I’ve been wondering, if you never learned cursive writing, how do you sign your name, like on a lease or other place where you have to sign?

Do you just print your name like you would anything else? Or maybe you looked up how to write just the cursive letters needed for your signature? Or maybe invented a way to sort of connect your printed letters together so it looks like a signature? Or … ?

edit: Specifically hoping to hear from people who did not learn to write cursive, please indicate if that applies in your answer. Thanks

  • Melllvar@startrek.websiteEnglish
    39·
    3 days ago

    I’ve had customers like this. Usually they just write their name in block letters. There’s no rule that says a signature has to be written in cursive so it still works.

    • LockheedTheDragon@lemmy.world
      2·
      19 hours ago

      Too many people think it has to be cursive and your name. But a signature is just your mark showing you agree. You may have heard “Sign your X on the line.” X has become the stereotype of a mark or signature someone who can’t write would use it to sign something. It could be another shape though. The use of a cursive name as a signature is just a cultural thing. When I became an adult I thought about changing my signature to print since I hate cursive, but I decided to not relearn and be last and use what I was taught in school. Years later I realized I could at least do something mildly different like first initial middle initial and last name. But I don’t want to relearn plus most times I sign it not super important so I barely even write my name, but it’s still my signature even if squiggly lines. Lol. I save taking my time writing my signature when it is actually something important like buying a house or car.

      • Melllvar@startrek.websiteEnglish
        1·
        16 hours ago

        first initial middle initial and last name

        I do this when it’s a work-related document. Anything personal I write out my first name fully. So good luck forging my signature on possibly the wrong kind of document, people who want to forge my signature but only have one example to work from!

    • FoxyFerengi@startrek.website
      15·
      3 days ago

      When I bought my first car, my dad (who owned the dealership lol) shredded the paperwork that I signed in cursive, and made me re-write in block letters. It’s the only car or other big-expense/important thing that I didn’t sign for with my usual signature.

      My other confusing problem with that transaction was I wasn’t allowed to buy the kind of vehicle I wanted. Yes, I was already an adult living on my own by then, but I figured he knew best. (he did not)