounts of pressure used by the writer that make lines light or dark, narrow or wide
- 15. Adding content to an already prepared document
- 17. Made in exact imitation of something important or valuable with the intention of deceit
- 21. Are lines smooth, free-flowing, or shaky
- 22. Have a Transmitting Terminal Identifier (TTI)
- 23. A security feature that businesses use to help eliminate receiving counterfeit bills
- 24. An item prepared with the intent to deceive
- 25. The kind of ink and toner
- 26. Analyzing if the writer’s letters stay straight or move up and down compared to a baseline
Down
- 1. Comparing the strokes between upper and lower case letters, and the strokes between the letters and the words
- 2. Most of the time an indented impression is left on a paper below the primary writing
- 4. When someone changes an existing document
- 5. Analyzing the writing slant: left, right, or straight
- 8. The debris patterns
- 9. The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing has established features including: Watermarks, Color-shifting, Enlarging, Etc.
- 10. A rubber eraser, sandpaper, razor blade, or knife may be used to remove writing or type
- 11. Completeness of closed characters such as, o, e, and a, dotting of i and j, and crossing of t
- 13. Such as letters with tails or letters written backwards, etc.
- 16. Blotting or smears, making the original unreadable
- 18. Any fancy letters, curls, loops, circles
- 19. Used to match different inks, technique used to match writing sample with a writing instrument
- 20. An individual characteristic, almost as close to a person’s fingerprint