Create a signature your way — draw it, type it in a handwriting style, or upload a photo of your real one — then place it directly on the page and download. No printing, signing on paper, or scanning required.
Create your signature above to get started.
Signing happens entirely in your browser's memory. Neither the file nor your signature is ever sent anywhere.
Creating your signature and placing it are two separate, deliberate steps. First, you produce a clean image of your signature using whichever method suits you — drawn, typed, or uploaded. Once that's ready, you load the PDF you want to sign and tap anywhere on any page to drop the signature there, dragging it into exactly the right spot before deciding it's final.
The signature becomes part of the page itself when you download, the same way the Edit and Watermark tools add new content to an existing page without disturbing what was already there.
FIG. 1 — Create → Upload → Place it → Download
All three produce a usable signature image; the right choice mostly comes down to what device you're on and whether you already have your signature on paper somewhere.
FIG. 2 — Choosing how to create your signature
Whichever method you choose, the result is the same kind of thing under the hood: a small image with a transparent background, just like a logo or stamp. Placing it on the page works exactly the way the Edit tool's image insertion does — the original page's text and layout stay completely untouched, and your signature is embedded as new content at the position you chose.
That's meaningfully different from what's usually meant by a "digital signature" in a legal or certificate-based sense, where a cryptographic key tied to your identity is used to sign the document's contents and any later edit can be detected. This tool doesn't do that. It produces a visual mark — the digital equivalent of signing a printout — which is exactly what most everyday signing tasks around schoolwork and administration actually need, but isn't a substitute for a certificate-based signature where one is specifically required.
A signature is about as personal as a piece of data gets, and the document you're signing is often just as sensitive. This tool keeps the entire process local: the PDF you choose, the signature you create, and the final signed file are all handled inside your browser's own memory using your device's own processing power. Neither the file nor your signature is transmitted anywhere else at any point. Closing the tab clears everything from memory, with nothing cached or logged by this tool afterward.
The drawing pad is built on the Pointer Events API, so signing with a finger on a touchscreen feels natural and traces smoothly, the same way it would with a mouse or stylus. Once your signature is ready, tapping the page to place it and dragging it into position both work the same way on a phone as on a laptop, making it realistic to sign and return a document entirely from a phone.
It's worth being completely clear about this: what this tool produces is a picture of a signature, placed on the page. It carries the same legal weight as physically signing a printed page and scanning it back in — which is genuinely sufficient for the overwhelming majority of everyday school, college, and small-institute paperwork. It is not a certificate-based digital signature backed by a cryptographic identity check, and it doesn't provide the tamper-evidence that a proper e-signature platform offers for contracts, legal filings, or anything where that level of verification is specifically required. If you're not sure which category your situation falls into, it's worth checking before relying on this for something with real legal weight.
| Approach | Cost | Privacy | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| This browser-based tool | Free | File and signature never leave your device | Visual signature embedded in the original page |
| Printing, signing by hand, and rescanning | Cost of paper and ink | Fully local | Works, but slow and loses a scan generation |
| Certificate-based e-signature platforms | Often paid for full features | Typically cloud-based | Legally robust, cryptographically verifiable |
| Desktop PDF editor's signature feature | Often paid or limited trial | Local, but requires installation | Similar visual result to this tool |
For everyday signing — declarations, acknowledgments, returned paperwork — this tool covers the job directly in the browser without printing anything or trusting a server with your signature. For contracts or anything that specifically requires a certificate-based, legally verifiable signature, a dedicated e-signature platform built for that purpose is the right tool instead.
This tool relies on standard browser features — a drawing canvas, web fonts, and a downloadable file — that work in current versions of Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari, on both desktop and mobile. Because everything runs locally, the practical limit on how many signatures you can place depends on your device's memory rather than any cap built into the tool, and stays light regardless of document length since the original pages are never re-rendered as images.
Drawing relies on pointer input the way physically signing would. The Type tab exists specifically as an alternative for anyone who finds freehand drawing difficult on a touchscreen or trackpad — typing a name and picking a style produces a clean, usable signature without needing precise pointer control. Placing and dragging a signature on the page uses the same pointer-based interaction as the Edit and Annotator tools, while typing, choosing options, and deleting a placed signature all work with an ordinary keyboard.
Yes. There is no sign-up and no charge for signing any number of PDF files, with no limit on how many times you use it.
No. Everything runs inside your web browser, so there is nothing to download or install on Windows, macOS, Chromebooks, or Linux.
No. The file and the signature you create are handled entirely inside your browser's memory and are never sent to any server.
No. This creates a visual image of your signature placed on the page, similar to signing a printed copy and scanning it back in. It is not a certificate-based digital signature with cryptographic verification, and it may not satisfy legal requirements for some contracts, so check what's required for your specific situation first.
Yes. All three methods are supported: drawing with a mouse, finger, or stylus; typing your name in a handwriting-style font; or uploading a photo or scan of your actual signature.
Yes. Once your signature is created, you can place it on as many pages as you need within the same document before downloading.
Yes. Every placed signature has a small drag handle, so you can reposition it as many times as you like before downloading.
Yes. The drawing pad and placement controls are sized for touch and have been built to work smoothly in mobile browsers such as Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone.
Signing often comes near the end of a longer workflow. These tools cover the rest, each running the same client-side way, with no file uploads.