Understated · flowing · fully readable
Long and low, it takes the whole width of the line.
the full name · underlined in one return stroke
An upright and rounded hand. It stands almost straight up, 20 degrees off vertical.
Signature ideas
Six signature directions for Kathy
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.
Confident · flowing · signature-legible
It leans into the page, the way a hand in a hurry does.
the full name · closed with a small loop
A dramatic and airy hand. The stroke swells and thins by a factor of 3.6. It is the rare one that ties off with a small loop instead of flying away. The "r" in "Worth" is the letter carrying it, because that is where your hand is already fastest.
Commanding · sharp · signature-legible
Written at speed, and it shows in the best way.
the full name · finished on a long sail
An unbroken and compact hand. Only 7 pen lifts in the whole thing. Almost nothing else here hangs the name off the K as a stem.
Confident · sharp · fully readable
Generous with its loops, and unembarrassed about it.
the full name · underlined in one return stroke
A deliberate and rounded hand. It is built in 13 separate strokes. It is also one of the few here that hangs the name off the K as a stem.
Understated · sharp · signature-legible
One letter does the performing, and the others hold still for it.
the full name · finished on a long sail
A level and airy hand. The capital is only 1.7 times the height of the letters after it. It is the rare one that leaves on an exit stroke long enough to carry the eye off the page.
Commanding · flowing · fully readable
It turns corners instead of rounding them, and that is the whole temperament.
the full name · underlined in one return stroke
A grand and restrained hand. The capital stands 3.2 times the height of the letters after it.
What Kathy gives a designer
Everything starts with the K. The studio holds 1 distinct construction 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 t and h reach into the ascender line, which gives the mark its upper silhouette and the y drops below the baseline — a tail a designer can turn into an underline or let hang.
At 5 letters, Kathy sits in the comfortable middle — long enough to build rhythm, short enough to stay one uninterrupted gesture.
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.