Signature maker
Draw your signature, type it in a handwriting style or lift it from a photo, then download a transparent PNG or an SVG.
Your signature, transparent background
Draw above and your signature appears here.
Nothing is uploaded. The signature is made on your device.
How it works
- Draw, type or upload. Sign on the pad with a mouse, a finger or a stylus; or type your name and tap one of eight handwriting styles, each showing your name; or upload a photo of a signature on paper and the paper is removed.
- Choose the ink. Black, blue ink, dark blue or any colour you pick. On the pad, each stroke keeps the colour and pen it was drawn with; Recolour all strokes changes them together. The finished signature updates as you go.
- Download. Save a PNG with a transparent background, trimmed close to the ink, or an SVG that stays sharp at any size.
PNG or SVG?
Transparent PNG
Works almost everywhere: Word, Google Docs, email signatures, PDF editors and image apps. The background is see-through, so the ink sits on the page like a real pen mark, and the picture is trimmed close to the writing. Drawn and typed signatures are several hundred pixels wide, plenty for a signature on a printed page.
SVG
A vector file that stays crisp at any size, for design tools, websites and print. A typed SVG carries its handwriting font inside the file, so it looks the same on any computer. An uploaded signature's SVG holds the cleaned-up picture, so it scales like the PNG rather than as lines.
Using a photo of your signature
Sign on plain white paper with a dark pen, then photograph it in even light without a shadow across the page. The tool turns the photo the right way up, measures how dark the paper and the ink are, and picks the line between them automatically. Anything lighter becomes transparent, small specks of dust are removed, and the picture is trimmed to the writing. If a faint stroke disappears, raise the threshold; if a grey shadow is left, lower it. Recolour ink paints the whole signature in your chosen colour, which also hides the tint a phone camera adds.
Getting a natural-looking signature
- On a phone or tablet, sign with a finger or stylus; it is closer to a pen than a mouse. Turning the phone sideways gives you a wider pad.
- Sign at your normal speed. The pad smooths small shakes in the line, so a quick, confident stroke comes out cleaner than a slow, careful one.
- Made a slip? Undo stroke removes only the last line you drew, so you can redo the end of a signature without starting again.
- Some people sign in blue so an original is easy to tell from a black-and-white copy.
A picture of a signature, not a digital signature
This tool makes an image of your signature. It is useful for signing a letter, a form or a contract where a pasted signature is accepted. It is not a certificate-based digital signature, which proves who signed a file and that it has not changed since. Whether a pasted signature is enough depends on the document and where you live; check with whoever asked you to sign.
To put the signature straight onto a PDF, use the PDF editor, which has a signature pad built in. To check a certificate-based signature in a PDF you received, use verify PDF signature.
Your signature stays on your device
Drawing, typing and saving all happen in your browser. Your signature and your name are never uploaded or stored by this site, and a photo you upload is processed on your device too. The eight handwriting styles are open-licence fonts (Dancing Script, Great Vibes, Sacramento, Allura, Alex Brush, Parisienne, Mr Dafoe and Caveat, all under the SIL Open Font Licence) served from this site, so typing your name does not contact any other service.
Related tools
- Edit PDF: Add text, a signature, images and highlights; fill forms.
- Verify PDF signature: Check who signed a PDF and whether it changed since.
- Watermark photos: Stamp text or a logo on one photo or a batch.