Do you have a regular signature?

Lucky94

May sound like a silly question..but I'm having to sign form after form atm and it's just come to me I don't really have a regular signature it doesn't always looks the same if you know what I mean. Is this Ok? Are you meant to sign everything in the same signature or doesn't it matter as long as it's signed.

I had to send something off to a Solictor and it was sent back for me to sign again (they had made a mistake). Now I can't remember how I signed the first letter, I should really something and stick to it..anyone else?

BitterAndTwisted

Yes, I do have a "regular" signature. I'm not sure I could change it now if I tried.

*max*

I have a regular signature too, although it's very much a squiggle and doesn't have any discernible letters in it anymore, apart from the first one, vaguely. You certainly couldn't tell what it spells.

balletshoes

I do have a regular signature, my OH doesn't really - which caused him a fair old bit of bother at the bank once, when he had a loan filled out and signed one way, then completed the withdrawal slip with a different-type of signature!

lolavix

It could cause problems with official things - bank documents for example

Janepig

My signature is always the same, it's not as unreadable as some, and it's two names rather than my initials and surname, because I go by my middle name (thanks Mum ) so many years ago I figured that if I signed "middle name, surname" then that may help avoid annoying confusion. Only once has it been pointed out to me by an SA, in the days before chip and pin, that my signature was a different name than that which was on the front of the card (ie, my first name, middle initial, surname). Confused? :D:o

Jx

midnightraven3

i always thought the whole point of a signature was it was an identifying mark to you specifically, so should be the same each time

rising_from_the_ashes

Mine's been the same since I was a teenager!

JC9297

*max* wrote: »

I have a regular signature too, although it's very much a squiggle and doesn't have any discernible letters in it anymore, apart from the first one, vaguely. You certainly couldn't tell what it spells.

That sounds quite like mine, I could tell you which letter each bit if the squiggle represents but apart from the initial letters not discernible to others.


OP, what about things like debit/credit cards? The point is that only the cardholder can easily replicate the signature on the card, so you need to be able to repeatedly sign in the same way.

Ames

I have bipolar and my handwriting (and signature) change with my moods. I've never had a problem.

Incidentally, even though the style may be the same, I was told once that nobody's signature is identical every time. That's the way to recognise a forged one, because it's a perfect copy of the one on the card of wherever.

pinkclouds

Lucky94 wrote: »

May sound like a silly question

It's not silly to me! When I was much younger, my signature used to vary a lot as my handwriting started to change. I used to dig out old paperwork before signing something so I could compare the signatures! Getting married was a bit of a relief as it was a clean sheet starting over. I started practising my "new" signature in advance of the wedding and have managed to stick to it ever since.

All I can advise is to choose your favourite/best signature and practise it over and over. If your handwriting has changed significantly since you were younger, don't try to keep replicating a style you can no longer use - go with your current handwriting from now on.