{"id":3888,"date":"2019-05-03T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T15:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geneosity.com\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2019-05-09T05:43:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T10:43:41","slug":"how-to-read-handwriting-on-old-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geneosity.com\/how-to-read-handwriting-on-old-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Read Handwriting on Old Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m always having trouble reading the backs of old photos. That is if they have something on them at all. You are going to have to take into account the age of the photo, what the person wrote the message with and many other things.<\/p>\n
One of the biggest problems is handwriting.\u00a0 You can find words you know for sure and check how they make their letters to use on different words you just can\u2019t make out.<\/p>\n
I always keep a magnifying glass around to look at the picture front and the back. That helps at times. But I think the main thing that helps me is to take a picture of the photo with my phone and play with the settings.<\/p>\n
Here is an example of a photography that I took with my phone.\u00a0 After I take the photo, I load it on my computer.\u00a0 That way I have a larger screen to view them and enlarge if needed.<\/p>\n
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The photo on the left is the original.\u00a0 The two on the right are photos I worked on with setting on my computer.\u00a0 I will adjust brightness, contrast or just about any photo setting I can find to improve the readability.<\/p>\n
Every computer is different and everyone has different software.\u00a0 If you don’t have photoshop or other photo software then you can use an online photo processor like Canva.<\/p>\n