Following this guide, you can have your own signature appear on your Gmail emails. It is free (there are some other service charging for this), but at the same time it might be quite troublesome too. I have created an example, click on the screenshot below for larger view.

You can see I have my signature on my email above. I did not draw the signature using MS Paint, nor I have any device to write to my computer. All I do is to sign on a piece of white paper using a black pen.

Now how do you transfer your signature to your computer? If you have a scanner, you can make use of it. In my case, I have a scanner but I hate using it. Instead, I use my camera phone and shot my signature, later transfer it to my computer using the cable.

The next thing you have to do is to make a digital copy of your photo-captured signature. You can transform your photo into a clear digital copy by using Qipit. You want your signature to have a white background instead of a paper with shadows and dust taken by your camera right?

Now you have a copy of your awesome signature, but how do you embed it into your Gmail? As I know, only plain text signatures are possible at Gmail, no images can be used. There is a way to still embed image within your email, the catch is that you will have to repeat this step every single time you want to embed your signature.

First, upload your signature that you have processed using Qipit to an image host. You can either upload it to your own server or if you do not have one, you can use free image hosting service like Imageshack.us. After you have uploaded it, copy the direct link of the image and paste it to your address bar. Press Enter and you will see your signature appear on your browser.

Now highlight the signature and press “Ctrl+C“. Within your Gmail email composer, make sure you are using rich text editor, press “Ctrl+V“. You will then see your signature appear on your email. Done!

Recap!

1. Sign your signature on a piece of white paper using black pen
2. Scan the paper or capture it using your camera
3. For camera users, process the signature you have captured using Qipit
4. Save the processed image and modify it the way you like (resizing, cropping)
5. Upload it elsewhere
6. Highlight your signature and “Ctrl+C“
7. Within your Gmail email composer, “Ctrl+V“
8. Repeat step 6 and step 7 every single time you want to sign your email

I am not sure about other email providers, if your email provider allows image signature, there is no need to repeat the steps every time you want to embed your signature. For Gmail users, I have heard that you can use an image signature if you are using an email client, I am not sure about this too.

Inspired by these posts found on Digital Inspiration. [1, 2, 3]

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