Most people need a few interactions to get a read on someone’s character, but Kelly Wilkins can size up a stranger rather quickly by asking him to handwrite a letter.

Wilkins is a forensic handwriting analyst, who applies the science of graphology to interpret someone’s personality and behaviors using writing samples. Trained in several methodologies, Wilkins, who is also a forensic document examiner, received his certification from the Handwriting University International in 1997 and is the founder of the Wilkins Consulting Group in Houston.

It’s like a picture being painted instantly,” he explains of the handwriting cases in which he decodes the character traits, as well as the emotions, strengths and weaknesses of others. “I look at patterns and fit the information into categories. I compare everything—not one specific writing trait—to form my analysis.”

What does Wilkins’ handwriting, which is angular with large capital letters and thready ending strokes, reveal about himself? He’s curious in nature, skeptical, social, doesn’t pull any punches and gets straight to the point. It’s the latter skill, according to Wilkins, that can be tricky.

He receives endless requests to decipher people’s penmanship, but always sends a cautionary note to the curious about his unfair investigative advantage.

“I warn them that I will know them better than they know themselves and tell them things they don’t want to know,” Wilkins says. He also relies on his professional capabilities to size up personal friendships and relationships. “I make predictions that certain people will act a certain way eventually, and I’m usually right—down to the letter.”

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