Do you want to create a personalized signature, which contains all the information you want to convey to your interlocutors and which has a stylized formatting? All this can be done in less than five minutes thanks to the free online service Si.gnatu.re. Futura shows you today how it works.
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Nowadays, it is rare to sign your emails by writing only your first and last name, especially when it comes to professional correspondence. On the contrary, we observe more and more signatures information that includes all contact information, the position of the individual, the logo company, etc.
Achieving this type of signature while giving it a visually attractive layout is much less complicated than it seems. Indeed, some tools have been designed so that anyone can create their signature quickly and without any computer knowledge (often, personalized electronic signatures are actually HTML code).
Among them, Futura has today chosen to present Si.gnatu.re, a free online service, very easy to use and which offers its users the possibility of transmitting dozens of pieces of information to their correspondents via their signature.
How to start the creation process?
First, go to the official site of si.gnatu.re by following this link (click “Download” again on the next page to go directly to the homepage of the site):
Once on the home page of the site, click on the “Create a Signature” button located in the upper right corner.
Si.gnatu.re is entirely in English, but, as you will see, is easily usable and understandable, even for those who do not speak the language of Shakespeare.
How to make your personalized signature?
Si.gnatu.re offers a menu divided into four parts: Contact, Images, Social and Design. Each of them includes several fields to fill in. Note that you are able to preview your signature in real time in the right part of the screen.
Contact
In this part, you have the possibility to fill in all the information related to your identity and the means of contacting you directly.
Thus, the “Your details” section is devoted to your surname, first name, profession and possibly the service or department for which you work.
As for “Contact details”, it is quite explicit, it is a question of communicating your e-mail address, your phone numbers phone, mobile and incidentally a number of fax. Just below, it is possible to indicate the URL of a web page.
A little further down is the section provided for your address. Note that if you check the “Link to map” box, your recipients will be able to click on your address to view it directly Google Maps.
At the very bottom of the page is a field called “Footer text”, which means footer, in which you are likely to disclose additional information.
Pictures
As you can imagine, this part concerns all the graphic elements that will be used to enrich your signature.
Thus, you have the opportunity to affix a logo or a banner imported from your computer (format 200 x 200 for the logo and 400 x 100 for the banner maximum) or to directly take a selfie if your machine is equipped with a webcam.
When you click on “Logo” or “Banner”, you must select the file(s) to import. If you click on “Select Files To Upload », the file explorer opens so that you choose the said file. You can drag and drop or copy and paste the file instead.
It is also possible to import a file directly from your account Google Drive or by entering a URL pointing to an image. To do this, click on the corresponding buttons shown in the illustration below.
The image is displayed on the screen before being imported. Si.gnatu.re provides you with very simple tools to edit it if it seems relevant to you. In this way, you are able to crop the image, place it in a circle-shaped thumbnail, or rotate it.
Click on “Upload” to begin uploading your logo or banner to the site when you are finished editing it.
Social
The “Social” category is in no way a surprise, because it simply consists of indicating your different accounts on 31 of the most popular social networks (Facebook, Twitter, instagrametc.).
Upon your signature, each social network is represented by its logo and your recipients will only have to click on it to access your page.
Design
The last part is dedicated to all the formatting elements available.
Without listing them all, know that you have the possibility to move the logo, to modify the alignment of the text, to select one of the 14 fonts and to change the size of the characters.
Si.gnatu.re also offers modifications of colors for the various textual elements as well as for the icons.
What to do after you have finished creating your personalized signature?
When you have finished tweaking your signature, click the “Finish” button above the window preview.
Your signature is now ready to be integrated into your emails. Its configuration differs depending on the email client you are using.
In general, you must select all the elements of the signature in preview (or click on “Select Preview”) and copy them using the “Ctrl + C” shortcut. Then you need to paste them into the signature field in your email client. Si.gnatu.re reveals the procedure for the most popular email clients if you click on “More instructions”.
Other clients (like Mozilla Thunderbird for example) require HTML code for custom signatures. You can obtain it as a file by clicking on “Download” or place it directly in your clipboard by clicking on “Copy HTML”.
Finally, note that it is in your best interest to keep the link indicated under the “Upgrade my signature” button by clicking on “Copy link” and keep it in a safe place, because you can edit your signature for 30 days if it does not suit you. not completely satisfied.
A single payment of 5 dollars (about 4.5 euros) gives you the ability to edit it anytime and as many times as you want.
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