E-Signature Generator

Drawing or Typing an E-Signature

Type your name or draw your signature to create a transparent image you can add to a document. This free e-signature generator works in your browser without an account. Your name, strokes and picture stay on your device.

In Type mode, replace Alex Morgan with your name and choose a lettering style. You can use initials or a single letter, such as E. The flowing style uses a handwriting font available on your device, so its appearance can differ between computers.

In Draw mode, sign in the pad with a mouse, finger or stylus. Undo stroke removes your last stroke. Clear drawing empties the pad so you can start again.

To make an e-signature from a picture, choose Picture and select a PNG, JPEG or WebP file. Open Crop picture edges to remove a percentage from each side. For example, cropping 10% left and 20% right from a 1,000-pixel picture keeps 700 pixels across.

Remove white turns the pale background transparent and applies your chosen ink colour. Keep original preserves the picture's colours and background. The source picture stays visible above the crop controls so you can compare it with the output.

Choose the ink colour and open Download size to set the image dimensions in pixels. The starting PNG is 800 by 240 pixels. Download PNG saves the displayed signature with transparency wherever the preview shows the chequered background.

Download SVG saves typed text or drawn strokes in a scalable format. Typed text depends on the receiving device's fonts. A picture exported inside an SVG remains a raster image and gains no extra detail.

Adding the Signature to a Document

Insert the downloaded PNG as a picture where your signature belongs. In Word, place the cursor at the signature location, choose Insert, then Pictures and select your signature file. Resize it using a corner handle to keep its proportions.

Keep the signature image somewhere only you can access. Anyone with a copy can paste it into another document. Use it only for a document you are authorised to sign.

Microsoft's Word signature instructions explain picture insertion and signature lines. Inserting this picture creates a visible mark on the page. It does not create a certificate-backed digital signature in Word or a PDF.

A certificate-backed digital signature uses a digital identity and cryptographic checks to connect the signer to a document and detect later changes. Use the document editor's digital-signing workflow when the recipient requires that form of signing.

Signature Image Versus a Signing Service

A signature image is one visible part of an electronic-signing process. This generator creates the image. It does not check the signer's identity, record their consent or keep an audit trail of a document's signing history.

A signing service can collect evidence of identity and intent, record events and protect the signed document against undetected changes. The exact evidence depends on the service and signing method. A reusable PNG or SVG alone supplies none of those records.

The Attorney-General's Department explains that Commonwealth electronic-signature requirements concern identification, intention and reliability. Recipient consent can also be required. Its electronic-signature guidance explains the conditions and exceptions.

For a mortgage application, use the lender's required signing process when it specifies one. Adding a signature picture does not replace required identity checks, witnessing or the evidence captured by that process.