What Can the Forensics Document Examiner Tell About the Handwriting

question 18

Multiple Choice

What can the forensics document examiner tell about the handwriting that might indicate forgery

• A)The slope and angle of the writing is different from the writing in other documents known to have been written by Lincoln.
• B)Phrasing and grammar in the document Fred sold are different from what was in common use in 1863.
• C)The relative dimensions of the letters in the document that Fred sold do not match those in documents well known historians have attributed to Lincoln.
• D)A forensics document examiner would be qualified to testify to all of these.

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