Handwriting and signature: one or two personality identifiers?

Handwriting and signature are often studied without any connection, In this paper, we present a method applied both to handwriting and signature classification that is based on their fractal behavior. First is presented the method we have developed for the computation of the fractal dimension and the secondary dimension of writing. We describe how these parameters allow us to define a pertinent representation space. We also show how this approach has permitted to extract classes related to writing and signature styles. Lastly, this method has allowed us to give evidence of the independence between the behaviors of the writer when he signs and when he writes. Such an independence will be a source of very enriching information within the context of signature authentication.