A landlord emails you a lease, your employer sends a joining letter, a school wants a permission slip back before noon. The old routine was print, sign with a pen, scan, email. You can skip all of it: place your signature straight on the PDF and send the file back.

Three ways to create your signature

• Draw it with your finger on a phone or with a mouse or trackpad on a computer. This looks the most personal.
• Type it and pick a handwriting-style font. Quick and always neat.
• Upload an image of your real signature. Sign on white paper with a dark pen, take a straight photo and crop closely. A signature on a transparent or clean white background looks best on the page.

Signing step by step

1. Open the Sign PDF tool and upload the document.
2. Create or upload your signature.
3. Place it on the line where it belongs, and resize it so it is about the height of a normal handwritten signature, not a giant stamp. You can place it on several pages if needed.
4. Download the signed PDF and open it once to check the placement.

Making your signature look natural

• Sign slowly at a comfortable size when you draw. A trembling line from a tiny phone area looks worse than a short, confident one.
• Keep the signature file for next time, in a folder only you can access. A signature image is something others could misuse.
• Never sign a blank document or a page with empty fields that someone else could complete later.

Is a pasted signature legally valid?

That depends on the document and on the country. For everyday agreements, many places accept a simple electronic signature when both sides agree to it. Some documents, however, need a handwritten signature or a certified digital signature: for example certain employment terminations, property documents, wills or court filings in many countries. When in doubt, ask the receiving office or read the rules for that document type. This guide explains how to place a signature, it is not legal advice.

When someone else needs to sign too

Signing a document yourself is one thing; collecting signatures from several people is another. For that, use a signature-request workflow, where each person receives a link, signs on their own device and the completed document comes back to you. It saves the endless forwarding of "final_v3_signed.pdf".

Frequently asked questions

Can I sign a PDF on my phone?

Yes. Open the tool in your phone's browser, draw your signature with your finger and place it on the page.

Will the signed PDF still be editable?

The signature is added to the page. Anyone with a PDF editor could still modify a PDF, which is why important documents should be shared with a password or in a workflow that records who signed.

Can I add the date next to my signature?

Yes, add it by typing the date as text on the page, or write it in the field if the form is fillable.

Can I use a photo of my signature?

Yes. Use a clear photo on white paper, crop it tightly and make the background clean so it does not leave a grey box on the document.