Signature Generator

How to use the signature generator

1. Pick a mode. Draw it lets you sign freehand with a mouse, trackpad, finger or stylus. Type it turns your typed name into a script-font signature.
2. Choose your ink. Four preset colors — black, two blues and red — plus a custom color picker. Blue reads as "signed with a pen"; black matches printed text. In draw mode you can also set the pen width.
3. Make your mark. In draw mode, scribble away — real signatures are never neat, and neither should yours be. In type mode, type your name and click through the fonts until one feels like you.
4. Download the PNG. One click crops the ink tightly, keeps the background transparent and exports at 2× resolution. That's the whole job.

What you get with every download

• Transparent PNG — only the ink, no white box around it. It sits cleanly on letterheads, colored backgrounds and scanned documents.
• Auto-cropped with a small margin — no wasted pixels, no manual cropping in an image editor.
• Exported at 2× resolution — sharp on high-DPI screens and when printed.
• Nothing uploaded, ever — drawing, fonts and export all happen inside your browser.

Where your signature can go

• Email. A signature image drops straight into an email signature. If you use Gmail, our step-by-step guide covers how to add a signature in Gmail.
• PDF documents. Sign a contract or form: insert the PNG as an image in any PDF editor — here's how to sign a PDF.
• Word and Google Docs. Insert → Image, resize, done. The transparent background means it looks like it was signed on the page.
• Contracts and everyday forms. A signature image is how a lot of everyday paperwork gets signed today. One honest note: if a document insists on a "legally binding" electronic signature, it usually needs a dedicated e-sign service that verifies who signed — a picture of a signature is not the same as a verified signature.

Draw or type — which should you use?

Draw if you want the version that looks most like you. A mouse works; a trackpad or touchscreen works even better, and a stylus is ideal. Nobody's handwriting survives a drawing pad perfectly, which is exactly why it looks real.

Type if you want something clean, consistent and repeatable — or if your hand-drawn attempts look like a seismograph. Script fonts have gotten very good, and at small sizes (which is how signatures appear in documents) a well-chosen font is genuinely hard to tell apart from ink. When in doubt, download both and keep the one you like.

Make it look natural — four quick tips

• Sign like you normally sign. First name only, initial plus surname, a full flourish — whatever your hand actually does. Signatures that look "designed" look wrong.
• Keep the proportions. A signature is roughly three to four times wider than it is tall. If yours is square, it will look like a logo, not a signature.
• One flourish, maximum. A single underline swoosh reads as "signature". Two competing swashes read as "decoration".
• Size it for where it's going. You don't need a giant PNG — this tool exports at 2× so it stays sharp at normal document sizes.