Does your signature need to be cursive?

Although it can depend on your situation, generally a signature does not need to be in cursive to be legal. In fact, most legal documents that are submitted to a county recorder require the parties’ signatures to be witnessed and the document to be notarized.

Do online signatures have to be in cursive?

No. Electronic digital signature does not have to be cursive.

What is it called when you don’t write in cursive?

The style of handwriting that is opposite of cursive is called print or block script. There was a style of script I learned in first grade in 1978 called D’Neilian it was “in between” cursive and block script.

Does your signature have to be fancy?

A signature does not require any special form. You can sign something with initials or an “x” (sometimes witnesses to the signature will be required in such an event). You can have someone else sign it for you.

Is a printed signature legal?

As long as it adequately records the intent of the parties involved in a contractual agreement, it’s considered a valid signature. Usually this mark is made by a pen, but not necessarily. The signature can be made by anything that marks the paper.

Are there any legal requirements for a signature?

Usually, a signature is simply someone’s name written in a stylized fashion. However, that is not really necessary. All that needs to be there is some mark that represents you. As long as it adequately records the intent of the parties involved in a contractual agreement, it’s considered a valid signature.

Is it necessary for a signature to be in cursive?

It is not necessary for a signature to be in cursive, it is simply that cursive writing fits the requirements above. Many people simply use a stylized squiggle. I will have to say that the reliability of signatures has gone down. This is not due to people’s inability to write in cursive.

Is your child unable to sign their name in cursive?

An article in the Toronto Star highlights this growing issue: Children who aren’t learning how to cursive write are unable to form their personal signature. “I do a lot of stuff on the computer,” Lukas, 14, told the Star. “But I guess it’s weird (not to learn any cursive), because it turns out I have to sign my name on some things.”

Should cursive writing be taught in Ontario schools?

Lukas couldn’t sign his name when applying for a passport, something his father was shocked about. Ontario curriculum no longer lists cursive writing as mandatory, but as an option for students to communicate, thrown into a list alongside printing and PowerPoint presentations.

Do you need a separate signature and print lines on forms?

English says there is no legal requirement that a signature needs to be written in cursive. You can print your name. So, what about the separate signature and print lines on forms? English says that’s a practical business requirement – so someone can correctly read what you wrote.