Signature ideas

Six signature directions for Jeremy

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 J

Understated · flowing · fully readable

Generous with its loops, and unembarrassed about it.

finished on a long sail

A compact and restrained hand. It stays 1.0 times wider than tall, where most signatures sprawl. It is also one of the few here that takes the J's tail underneath the name and back. The "r" in "Jeremy" is the letter carrying it, because that is where your hand is already fastest.

Confident · flowing · signature-legible

No letter shouts over another, which is rarer than it sounds.

finished on a long sail

An urgent and rounded hand. It leans 29 degrees off vertical. It is the rare one that takes the J's tail underneath the name and back.

Commanding · sharp · signature-legible

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

a capital that drops below the line · finished on a long sail

An airy and quick hand. The letters are set well apart. Almost nothing else here drops the J's tail below the line to weigh it down.

Confident · sharp · fully readable

Drawn in stages, the way a considered mark is.

a capital thrown inside a loop · finished on a long sail

A level and angular hand. The capital is only 1.9 times the height of the letters after it. It is also one of the few here that throws a flat loop right around the J.

Understated · sharp · signature-legible

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

a capital that drops below the line · finished on a long sail

A measured and spare hand. The pen keeps one pace instead of accelerating through. It is the rare one that drops the J's tail below the line to weigh it down.

Commanding · flowing · fully readable

Pressure where it presses, hairline where it lifts.

a capital on its own shelf · finished on a long sail

An angular and upright hand. The turns are cut rather than curved. Almost nothing else here stands the name on the J's own foot.

What Jeremy gives a designer

A signature is won or lost at its opening letter. For J, the studio draws from 3 constructions observed in professional hands, and every direction below chooses one and holds it.

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.

Jeremy is 6 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