Add a signature to a PDF

Place a signature image on the page by clicking where it should go. What is under it stays there, and stays selectable.

Put a signature on your PDF

  1. 1

    Choose your document

  2. 2

    Choose the signature and where it goes

    Click the page preview where the middle of the signature should go.

  3. 3

    See it, then download it

The signature does not cover the page

Some tools flatten the whole page into an image when a signature is added, or stamp an opaque white rectangle around it that covers the signing line and the printed name underneath.

Here the image is added as its own layer on top of the page's existing content. Nothing is removed, nothing is flattened, and the text under and around it stays selectable. A PNG with a transparent background gives you the ink and nothing else.

Placing the signature

You see the page and click the spot. The box shown before you commit is the size the signature will actually be, so there is no typing of numbers and no guessing.

About digital signatures

This places a picture of a signature on the page. A cryptographic digital signature — the kind that adds a certificate and makes a document tamper-evident — is a different feature with a different purpose, and this does not add one.

The steps

  1. Upload the document to be signed

    Any PDF. It is not flattened and its text stays text.

  2. Choose your signature image

    A PNG with a transparent background is best; a photograph of ink on white paper will carry its white background with it.

  3. Set the width and click the spot

    The width is in points — 150 points is about two inches, a typical handwritten signature. The box you see is the size it will be.

  4. Look at the page, then download

    The signed page is shown to you before you download the PDF.

The same statement with a signature on it
The statement as it arrived
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A signature image placed on the page. Drag the handle: everything already on the page stays exactly where it was, and nothing is covered.

Questions

Is this a legally binding electronic signature?
It puts an image of a signature on the page. It is not a cryptographic digital signature and makes no claim to be one — whether an image is enough is between you and whoever asked for it.
Will it cover the line I am supposed to sign on?
Not if the image has a transparent background — the line shows through the gaps in the ink. A JPEG cannot be transparent, so it will bring a white rectangle with it.
Can I add initials or a date stamp too?
Anything that is an image can be placed the same way. For a typed date already on the page, change it as text instead.

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