Experts read between the lines on Obama's signature

President Obama is a little bit secretive, former President George W. Bush is resentful -- and Theodore Roosevelt was a good listener with health problems in his chest.
These are among the conclusions of handwriting experts asked to examine the three presidential signatures, along with that of the late President Reagan.

Reagan, Obama and Bush tend toward oversized capital letters -- a trait shared by musicians, actors and politicians -- that analysts say say show a need for recognition.

"Reagan's handwriting changed drastically after his assassination attempt," said Michelle Dresbold, a Pittsburgh-based handwriting expert. "He even would put a tiny dot above Reagan, which looked like a bullet."

Dresbold, author of the book, "Sex, Lies and Handwriting: A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your Handwriting," said Bush's signature, in which the "B" looks like the numeral 13, indicates a person fond of saying one thing while thinking another.

"And the G in George starts very low," she said. "That is a resentment stroke ... and it wouldn't surprise me if some long-seated resentment is what pushed him forward."

Denise Alvarado, a handwriting analyst from New Orleans who blogs under the name "Voodoo Mama," said the illegibility of Bush's signature suggests he loses thoughts midstream, while the open spaces in his name indicate his urge for socializing.

The handwriting experts agreed that Obama's bold signature -- notably the distinctive, decorated "O" in his surname, is loaded with clues about his personality. "Many people put symbolism in their handwriting," Dresbold said. The intersecting letters in Obama's surname form the Greek letter Phi, Dresbold said, which means the golden ratio and indicates his desire for balance in all things. She noted that Obama accepted his party's nomination on a convention stage decorated like a Greek theater, and is frequently photographed near architectural columns. "Somewhere in his head, it means something to him," Dresbold said. At the same time, "the rest of his letters are going a little downhill, which means he's feeling tired and not very optimistic." Lara Fine, a Washington-area intuitive psychic trained in handwriting analysis, said Obama's divided O signaled a character capable of being internally swayed and divided by the opinions of others -- which she surmised leaves him dissatisfied at times. Beverley East, a Washington-based handwriting analyst, said the oversized B and O in Obama's signature show his pride in his family. Obama is surprisingly more reserved than advertised, misses an older mentor and has a sensitivity issue about his hair, said Dennis Duez, a Pittsburgh-based analyst whose Web site is HandwritingAnalyst.com "He haunts himself with his own frustrations," Duez said. "And he is a consummate weaseler -- he knows how to makes things work his way." Duez said Roosevelt's careful, old-fashioned signature indicates a friendly, intense person who suffered hay fever and was a good planner, but not terribly creative.

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