Turn your name into a handwritten signature
A signature finishes a letter, an email, a card or a design. If you need one quickly — for a cover letter you are emailing, a thank-you card, a certificate template or a creative project — this signature generator writes your typed name in every handwriting style at once, so you can compare them side by side and keep the one that feels like you.
Type your name and the gallery updates as you type. Use the style filters — Formal Cursive, Calligraphy, Modern Handwriting and Artistic — to narrow the choice, and click any style to see it large and fine-tune it on its own.
How to create a signature for your name
- Type your name in the Enter your name box — full name, initials, or a short form.
- Browse the styles, or pick a filter such as Formal Cursive. Click Load more styles to see the rest.
- Set the font size, ink colour, stroke thickness and slant for all styles at once.
- Click a style to open it. Changes you make there apply only to that style, so you can make one bolder or lean it more without changing the others.
- Download a PNG or SVG, or click Copy and paste the signature into your email or document.
Draw your signature instead
Switch to Draw to sign with your mouse, trackpad, finger or stylus. The pen line gets thinner when you move fast and fuller when you slow down, like real ink. Choose the ink colour, pen thickness and smoothing — they apply to the whole signature, even after you draw it — and use Undo stroke to fix a single line without starting again.
Create a signature from an image or photo
Already have a signature you like on paper? In Draw, choose Upload a photo. Sign on plain white paper with a dark pen and take a straight, well-lit photo. The tool removes the paper, shadows and specks, crops to the ink and recolours it to the ink colour you choose — ready to download as a transparent PNG or a traced SVG. If faint parts of the signature go missing, move Ink pick-up towards Faint ink; if paper texture shows, move it the other way.
Make it look like a real signature
- Name versions: one click tries "A. Rao", "Ananya R.", "AR" or just your first name.
- Flourish: add an underline, a sweeping swoosh or a double line under your name, drawn as a tapered pen stroke.
- Preview background: check how the signature looks on white, on lined paper, in a dark-mode email, or as a transparent image.
- Favourites: tap the heart on the styles you like, then filter to Favourites to compare only those.
- See it in use: preview the signature at the end of a letter or in an email (including dark mode) before you download it.
PNG, SVG or copy — which should I use?
- PNG — a picture with a transparent background, cropped tightly to your signature, so it sits cleanly on any document or email. Choose Email for a small file, Document for a sharp signature in Word or a PDF, or Print 300 DPI for printing.
- SVG — a vector file that stays perfectly sharp at any size. Use it in Word, Google Docs, Canva, Figma or Illustrator, or for a logo-style signature.
- Copy — puts the signature on your clipboard. Paste it straight into Gmail, Outlook, Word or Google Docs.
Signature ideas for your name
Try several versions of your name and compare them in the gallery. For the name "Ananya Rao", for example:
- Full name — "Ananya Rao": clear and easy to recognise, good for letters and certificates.
- Initial and surname — "A. Rao": common on forms and documents, quick to write by hand later.
- First name and initial — "Ananya R.": friendlier, suits cards and notes.
- Initials — "AR": compact, best in a bold cursive style.
Pick the version you would be happy to reproduce the same way every time — consistency is what makes a signature yours.
Cursive, calligraphy or print?
A formal cursive signature looks elegant and personal and suits cards, invitations and creative work. Calligraphy styles have pen-like thick and thin strokes that look striking at large sizes. Modern handwriting styles are easier to read at small sizes, which matters on forms and when a signature is printed at the bottom of a page. If you already know you want joined-up script, the cursive signature generator opens straight on the cursive styles. Blue and black are the conventional ink colours for anything official; red is best kept for creative uses.
Using your signature in email, Word and PDFs
- Email signature: download the Email size PNG and add it as an image in your email program's signature settings — or copy it and paste it in.
- Word or Google Docs: paste the copied signature, or insert the PNG or SVG above your typed name and set wrapping to "In front of text".
- PDF: most PDF readers let you add an image or signature to a document — use the transparent PNG.
Tips for a signature that looks natural
- Choose a style with slightly uneven letters — perfectly regular fonts look typed.
- A little slant to the right (5–12°) makes most styles look more like a quick, confident signature.
- Add a little stroke thickness if the signature will be shown small, so it does not look faint.
- Keep it short enough that you could reproduce it quickly by hand.
- Download it once and reuse the same file, so your signature always looks identical.
Use your own handwriting
For a signature built from your real letter shapes, open Use my own handwriting, print the sample sheet, write the sample text with a dark pen and upload a photo. Your handwriting appears as the first style in the gallery, and you can fine-tune and download it like any other. The photo is processed on your device and never uploaded.
Is a generated signature legally valid?
It depends on your country and the document. Simple image signatures are accepted for many everyday letters and emails, but contracts, banking, government forms and legal filings often require a wet-ink signature or a certified digital signature. Check with the organisation that asked you to sign. Never recreate someone else's signature — signing another person's name without permission is forgery.
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