Sign PDFs and forms
Place the PNG on contracts, approvals, permission slips, or internal forms where the recipient accepts an image-based signature.
Handwritten signature generator
Type your name and pick a script style, or draw your signature by hand. Either way you get a transparent PNG you can drop onto a PDF, a contract, or an email footer.
Type your name to see it here
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Got your PNG? Put it on a PDF with the stamp tool — add it once, then click where it belongs on the page.
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Practical guide
Make a signature image you can reuse on any document
A signature image is the practical middle ground between printing a document to sign it and setting up certificate-based digital signing. This page makes one two ways. Type your name and it is rendered in a script typeface, with controls for size, slant, and ink colour. Or draw your signature freehand, which usually looks more like your real one. Both export a PNG with a transparent background, cropped tight to the ink, so the mark sits on the page without a white box around it. The typefaces are served from this site and the rendering happens in your browser — your name is never sent anywhere.
- 10
- Script typefaces available, all open-source and self-hosted, so the browser makes no request to a third-party font CDN.Counted in this tool's font list
- 4x
- Supersampling factor applied when the PNG is rendered. A 72 px signature exports at roughly 288 px tall, so it stays sharp when enlarged or printed.Measured from this tool's export code
- PNG
- The export format. PNG carries an alpha channel, which is what makes a genuinely transparent background possible. JPG has no alpha channel and would add a white box.ISO/IEC 15948, the PNG specification
How to generate a signature in 3 steps
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Type your name or switch to Draw
On the Type tab, enter your name and it appears in the preview straight away. On the Draw tab, sign inside the dashed box with your mouse, trackpad, or a finger on a touchscreen.
- 2
Choose the look
Pick one of the ten script styles — each button previews your actual name, not a sample. Then set the size, add slant if you want a more forward-leaning hand, and choose black, blue, or navy ink.
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Download the PNG
Choose Download transparent PNG. The file is cropped to the ink with a small margin and named after you, so Jane Doe arrives as jane-doe-signature.png.
Worked examples
| If you need to | Do this | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Sign a contract without printing it | Type your name, download the PNG, then open the stamp tool and click the signature line | A signed PDF with no printer, scanner, or phone photo involved |
| Make the signature look genuinely hand-drawn | Use the Draw tab with a finger on a phone or tablet | Natural pressure-free strokes that read as handwriting rather than a font |
| Match a blue-ink house style | Select the blue ink swatch before downloading | A blue signature on a transparent background |
| Fix a stroke that went wrong | Choose Undo to drop just the last stroke, not the whole signature | The earlier strokes stay exactly as they were |
| Reuse the same signature every month | Add the downloaded PNG to the stamp tool's library once | It is there on your next visit, so later documents need two clicks |
When to generate a signature
Email and document footers
Drop a small version into an email signature block, a letterhead template, or the closing of a Word document.
Invoices and quotes
Add an authorised-by mark next to a company stamp so the paperwork looks finished rather than unsigned.
Design mockups
Use a transparent signature in a certificate template, a testimonial card, or a presentation without cutting one out of a photo.
Tips to generate a signature well
- Drawing usually beats typing for anything a person will scrutinise. A script font is recognisably a font, and no two people using the same one get a different mark.
- Draw bigger than feels natural. The box exports at four times its on-screen size, and a large slow signature has smoother curves than a cramped fast one.
- A finger on a phone or tablet gives a much better line than a trackpad. If the signature matters, make it on a touchscreen.
- Add 5 to 10 degrees of slant to a script font. Upright script reads as decorative; a slight forward lean reads more like handwriting.
- Keep the PNG somewhere you can find it again, or add it to the stamp tool's library so it is ready for the next document.
Good to know
- A signature image is not a certificate-based digital signature. It carries no identity verification and no tamper evidence, so anyone who receives the file can copy the image out of it. Laws and recipient requirements vary — confirm the accepted method for important legal, financial, or government documents.
- A typed signature in a script font is a rendering of a typeface, not your handwriting. It cannot be compared against a specimen signature on file, which is exactly what some banks, registries, and notaries require.
- The drawing box captures position only. It has no pressure or tilt sensitivity, so strokes keep an even width even with a stylus.
- Ink colour is fixed to black, blue, or navy, and the export is always PNG. There is no SVG or vector output, so enlarging far beyond the exported size will eventually soften the edges.
- Nothing is saved here. Close the tab and a drawn signature is gone, so download the PNG before you navigate away.
Questions about how to generate a signature
▸How do I create a handwritten signature online?
Open this page, either type your name and pick one of the ten script styles or draw your signature in the box with a mouse, trackpad, or finger, then choose Download transparent PNG. There is no account to create and nothing to install. The image is generated in your browser, so your name is never sent to a server.
▸Is the signature image free to use?
Yes. The tool is free with no watermark, no signup, and no limit on how many signatures you make. The script typefaces are open-source fonts licensed for this kind of use, and the PNG you download is yours.
▸Is a generated signature legally binding?
It depends on the document, the jurisdiction, and the recipient's rules. Many everyday electronic-signature workflows accept an image, and frameworks such as the US ESIGN Act and the EU eIDAS regulation recognise electronic signatures broadly. But an image provides no identity verification or tamper evidence, so it is weaker than a certificate-based digital signature. For anything consequential, check what the receiving party actually requires.
▸Does the PNG really have a transparent background?
Yes. The export is cropped to the ink and every pixel outside the strokes is fully transparent, so the signature sits directly on whatever is underneath rather than covering it with a white rectangle. That is why the format is PNG — a JPG cannot store transparency.
▸Should I type my signature or draw it?
Draw it if a person will look closely, because a script font is identifiable as a font and anyone else choosing the same style gets an identical mark. Type it when you want something tidy and legible fast, such as an email footer or an internal form.
▸How do I put the signature on a PDF?
Download the PNG, then open the stamp tool, add the image to the library with + Add, click the thumbnail, and click the spot on the page where the signature belongs. You can drag it into place and resize it from the corner before downloading the signed PDF.
▸Can I use this on my phone?
Yes, and drawing works better on a phone than on a laptop because you sign with a finger instead of a trackpad. The whole page runs in a normal mobile browser with nothing to install.
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