How to make a signature look professional?

Question

I think this is probably the most rediculous question I've ever asked, but I am completely serious. I can write neat, I can spell words perfectly. But for the life of me, I cannot sign in a way where it doesn't look as if I'm 12 (and I'm almost 18). This does include cursive in general. It's not illegible, it just looks as if I were still in 3rd grade practicing how to write my letters. It's silly, maybe I'm not alone, but I feel as though people who don't know you personally can judge a lot from a signature. My mother is getting a penmanship book (mostly for her, because her handwriting is so illegible it looks as though it were cursive; my handwriting is a miracle compared to hers) to help improve. I'm doing a terrible job writing out a job application (messed up on the times, of course, in pen... I hope it's not too big a deal because it's for the Y's Kids Korner.) But I don't want to "sign" until I've perfected it so it looks professional. Hopefully I can make it nicely done and copy it over and over until it IS my signature.

Until then, any tips on how to make a signature look very neat and professional at the same time, as though I were a doctor (or whatever "classy", high-profile job that needs nice handwriting and signatures)?

Answer 1

Ok...you looking at a lefty, and if you know anything about lefties.....its that they can't write:) BUT!!! A good signature has nothing to do with "Good Writing" but everything to do with expression. Think of flowing letters,big but not huge, and the most important...What letters do you want to stand out? The first letter of course, but if your name have a G,Z,S,T(you name it) maybe you should look at drawing attention to them. One quick idea for you to build off of is...Why do we call our signatures our "John Hancock"? Our signature is how we want people to see us. Are we perfect,wild,outgoing,pride,timid?....al... of thoughs things can all be see in a signature.