Signature ideas

Six signature directions for Guy

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 G · hover one to see it in use

Understated · flowing · fully readable

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

the full name · finished on a long sail

An angular and dramatic hand. The turns are cut rather than curved. The "r" in "Worth" is the letter carrying it, because that is where your hand is already fastest.

Confident · flowing · signature-legible

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

the full name · finished on a long sail

An urgent and dramatic hand. It leans 28 degrees off vertical. It is the rare one that takes the G's tail underneath the name and back.

Commanding · sharp · signature-legible

The capital dominates, and the rest of the name follows quietly.

the full name · finished on a long sail

A generous and compact hand. It spends 18 loops getting through your name.

Confident · sharp · fully readable

Drawn in stages, the way a considered mark is.

the full name · underlined in one return stroke

A dense and long-running hand. The letters are packed close together. It is also one of the few here that lays a line back underneath the name.

Understated · sharp · signature-legible

Compact, with its weight gathered in one place.

the full name · a swept capital · underlined in one return stroke

A generous and theatrical hand. It spends 20 loops getting through your name. It is the rare one that runs a long swept approach into the G.

Commanding · flowing · fully readable

Nothing curls that does not have to, and nothing is missing.

the full name · a swept capital · closed with a small loop

An angular and even hand. The turns are cut rather than curved. Almost nothing else here runs a long swept approach into the G.

What Guy gives a designer

Everything starts with the G. 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.

After that, the lowercase run does the work: the y drops below the baseline — a tail a designer can turn into an underline or let hang.

Guy is a compact name. Nothing needs abbreviating; the six directions below spend their effort on character instead.

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