Sign a PDF Without Printing and Scanning
or drop files here
Draw your signature with a finger or mouse, type your name in a script style, or lift it from a photo of a signed sheet. Drop it onto the line, size it, and save. Your handwriting and the document both stay inside this browser window the whole time.
Open it, sign it, send it back.
Open the document
Drop in the agreement, form or letter. The pages render exactly as a viewer shows them, and the signature pad pops up on its own once the file is ready.
Make your mark
Pick Draw, Photo or scan, or Type. Choose black, blue, red or white ink, or any colour from the picker, and see a preview before it goes on the page.
Position it, then save
Drag the signature onto the line and pull its corner to size it. Add initials on other pages if needed, apply the changes and save the signed copy.
Documents that just need your name on them.
Most signing requests are routine: a line at the bottom, maybe a set of initials. A visual signature handles them without a printer anywhere in the loop.
Offer letters and contracts
A new employer or client sends a PDF and asks for it back signed. Sign it at your desk in a minute instead of finding a printer, a pen and a scanner.
Leases with initials on each page
Tenancy agreements often want initials in a corner of every page and a full signature at the end. Each one is placed separately, so every page gets its mark.
Approving invoices and timesheets
Finance teams still like a visible signature on a purchase order or a weekly timesheet. A typed signature in a handwriting style is quick for routine sign-offs.
Signing from a phone
The pad takes a finger as well as a mouse or trackpad, so a permission slip or delivery form can be signed on a train, straight from the browser.
Reusing your real signature
Sign a blank sheet, photograph it, and the paper is removed so only the ink remains. Your own handwriting then appears on the document without a grey rectangle around it.
Certificates on dark designs
Award certificates and event passes sometimes have dark backgrounds where black ink disappears. White ink is one click away, and the preview uses the page colour.
Electronic signature or digital signature?
The two terms get used as if they meant the same thing, but they do not. What you make here is an electronic signature in its simplest form: a transparent PNG of your handwriting, drawn into the page content when you save. It is not a form field or a comment, so every viewer and every printer shows it, and it stays exactly where you put it.
A digital signatureworks differently. Signing software takes a fingerprint of the file's bytes, seals it with a certificate issued to you, and stores that seal inside the PDF. Change one byte later and a viewer reports the signature as invalid. This tool does not do that, and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise.
How each route builds the image: drawn strokes are smoothed into curves and trimmed to the ink. Typed names use handwriting fonts installed on your device, so styles vary between computers, but the result is fixed as a picture once placed. Photos have their lighting measured in tiles and divided out before a threshold separates ink from paper, which is why a shadowed phone snap still comes out clean.
| Visual (this tool) | Digital certificate | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An image of your signature on the page | A cryptographic seal tied to a certificate |
| What you need | A mouse, finger, name or photo | A certificate from a trusted provider |
| Shows who signed | By appearance only | Verifiable identity of the signer |
| Detects later changes | No | Yes, the viewer flags any edit |
| Visible in every viewer | Yes, it is page content | Seal checked mainly in full PDF apps |
| Typical uses | Everyday agreements, forms, approvals | Regulated, high-value or notarised documents |
| Made by this tool | Yes | No |
Questions answered.
Is a signature added this way legally valid?
What is the difference between this and a digital signature?
How do I initial every page of a contract?
Will my signature have a white box around it?
Can someone copy or remove my signature from the PDF?
The PDF was already digitally signed by someone else. Is that a problem?
Does the site keep a copy of my signature?
Can I sign a password-protected PDF?
Can I add the date and my printed name too?
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