Signature ideas
Each one is a genuine drawing of the name — not a font — made by the same studio that draws the paid commission, with the design decisions stated under it.
Understated · flowing · fully readable
a capital that cradles the name · finished on a long sail
A compact and angular hand. It stays 1.3 times wider than tall, where most signatures sprawl. It is also one of the few here that sits the whole name inside the A. The "r" in "Andrew" is the letter carrying it, because that is where your hand is already fastest.
Confident · flowing · signature-legible
finished on a long sail
A long-running and even hand. It runs 3.5 times wider than it is tall.
Commanding · sharp · signature-legible
a swept capital · finished on a long sail
A grand and theatrical hand. The capital stands 3.3 times the height of the letters after it. Almost nothing else here runs a long swept approach into the A.
Confident · sharp · fully readable
a swept capital · closed with a small loop
A long-running and airy hand. It runs 3.7 times wider than it is tall. It is also one of the few here that runs a long swept approach into the A.
Understated · sharp · signature-legible
a capital that drops below the line · underlined in one return stroke
A rounded and unbroken hand. Every turn is rounded off. It is the rare one that drops the A's tail below the line to weigh it down.
Commanding · flowing · fully readable
a capital that drops below the line · closed with a small loop
A dense and deliberate hand. The letters are packed close together. Almost nothing else here drops the A's tail below the line to weigh it down.
Everything starts with the A. The studio holds 2 distinct constructions of that capital — drawn from how professionals actually open a name — and each direction below commits to one of them.
What follows the capital decides the middle of the mark: the d reaches into the ascender line, which gives the mark its upper silhouette.
6 letters is the length most signatures are built on — enough travel for character, little enough to repeat exactly.
These studies are drawn on the first name alone, because that is how the question is usually asked — but a working signature is built on your full name: the second capital, the balance between the two words, and the short everyday version are where the real design decisions live.
The studio draws twenty directions for your full name in about a minute, and the kit — the files, the report that explains the design, and the stroke-order lesson — is what the three you choose become.