Overview

• The Real Academia Española defines graphology as the study of handwriting to identify individuals or infer psychological characteristics, offering descriptive legitimacy despite limited scientific validation.
• Federico Carelli’s social media examples link mixed lowercase and uppercase use to mental agility and dynamism when lowercase prevails, with the reverse pattern in adults suggesting slower thinking and lower formal education.
• Isolated uppercase letters within predominantly lowercase text are likened to ‘glaring’ or ‘shouting,’ interpreted as a need to impose one’s will or attract attention.
• Weekend articles in La Gaceta and Diario Uno extended these interpretations by associating a nearly invisible horizontal stroke in the letter “l” with concealment and a curved stroke in “p” with hypocrisy and double-faced tendencies.
• Coverage across outlets repeatedly notes that graphology provides interpretive cues rather than definitive diagnoses and does not replace formal psychological assessment or rest on new empirical studies.