My English teacher in school was always a bit disappointed in me.  I did OK in her class with the exception of penmanship.  Yes, when I was a child, people still cared about making sure you could write stuff – with a pen.  Thus, I suppose, the name “penmanship”.

She’d probably be disappointed yet today.  I never did figure out how to write legibly.  Guess I should have been a doctor.  And, that might explain why I got attached to computers early in my career.   Such a relief to be able to communicate without spending most of my time explaining to people what that squiggle at the end of the line was.

But, now in the computer age, some of the personality has been taken away from our communication.  Sure, you can sign your emails using a script font, but it just never looks right somehow.

Take heart, though, there’s a new way to spiff up your electronic signature.  You can find it at www.MyLiveSignature.com.  Using the Signature Wizard, you can create a signature that has a bit of personality to it.  They have 120 fonts (better than the ones in Word), an array of slants and different colors to choose from. 

You can also get the signature animated for a fee.  But, be careful.  It is a novelty to see the signature being “written”, but the samples show the animation on an endless loop.  It might start to drive folks cross-eyed watching it over and over.

You can get HTML code (for websites/blogs/email signatures) or BB code (for many forums) generated at no charge.  So, get creative and put some personality in your goodbyes!