How to easily and quickly create a personalized signature?

These days, it’s rare to sign emails using just your first and last name, especially when it comes to business correspondence. On the contrary, we observe more and more signatures elaborated which indicate all the coordinates, the position of the individual, the logo company, etc.

Making this type of signature while giving it a visually attractive formatting is much less complicated than it seems. Indeed, some tools have been designed so that anyone can create their signature quickly and without any computer knowledge (often, electronic signatures custom are actually code HTML).

Among them, Futura has chosen today to present Si.gnatu.re, a free online service, very easy to use and which offers its users the possibility of transmitting dozens of information to their correspondents via their signature.

How to start the creation process?

First, go to the official si.gnatu.re site by following this link (click “Download” again on the next page to go straight to the site’s home page):

Once on the home page of the site, click on the “Create a Signature” button located in the upper right corner.

Si.gnatu.re is entirely in English, but, as you will see, is easily usable and understandable, even for those who do not speak the language of Shakespeare.

How to make your personalized signature?

Si.gnatu.re offers a menu divided into four parts: Contact, Images, Social and Design. Each of them includes several fields to be completed. Note that you are able to preview your signature in real time in the right part of screen.

Contact

In this part, you have the possibility to fill in all the information related to your identity and the means of contacting you directly.

Thus, the “Your details” section is devoted to your name, first name, profession and possibly the service or department for which you work.

As for “Contact details”, it is quite explicit, it is a question of communicating your e-mail address, your telephone numbers. phone, mobile and incidentally a number fax. Just below, it is possible to indicate the URL of a page web.

A little further down is the section for your address. Note that if you check the “Link to map” box, your recipients will be able to click on your address to view it directly. Google Maps.

At the very bottom of the page is a field entitled “Footer text”, which means footer, in which you are likely to disclose additional information.

Images

As you can imagine, this part concerns all the graphic elements that will be used to enrich your signature.

Thus, you have the opportunity to affix a logo or a banner imported from your computer (format 200 x 200 for the logo and 400 x 100 for the banner at most) or to take directly a selfie if your machine is equipped with webcam.

When you click on “Logo” or “Banner”, you must select the file (s) to import. If you click on “Select Files To Upload”, the file explorer will open so that you can choose the said file. You can drag and drop or copy and paste the file instead.

It is also possible to import a file directly from your account Google Drive or by entering a URL pointing to an image. To do this, click on the corresponding buttons shown in the illustration below.

The image is displayed on the screen before it is imported. Si.gnatu.re provides you with very simple tools to edit it if it seems relevant to you. In this way, you are able to crop the image, place it in a circle shaped thumbnail or rotate it.

Click on “Upload” to begin transferring your logo or banner to the site when you have finished editing it.

Social

The “Social” category is no surprise, as it simply consists of indicating your different accounts on 31 of the most popular social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.).

On your signature, each social network is represented by its logo and your recipients will only have to click on it to access your page.

Design

The last part is dedicated to all the available formatting elements.

Without listing them all, know that you have the possibility to move the logo, change the alignment of the text, select one of the 14 fonts and change the size of the characters.

Si.gnatu.re also proposes modifications of colors for the various textual elements as well as for the icons.

What to do after having finished creating your personalized signature?

When you have finished refining your signature, click on the “Finish” button above the window preview.

Your signature is now ready to be integrated into your emails. Its configuration differs depending on the email client you are using.

In general, you must select all the elements of the signature in preview (or click on “Select Preview”) and copy them using the “Ctrl + C” shortcut. Then you need to paste them into the signature field in your email client. Si.gnatu.re reveals the procedure to follow for the most famous email clients if you click on “More instructions”.

Other clients (like Mozilla Thunderbird for example) require HTML code for custom signatures. You can obtain it as a file by clicking on “Download” or place it directly in your clipboard by clicking on “Copy HTML”.

Finally, note that it is in your interest to keep the link indicated under the button “Upgrade my signature” by clicking on “Copy link” and keep it in a safe place, because you will be able to edit your signature for 30 days if it is not for you. not fully satisfied.

A single payment of 5 dollars (approximately 4.5 euros) grants you the option of being able to edit it anytime and as many times as you wish.