Signature ideas

Six signature directions for Brock

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.

Drawn from the name · 6 directions · capital B · hover one to see it in use

Understated · flowing · fully readable

Generous with its loops, and unembarrassed about it.

the full name · finished on a long sail

A compact and dense hand. It stays 2.6 times wider than tall, where most signatures sprawl. It is also one of the few here that leaves on an exit stroke long enough to carry the eye off the page. The "r" in "Worth" is the letter carrying it, because that is where your hand is already fastest.

Confident · flowing · signature-legible

One weight the whole way through, which is what makes it read as modern.

the full name · closed with a small loop

A rounded and generous hand. Every turn is rounded off.

Commanding · sharp · signature-legible

One letter does the performing, and the others hold still for it.

the full name · closed with a small loop

A spare and urgent hand. Only 10 loops in the whole mark.

Confident · sharp · fully readable

Long and low, it takes the whole width of the line.

the full name · underlined in one return stroke

An upright and airy hand. It stands almost straight up, 20 degrees off vertical. It is also one of the few here that lays a line back underneath the name.

Understated · sharp · signature-legible

The capital keeps its place, which puts the emphasis on the whole name.

the full name · underlined in one return stroke

An unbroken and long-running hand. Only 8 pen lifts in the whole thing. It is the rare one that lays a line back underneath the name.

Commanding · flowing · fully readable

Written at speed, and it shows in the best way.

the full name · closed with a small loop

A grand and angular hand. The capital stands 3.0 times the height of the letters after it.

What Brock gives a designer

A signature is won or lost at its opening letter. For B, the studio draws from 2 constructions observed in professional hands, and every direction below chooses one and holds it.

What follows the capital decides the middle of the mark: the k reaches into the ascender line, which gives the mark its upper silhouette.

Brock is 5 letters: room for a real rhythm without the fatigue of a long run.

Making it yours

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.

Other names