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Re:Cursive Handwriting and Other Education Myths (2016) by ghaff on Friday November 10, 2017 @02:38PM (#15672339)
Surprisingly, institutions do at least sometimes check that there's something on the signature line. I had a car registration renewal returned recently because I forgot to sign it. Given that my signature is a totally illegible scrawl, I don't see what good it does but we still pretend that what might as well be just an "X" for a lot of people actually means something.
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Re:Cursive Handwriting and Other Education Myths (2016) by delinka on Friday November 10, 2017 @03:41PM (#15672812)
And it can indeed be just an X. It displays intent. You placed a scrawl on the line to signify your intent to agree to/abide by whatever's on the paper. Without that intent, they assume you made a mistake.

I think it's better than blindly taking any paperwork without "signatures" on them.

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Re:Cursive Handwriting and Other Education Myths (2016) by amyjess on Friday November 10, 2017 @05:54PM (#15673777)
What I'd love to have, for this purpose, is a signet ring with a stylized version of my initials on it.

If I need to sign something official, I'll pull out an stamp pad and a bottle of ink, soak the pad, press my ring into it, and then slam my hand down on the paper ring first.

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Re:Cursive Handwriting and Other Education Myths (2016) by cooper12 on Friday November 10, 2017 @06:43PM (#15674042)
That's the norm in Asian countries like Japan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(East_Asia). They even have different types of seals that are used for just plain signatures and more important things like loans.
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Re:Cursive Handwriting and Other Education Myths (2016) by ghaff on Friday November 10, 2017 @04:11PM (#15673079)
That's fair. It is something of an indication that "Yep. This is final." It's a bit silly in the case of a check that you have mailed but it's not a completely unreasonable practice in general.
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Re:Cursive Handwriting and Other Education Myths (2016) by groovy2shoes on Sunday November 12, 2017 @11:40PM (#15684323)
I had a buddy who would always "sign" receipts by drawing little doodles on the line. A different doodle each time, ranging from simple to elaborate, from decent to obscene, but always comical.
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Re:Cursive Handwriting and Other Education Myths (2016) by averagewall on Saturday November 11, 2017 @06:59AM (#15676008)
In China, your signature usually has to be legible. I've got funny looks in the bank for apparently scribbling all over the signature field.
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