Exemplar

A known sample used for comparison

A.K.A-Specimen

Diacritics

The crossing of t's and dotting of i's and j's

Forgery

item prepared with the intent to decieve

Example: False signature

Simulated Forgery

made by trying to copy a genuine signature

Blind Forgery

made without a model of the item being forged. The forger is not trying to create a simulation

Traced forgery

made by tracing a genuine signature

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Slant of the writing is the the left of the vertical

Indented Writing

impressions of what was written is left on the paper underneath

Watermark

A design that is incorporated into the paper during the manufacturing process

Ink Chromatography

Rf value

Retention factor

distance from the original spot to the center of the separated component