Electronic Signatures Guide: Legality, Formats, and Best Practices

Understanding Electronic Signatures in Modern Workflows

As business transactions and document approvals move online, electronic signatures (e-signatures) have become the global standard for authorizing contracts, approving invoices, and signing PDF documents. But how do different signature creation methods compare?

1. Typed vs Drawn Electronic Signatures

Our signature generator supports two signature modes:

• Typed Signatures: Enter your full name or initials, and select from professional calligraphy script fonts like Alex Brush or Mr De Haviland. Typed signatures provide clean, uniform aesthetics suitable for casual business documents and email headers.
• Drawn Vector Signatures: Draw directly on an interactive canvas using a touchscreen or stylus. This produces a unique, hand-drawn vector stroke replica of your manual signature.

2. Choosing the Right File Format: PNG vs SVG

When downloading your signature for document placement, format selection matters:

1. Transparent PNG: Renders with an alpha channel background, allowing you to overlay your signature directly onto PDF document lines without ugly white boxes.
2. Vector SVG: Contains mathematical vector paths, enabling infinite scaling without pixelation when printing large certificates or contracts.

3. Privacy & Zero-Server Security Guarantee

Unlike third-party document signing platforms that store your signatures on cloud databases, our signature tool operates entirely client-side in your web browser. Your typed name, mouse movements, and signature images are never transmitted or stored on external servers.