Most people now use their computer keyboard for personal correspondence. This makes perfect sense for speed and clarity. However, it is nice to retain some of the personal touch of handwriting.
A letterheading produced from an enlargement of a signature, is one way of achieving this. It can be very effective even when the signature isn’t very ‘calligraphic’. The four fictitious examples which follow, were done at normal writing speed. The last two are difficult to decipher, so I’ve added the names to the address lines below.
If you want to have a go, but don’t have access to a computer printer to produce them yourself, choose a good version of your signature and have it enlarged on a good photocopier. Write or type in your address line and pass it to your local copyshop. This is now a simple and relatively inexpensive undertaking.
In the interest of variety, I wrote the first two address lines below, and typed in the second two, with complementary fonts.
Calligraphic quality isn’t the name of the game, here - it’s more a case of expressing your personality through your signature.
