Handwriting (WAS:Re: CHAPDISC, HBP 10)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 148789

Carodave:
> Wouldn't Harry have seen Snape's handwriting for years on the 
> blackboard, on returned  homework and on exams?  I don't think his 
> handwriting could have changed that much in 20 years as to be 
> completely unrecognizable.

Ceridwen:
It might not be so totally different, but it wouldn't be the same.  
Here is a link to four examples of my handwriting:
http://www.geocities.com/ceridwennight/handwriting.html
The first and third were written when I was thirteen/fourteen, the 
second and fourth are from when I was 28/29, or fifteen years' 
difference, more or less.  Don't let the size scare you, btw.  I gave 
up fiddling with the images.

Writing in margins, which I don't have on my site there, can distort 
the writing, too.  It goes sideways, it piles together at the edge of 
the page or where the writer doesn't want to run into other words, it 
will often be scrawled in a hurry, and due to the place on the page, 
the writer's hand will not always be in the best position.

And, as someone else has already said, Snape seems to have made a 
conscious effort to present a very different image as an adult than 
he did as a child.  He has altered his dress, and his walk, and 
probably his speech.  He probably worked on his penmanship as well.  
Also, as an adult, he has different requirements for what he is 
writing, and he has twenty more years of experience at writing.

Ceridwen.