Abstract
This paper introduces a comprehensive database for research and investigation on the effects of inheritance on handwriting. A database has been created that can be used to answer questions such as: Is there a genetic component to handwriting? Is handwriting inherited? Do family relationships affect handwriting? Varieties of samples of handwritten components such as: digits, letters, shapes and free paragraphs of 210 families including (grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, siblings, cousins, nephews and nieces) have been collected using specially designed forms, and family relationships of all writers are captured. To the best of our knowledge, no such database is presently available. Based on comparisons and investigation of features of handwritings of family members, similarities among their features and writing styles are detected. Our database is freely available to the pattern recognition community and hope it will pave the way for investigations on the effects of inheritance and family relationships on handwritings.
Abstract (translated)
本文介绍了一个全面的数据库，用于研究和调查继承对书写风格的影响。该数据库可以用来回答诸如以下问题：书写中是否存在遗传因素？书写是否可以通过遗传传递？家庭关系会影响书写的特征吗？ 为了构建这个数据库，我们收集了210个家庭（包括祖父母、父母、叔伯姑姨、兄弟姐妹、堂表兄弟姐妹、侄子和侄女）的各种手写样本。这些样本涵盖了数字、字母、形状以及自由段落等形式，并通过专门设计的表格进行采集。此外，所有书写者的家族关系也被记录在案。 据我们所知，目前没有类似这样的数据库存在。通过对家庭成员之间手写字迹特征及书写风格的比较和研究，可以检测出他们之间的相似性。我们的数据库对模式识别社区免费开放，并希望它能够为探究遗传因素及家庭关系对手写的影响开辟新的道路。
URL
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03510
