Signature ideas

Five ways to arrive at a signature you can repeat without thinking about it.

Bold signature ideas

Heavier pressure and wider strokes turn an ordinary name into a signature that reads with confidence.

Thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes give a signature the look of formal lettering without slowing it down.

Straight lines and sharp angles read as current; loops and curls read as inherited from a different era.

A signature made of two or three strokes total, built for forms that barely give it room to exist.

A distinctive detail that survives on every page is worth more than an elaborate one you cannot repeat.

A hyphenated or double surname does not have to double the length of the mark that represents it.