When you are trying to forge a document you want to be the most accurate you can in order to make the reader believe that the document was really written by the person. In our lab we conducted on November 14th, 2011 we wanted to see how well someone could forge our words. We first let the original writer write out the phrase “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,” then we let another person try to forge the phrase, once by free hand and the second time by tracing over the phrase. Free had forgery is when you forge with the copy in front of you instead of copying on it. Tracing forgery is when you take a piece of paper and write on the original, by doing this you get the most accurate results.
After this activity was through we analyzed the template seeing how close the forged handwriting was to the original. I noticed that the tracing was a bit closer to the original; I believe that the traced would be closer due to you having the original to write on. Though your hand may shake and you may press too hard on the paper, the free hand writing may not be as accurate because it is a more difficult process unless you are an artist which may make it a bit easier.
Pictures will be added very soon!
I agree with you when you say that the tracing was closer to the original. When I was forging a signature, it looked almost exactly like the original when I traced it, but nothing like it when I free-handed it. You can tell it's forged when you trace it though because the lines will be thicker, and I found myself totally doing that (: Good work!
ReplyDeleteyou did a fantastic job on this one. also dont forget to add why the forged copy of the sentence was indeed forged. (what was different from the original?)
ReplyDeletei also found that tracing was easier and looked more like the original, i found other than pressure slant was a difficult factor to forge
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