Signature ideas

Six signature directions for Jordan

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 · hover one to see it in use

Understated · flowing · fully readable

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

the full name · a capital on its own shelf · finished on a long sail

A long-running and deliberate hand. It runs 2.9 times wider than it is tall.

Confident · flowing · signature-legible

It turns corners instead of rounding them, and that is the whole temperament.

the full name · a capital on its own shelf · finished on a long sail

An unbroken and quick hand. Only 9 pen lifts in the whole thing. The "r" in "Jordan" is the letter carrying it, because that is where your hand is already fastest.

Commanding · sharp · signature-legible

Everything rounds, nothing is cornered.

the full name · a capital on its own shelf · finished on a long sail

An urgent and even hand. It leans 29 degrees off vertical.

Confident · sharp · fully readable

Generous with its loops, and unembarrassed about it.

the full name · closed with a small loop

A compact and dramatic hand. It stays 1.8 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.

Understated · sharp · signature-legible

It gives itself room, and reads as unhurried because of it.

the full name · a capital on its own shelf

A quick and dramatic hand. The line carries the momentum of a hand that never slowed down. It is the rare one that adds no closing gesture at all.

Commanding · flowing · fully readable

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

the full name · a capital on its own shelf · closed with a small loop

A dense and upright hand. The letters are packed close together. Almost nothing else here ties off with a small loop instead of flying away.

What Jordan gives a designer

Everything starts with the J. The studio holds 3 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 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.

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