Signature ideas

Six signature directions for Mya

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 M · hover one to see it in use

Understated · flowing · fully readable

Tightly massed, so it holds together small.

the full name · finished on a long sail

A level and restrained hand. The capital is only 1.8 times the height of the letters after it. 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

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

the full name · underlined in one return stroke

A spare and restrained hand. Only 9 loops in the whole mark.

Commanding · sharp · signature-legible

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

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

An urgent and even hand. It leans 24 degrees off vertical. Almost nothing else here runs a long swept approach into the M.

Confident · sharp · fully readable

Generous with its loops, and unembarrassed about it.

the full name · closed with a small loop

An upright and compact hand. It stands almost straight up, 18 degrees off vertical. It is also one of the few here that ties off with a small loop instead of flying away.

Understated · sharp · signature-legible

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

the full name · underlined in one return stroke

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

Commanding · flowing · fully readable

Pressure where it presses, hairline where it lifts.

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

A long-running and deliberate hand. It runs 4.8 times wider than it is tall. Almost nothing else here runs a long swept approach into the M.

What Mya gives a designer

The capital M carries the mark. There are 2 distinct professional constructions of it on the studio's shelf, and which one a design commits to changes the whole gesture.

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.

Four letters or fewer is the easiest length to keep consistent — Mya can be written in full on everything from a card to a contract.

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