Signature generator

Type it. Enter your name and the tool shows it in five script fonts at once: Great Vibes, Allura, Sacramento, Dancing Script and Caveat. Click the one you like, adjust the slant to make it lean like real handwriting, and choose black, pen-blue or dark green ink.

Draw it. Sign in the white box with a mouse, a trackpad or your finger on a phone or tablet. The line gets thinner when you move fast and thicker when you move slowly, like a real pen, which makes the result look more natural than a plain line. Use Pen width to change the stroke and Clear and start over to try again.

Either way, the download is trimmed tightly around the signature, so you don't have to crop it.

The image has a transparent background, so it sits cleanly on top of lines and colored paper.

• Word or Google Docs: Insert > Image, then set text wrapping to In front of text so you can drag it onto the signature line.
• PDF: open the PDF signing tool or a PDF editor, and place the image as a signature or stamp.
• Email and letters: add it below your closing in a letter template, for example on your letterhead.

For the sharpest result, insert the image at its natural size or smaller; enlarging a PNG a lot makes the edges soft.

• Real signatures rarely sit perfectly straight. A slant of 10 to 20 usually looks more natural than 0.
• Blue ink reads as "signed by hand" on printed documents, which is why many people prefer it for contracts.
• When drawing, sign in one quick motion rather than slowly tracing letters. Speed gives the line natural variation.
• On a phone, turn the screen sideways to get a wider drawing area.
• If you use a typed signature, pick a font that resembles how you actually sign, especially for documents someone may compare with your ID.

In the US, the federal ESIGN Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act adopted by most states say a signature can't be denied legal effect just because it is electronic. What matters is generally that you intended to sign and that the parties agreed to do business electronically. A pasted signature image can meet that for many everyday documents, such as an internal form or a simple agreement.

Some documents have stricter rules, for example wills, certain real estate and court filings, or anything that must be notarized. Others, such as many bank and government forms, require a specific e-signature service that records who signed and when. This page is general information, not legal advice; when in doubt, ask the party requesting your signature what they accept.

The fonts are served from our own server, and the image is created in your browser. Your name and your drawing are not uploaded or stored. Still, treat a signature file like any other personal document: don't post it publicly and only send it to people who need it.