Is it weird to have different handwritings? How do forgery experts detect fakes? What’s up with right- and left-handedness? Forensic document examiner Sylvia Kessler met up with Alie in the back of a Nebraska office store to chat about penmanship, cursive styles, the evolution of pens, self-expression and more.
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