Is this a legally binding signature?

For most everyday documents (employment contracts, NDAs, vendor agreements, freelance contracts, school forms), yes, an electronic signature is recognised the same way DocuSign or Adobe Sign signatures are. For documents that explicitly require a certificate-based digital signature (some government filings, certain corporate filings, anything with a notary requirement), you'd want a dedicated signing service that issues a cryptographic certificate.

Can I save my signature for next time?

Yes. After drawing or uploading a signature, save it to your browser. The signature stays in local storage on your device and shows up in the Saved tab when you open the tool again. Multiple signatures are supported, so you can keep one for personal use and one for business.

Where can I place the signature?

Anywhere on any page. Drop the signature, drag it to the right spot, resize it with the corner handles. Most signatures look right at around 50 to 100 points wide. You can place multiple copies of the same signature on the same document, which is useful when you need to initial each page and then sign the last page.

Can I add the date and my printed name too?

Yes. The tool includes a date stamp (long, short, or ISO format), an initials field, a check mark, and a free text field for typing things like a printed name or a job title. All of them work the same way as the signature: place them, resize them, save the document.

Is my saved signature kept private?

Yes. The signature image is stored in your browser's local storage on your own device. It's never sent to any server. If you clear your browser data, you'll need to recreate the signature, which is a small price for not having your signature sitting on someone else's database.

Sign a PDF Online - Draw or Type Your Signature

About Sign PDF

A signed document used to mean printing, signing in pen, scanning, and emailing the scan. Three of those steps are pointless when the document is going right back to email. Even worse, the scanned signature is often blurry, crooked, or sitting on a shadowed background.

Sign PDF adds a clean electronic signature to a document without leaving the browser. Draw it with a mouse or touchscreen, type it in a signature font, or upload a saved signature image. Drop it on the page where the signature goes, adjust the size, save the signed PDF, send it back.

Three ways to create a signature

Draw mode is the most personal. Use a touchscreen or trackpad to sign the way you'd sign on paper. The drawing surface smooths out shaky lines a bit so the signature looks intentional rather than wobbly. Pen colour and stroke width are adjustable. Most people draw in dark blue or black.

Type mode picks from a few signature-style fonts. Type your name and the tool renders it in a flowing script that reads as a signature. Less personal than drawing, but consistent and legible.

Upload mode takes a PNG of an existing signature. If you've already got a clean signature on a transparent background, this is the fastest path. Sign on paper, scan or photograph, run the image through a background remover, save as PNG, upload here once and reuse forever.

Placing it on the page

After creating the signature, drag it anywhere on any page of the PDF. Resize by dragging the corner handles. Most signatures look right at around 50 to 100 points wide, which is roughly the size of a handwritten signature on a printed page.

If you're signing in multiple places (initial each page, then sign the last page, for instance), drop the signature in the first spot, click duplicate, place the copy, repeat. Same signature image, multiple placements, no need to re-create it each time.

There are extras for adding initials, today's date in a few formats, a check mark, and a free text field for things like a printed name or a title.

Saving the signature for next time

Once you've drawn or uploaded a signature you like, save it. The tool stores it locally in your browser (not on a server), so the next document you open already has your signature ready in the Saved tab. Quick reuse for the small army of PDFs that come through in any given month.

Multiple signatures are supported. Some people keep a personal signature, a business signature, and a small set of initials. All three live in the Saved tab.

What this is and isn't

This is an electronic signature, which is what most contracts and routine paperwork accept. It's the same kind of signature DocuSign, Adobe Sign, and HelloSign produce.

It is not a cryptographic digital signature. That kind of signature requires a certificate from a trusted certificate authority and a different signing process. For documents that require this level of legal proof (some government filings, certain corporate documents), you'd want a dedicated signing service.

For everyday work (NDAs, freelance contracts, vendor agreements, school forms, internal sign-offs), the electronic signature this tool produces is exactly what's expected and accepted.

Privacy

Signatures are stored in your browser's local storage, not on a server. The PDFs you sign are processed in the browser too, so nothing about the document or the signature leaves your machine. If you clear your browser data, you'll need to recreate the signature.

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