hey guys i'm trying to create a nice signature but i just can't seem to make it "unique" any suggestions.... thanks!

I use the Christopher Hand font, the Daniel Font is cool too, for a handwritten signature

Using a non-standard font for a sig only makes that visible in that non-standard font if the viewer happens to have that non-standard font installed.

mirandarodriguez, one of my favorites is PetraScript, also known as PetrasScript, distributed, but not designed, by Elsner + Flake:

http://new.myfonts.com/search/petras+script/fonts/

Further to what koeiekat said in the above post, this applies to MS Word 2000 and MS Word 2003. I think this feature may have been removed from MS Word 2007 and MS Word 2010, but I'm not sure. I'm happy with the 2000 version, and have no plans to upgrade.

Anyway, if you want to use a font in an electronic document, (ie: not printed), so that other people can see the font in the document, (without having to first install the font), the font can be embedded. Note that not all fonts can be embedded. Embedding is a setting determined by the font designer. The only ways to tell if the font can be embedded is to open it with a font editor such as FontLab Studio5 or FontCreator, and check the settings, (or have someone do that for you), or to have the document viewed on a computer on which the font has not been installed, to see whether the embedding was successful.

To embed fonts in MS Word 2000/2003:

1) Install the font.

2) Type your document, with that font enabled, (only one font can be embedded within a document).

3) In Tools in the Menu Bar, Select Options...

4) In the Options dialog box, select the Save tab.

5) Check both boxes for 'Embed True Type fonts' and 'Embed characters in use only'. I'm not sure if Open Type fonts can be embedded.

6) Click the OK button to confirm the change, and close the Options dialog box.

7) Save the document.

Note: You shouldn't uninstall a font if you have embedded it in a document, unless you delete the document first. I uninstalled a fonr used in an embedded doc once, and it corrupted the document, and all copies of the font that I had on my computer, including ones in unopened .zips. I had to delete all copies of the font from my computer, and the document with embedding, and download a new copy of the font. Other people may not experience this same problem, but be warned that that CAN happen.

If you use a font in an electronic document, and don't embed it, (or if it's a font that doesn't allow embedding), someone else who views the document, if they do not have the font installed, will see the text in the default font for their version of MS Word, (ie: Times New Roman for Word 2000/2003; Calabri for Word 2007/2010).

These instructions are specific to MS Word 2000/2003. I can't give you embedding instructions or tips for any other apps.

I hope this information was useful to you, and others.

~bito