Category: typing process

What do you mean by each type having a certain speaking pattern and body language?

You know when you find someone who very specifically reminds you of someone else – walks the same way, carries their body weight similarly, has the same smile, phrases things the same way, etc.?  Maybe it gives you a bit of déja vu? 

I find that if you watch a bunch of videos of the same type in a row, you get a sense of the patterns that apply across type.

I would say that there are a couple of patterns per type, though, with variations occurring because of culture, gender, socialization, occupation, which functions the person is comfortable with, health and any number of other factors.

Just out of curiosity, what made you type Marion Cotillard as an isfp? What about her made you think that? Not disagreeing, just curious! :)

I love you guys, but I don’t think you realize how much the answer to every one of these questions is:

1. I watched an interview or several.

2. I noted their body language, etc.

3. It reminded me of other people I have typed as ________ type.

4. The end.

Nearly everything else I have ever come up with is after the fact for your amusement.

In an earlier post you referred to clothing choice as being somewhat significant to type; in what way is this? What clothing trends to you see in the different types?

Yikes, okay this has the potential to be a very complicated question, so I will give you a quick summary instead. Generally speaking:

E types want to draw more attention to themselves than their I counterparts, which is reflected in their choices. 

S types care more about presentation than Ns (unless the N’s job or primary interest is aesthetic-related or otherwise expects them to be considerate of their presentation). 

F types dress emotionally. 

T types dress… practically or ironically or experimentally. 

Js dress more practically and generally look neat and professional. 

Ps care less about social convention and wear whatever they like.

This works pretty well with some exceptions, including INFPs and ISFPs whose F and or S will often override the E/I thing and will dress to stand out (or it will happen as a side effect).  Some ISFJs as well.

ENFJs will sometimes buck the J/P thing where they wear extremely unconventional things that often also manage to look neat and professional.

How do you “type from pictures”?

Not very accurately, let me tell you!

The byproduct of staring at piles of people in order to type them, is that type trends start popping up everywhere.  I don’t know if anyone’s aware that I stuck up some tag links on the top of my tumblr like so:

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Tada!

I find it useful to scroll through them and compare new typees to the old ones.  They make a lot of the same faces, to be honest, and I usually have a pretty good idea when they don’t belong.  It doesn’t work one photo to one photo, but if you have two people who sort of look alike and dress alike and are making the same faces and taking all the same kinds of photos, you probably have a match.

By no means a conclusive list of things that crop up often (actor-centric) by type:

ESTP: Very direct, piercing eye contact!  Sharp, cutting eyebrows.  Large presence (whether they are a small person or not).  Non-standard clothing choices.

ESTJ: Smile by pulling the corners of their mouths directly towards their ears, forming a more or less straight line – top lip folds towards their teeth.  They often make the exact same face in every picture; you could layer them over top of each other.  Well put together (hair, makeup, clothing), good posture, sometimes bordering on stiffness.

ESFP: Very round – round faces, round eyebrows.  Wide mouths, but not in an alarming way.  Usually lots of facial symmetry.  Fun clothing choices (colours, styles) and accessories.  More likely to duck face than to blue steel.

ESFJ: With the exception of some ESTPs, ESFJs are the only type that will legitimately pull off “Blue Steel.”  Either super serious (and staring you down) or super sweet.  Often conventionally attractive, often participate in some mildly risqué photoshoots.

ENTP: In a word, gleeful.  Wide range of photoshoots, hairstyles, clothing choices.  Often long faces with wide foreheads and pointy chins.  Also do the t-type smile with the corners of the mouth pulled back in a line, but top lip flattens instead of aiming towards the teeth.  Sparkly eyes.

ENTJ: Squarer, or more rectangular faces than the ENTPs.  T-type smile.  Less noticeable facial features, especially eyes.  Stiffer posture than ENTPs.

ENFP: Soft smile, also the smile where they’re laughing inside but trying not to smile (all cheeks and eyes over firmly closed lips), also the smile where they know your dirty thoughts and agree.  ENFPs have range.  Also rounder faces, with the occasional pointed chin.  Often some embarrassing, mildly exploitative photo shoots.

ENFJ: Expressive facial features, especially eyes, ENFJ glow, peacoats, scarves and plaid. Either reserved or making faces.

Introverts in general are more checked-out as far as eye contact.

ISTP: A wide range – sometimes they’ll look challenging or angry.  Sometimes a mix between disgustingly hot and kind of child-like.

ISTJ: Grumpy!  Big heads. Very present.  Squinty, sometimes.

ISFP: Lots of soft focus and artsy shots.  Interesting features.  Sort of an non-traditional, fluid, but cohesive personal style.

ISFJ: Mix of sharks and sweetness!  (To do the ISFJ shark smile, open your mouth, pull both lips off your teeth in a smile and let your eyes relax and fall slightly shut.  For bonus points, jerk your chin forward and hold it there for a second.)  Sometimes a kind of flat expression (sometimes nearly sparkly), especially in the eyes.

INTP: Same head shape as ENTPs.  Occasionally sporting the smallest possible smile.  Hair is either neat, or casually approaching a messy fro.

INTJ: Amusing-secrets smile.  Often a soft expression.

INFP: Don’t-care-hair.  Also shot with a lot of soft focus.

INFJ: Very well put together but exact opposite of flashy.  Likes soft colours.  Has soft expressions.  Smiling to put you at ease.