Q&A for How to Have a Nice Signature

First, start by deciding on the style you want. Consider if you prefer a formal, modern, or casual look. Then, start writing your name repeatedly using a pencil, and allow yourself to experiment freely. Erase and modify specific elements, such as the way you cross your T's or the entry stroke into an O. Try different approaches until you find a style that feels right. Play around with various flourishes, loops, and angles to make your signature writing comfortable, distinctive, and personal. 

Fountain pens look really nice when used for cursive writing. If you don't like using fountain pens, try ink pens as they have a similar look, but are easier to write with.

Be neat or be practical. If you make your signature, fit your personality and your style, it will be unique to you.

Make it unique, but don't sacrifice legibility. A messy, undecipherable signature will be hard to identify as yours.

You can create a signature at any age.

If you don't know how to write in cursive, you should learn to do so - or at least learn how to write the letters in your name so you can write your signature. Once you've mastered basic cursive, you can just sign that way or you can change it a little to create your own style. How to Write in Cursive has some guidelines for learning cursive, though it doesn't have illustrations - you can find those elsewhere online if you need to, as well as video tutorials.

Try curling the bottom of the tail, and extending the loop out. You can even loop the pole of the "p" to join up with the loop.

Your handwriting is what makes our signature yours and no one else's, so embrace your handwriting! There is no "right" font for handwriting so just use the what you like best and is the most easy to reproduce. Perhaps learn cursive if you want a prettier style that is easy to reproduce quickly.

Here are some good choices for a digital signature: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, Trebuchet, Courier, Lucida and Times New Roman.

Use the first letter of your name, including your last name afterwards. If not that, you can just write you first and last letter in cursive together.

If you are concerned about shaky lines, you can use a thicker pen or keep your signature as short as possible.

Of course! Your signature is your signature, nobody can tell you how to sign things. For legal documents, however, you may not want to include your alias.