This document discusses methods for examining alterations and obliterations in documents. It outlines categories of evidence that indicate alteration, including crowding of insertions, inconsistencies in writing style or materials, and the behavior of intersecting lines. It also describes categories of evidence that may suggest fabrication, such as remarkable consistency in writing or bleeding of ink strokes purportedly from different dates. Examination techniques like illumination with alternative light sources can sometimes reveal differences that allow detection of obliterations or additive alterations.