ABSTRACT
Whenever two or more sheets of paper are stacked, traces of the writing executed on the top page tend to become indented on the sheets below. These writing impressions may be useful in connecting a person to a document. The signer of a contract may insist that a particular page of a contract was not present when the document was signed. If the impression of the original contract signature is found on the questioned page, this impression provides clear evidence that the page in question was present at the time the contract was signed. Impressions found on an anonymous note may provide clues to the identity
of the writer, such as the impressions of letters previously written. The development of writing impressions may prove that a document has been altered and may not have been made on the date purported. For instance, if the examination of a medical record discloses indentations of an entry from June 2004 on a document created in July 2004, this proves that the June entry could not have been made at the purported time.
