Signature Maker

How to Make a Signature

1. 1

   Draw or type

   Sign on the pad with a finger, mouse or stylus, or type your name and pick a style.

2. 2

   Pick an ink

   Choose black or blue, then tap the button to create your signature.

3. 3

   Download

   Save signature.png, or use Share or save on a phone, then add it to your document.

What This Signature Maker Does

This signature maker creates a picture of your signature. You draw it by hand or type your name in a handwriting style. The result is a PNG file with a transparent background, cut close to the ink, so you can put it on any document without a white box.

• The result is a picture of a signature. It is not a certificate-based digital signature, and the tool does not check who signed.
• The tool makes the image only. It does not place it on a document. You insert the PNG in your own document or PDF editor.
• Output is a PNG, in one ink color per signature: black or blue.
• Nothing is stored. If you close or reload the page, the signature is gone, so download it first.

Draw Signature on the Pad

To draw a signature, sign on the pad with a finger on a phone, a mouse or trackpad on a computer, or a stylus. The tool smooths your line as you go. It gets a little thinner where your hand moves fast and tapers at both ends, so it looks like pen ink.

With a stylus that reports pressure, the line width follows the pressure. Tap Undo to remove the last stroke or Clear to start again. A drawn signature is your own, so it works for any name in any script.

Type Signature in Six Styles

This cursive signature generator writes your name in a handwriting style. Type up to 40 characters, then pick one of six styles. Each style shows a preview with your name. It is a quick way to create a signature when you do not want to draw one.

The styles are the open-licensed fonts Alex Brush, Dancing Script, Mrs Saint Delafield, Sacramento, La Belle Aurore and Homemade Apple. They load only when you open the Type tab. Type mode writes Latin letters, including accented ones. For a name in Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese or Korean, use Draw.

Typed signatures come from fonts, so two people who type the same name in the same style get the same image. If a style lacks a letter of your name, it is grayed out.

Online Signature Generator PNG

This online signature generator saves your signature as signature.png. The background is transparent, and the image is cut to the ink with a small even margin. It is up to about 1,700 pixels on its longer side, enough to print more than 5 inches wide at 300 dpi.

A normal signature or name reaches that size. A very small drawing, or a name of two or three letters, comes out smaller. The result screen shows your signature on a gray and white checkerboard. The checkerboard only shows what is transparent and is not part of the file.

Already signed on paper? Use signature PNG to turn a photo of it into a transparent PNG.

Using Your Signature PNG

Insert the PNG in your document or PDF editor and drag it onto the signature line. Because the background is transparent, the ink sits on top of the page. Whether a picture of a signature is accepted depends on the document and on who receives it, so check with them.

Before you send the file, you can watermark the PDF or redact an image to hide private details. If you need to scan a paper form first, see how to scan documents on iPhone.

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