No, you don't have to have all of the signatures in hand (particularly when placing an order for multiple signatures, such as for a business).    When you place the initial order you will create an account at QualitySignatures.com and select how many signatures you want, and provide payment details (credit card, PayPal, etc.).   After your order is approved you can log into the site and upload each signature.  That can be done immediately after payment is verified, or hours or even days later -- you can return at any time to upload the signatures.  There's no rush and no "timeout" issues to worry about.

Once all signatures are uploaded and the entire batch is "committed" (there's a big "COMMIT ORDER" button on the upload form once all inidividual signatures for an order have been uploaded), then we process the order.   We do not process an order in a piecemeal approach -- we wait until all items are uploaded (such as all 30 signatures if it's a 30 item order) and then process it all at once.

We're pretty flexible.  Typically a BMP or JPG file is submitted, but we can accept TIFF images as well.   Please make sure to submit each signature separately -- do not try to put three different people on one sheet of paper and scan it as one big image.  As you can imagine, some signatures are legible while others are mere scribbles.  If there are multiple scribbles on a page, we will have no way of knowing which one "goes with" which person.  This is critical because we name the individual fonts with the person's actual name, so we must indeed know who's is who's.  It may be helpful to use this form (click here to download a PDF) to sign and scan for each signature.

No, you don't have to use our form, but we do highly recommend it.  Our form (click here to download a PDF copy) helps to ensure that the signatures are written properly and consistently (in terms of size, etc.) for the optimum results.    We recommend that you print one per signature (if you're ordering more than one) and have each person sign their own, then scan each and upload each scan separately.  This will assist greatly in eliminating problems, errors, confusion and inconsistencies, resulting in a higher quality finished product with fewer opportunities for human error during processing.  Only the first page is required for each form -- page two just shows examples of how to best sign your name.

No, unfortunately this is one of the few things you cannot use the signature font for.  The reason is that when you send emails, the fonts you use are specified in the "behind the scenes" formatting data for the email message, but the font itself isn't included in the actual email -- the other person is expected to have the same font (or something close) already installed on their system.  By default, most email is formatted in Arial, Times New Roman or Verdana, which are all standard fonts on Windows, and they have nearly identical substitutions (Arial = Helvetica, etc.) that can be used if the specific font is missing.   But you can pretty much guarantee that the other user on the other end will NOT have your personal signature font installed on their systems.  As such, your signature will come through looking like "123" instead of your signed name.  There's not much that can be done about this.   Signature fonts are hugely beneficial and they have a million and one uses, but signing emails is unfortunately not one of them.

Using any office scanner and uploading a JPG or TIFF image is by far the fastest and most efficient method. However, if you do not have access to a scanner, you can fax the completed order forms to us at 401-633-6921.  Please make sure to put your order number on the fax cover sheet so that we can more quickly and accuately match up the fax to the online order.  There must obviously be one completed form per signature.  Click here if you need to download the form.

The way the signature font works (and is described in the instructions both on the web site and accompanying the delivery email) is that your signature is like a "picture" that's assigned to the "1", "2" and when applicable also the "3" character.

You can think of it the way the Wingding fonts work -- you press "A" and you get a little picture of a barn, and you press "5" and you get a flower, etc.  Your signature is a picture (technically called a "glyph") that's assigned to a character.   Typically the first name is assigned to "1" and the last name assigned to "2".  This can vary a little bit if there's a middle initial or altenative spellings, etc.   But basically, we start at "1" and move down the line as appropriate.

So, to use the font, simply select the typeface bearing your name, and then press 123 and instead of actually seeing "123" you will see your name spelled out in your signature.

The rest of the letters (upper and lower case) are a stock handprinting font that we created, because many programs show your font name IN the font's own characters, so a script font will be written out in script form, etc.  So in order to be able to read "Bill Smith" (for example), it must actually clearly read "Bill Smith" because the computer will try to use the actual letters "B", "I", "L", "L", etc. 

This usually clears up 99% of the confusion.  If you still have questions, do not hesitate to ask! 

Typically we find that a signature looks "normal" at about 28 to 36 point, depending upon whether you tend to write smaller or larger.  

But point size is all relative, so go ahead and select your signature (highlight it) in the word processor or whatever software you're using, and make it as large or small as you'd like, to look "appropriate" in your document.

In a typical word processor such as Microsoft Word, all text will be on its own line, with vertical spacing under it, before the next line.  If, instead, you want to have your signature directly overlap other text or page elements, such as simulating a traditional signature by having a descender (such as the "J" in "John") descend down across the signature line, it's very easily done.

The trick is to create a text box, and then put the signature inside the text box.  Depending upon your software, the text box may or may not have a border on it (i.e. a thin black outline around it, like a box).  You can format the text box (right-click on it, and select "Format..." or select "Format" from the main menu, etc.) and remove any outlines or borders.   Furthermore, choose formatting options such as align with text "on top of text", and Word will let you place the text box anywhere, irrespective of other text or elements on the page.  So you can position your signature right over a horizontal signature line and have the signature splash down across the line and any writing beneath it, like a "real" signed paper.