How to Easily Make Your Vector Digital Signature
Illustrator Tracing
In today's digital life, whether you are a freelancer, a business owner, or simply someone who frequently engages in digital transactions, having a well-crafted digital signature is almost indispensable to add a touch of authenticity and credibility to your documents. So today, I will show you how easily you can make your own vector digital signature in Illustrator for you to sign your digital documents or incorporate it into any design work.
Step 1
Make your signature using a black pen over a white piece of paper and scan it using at least a 400 dpi resolution so we can end up with a big image, which will be of great help to get a more precise vectorization. All scanners have different interfaces, but they all share more or less the same settings, so as a general guidance use the Color Mode in Grayscale and a Resolution of at least 400 dpi.
![](https://s3.medialoot.com/blog-images/How-to-Easily-Make-Your-Vector-Digital-Signature/01.jpg?mtime=20240128123636)
Step 2
Open your signature image in Illustrator.
![](https://s3.medialoot.com/blog-images/How-to-Easily-Make-Your-Vector-Digital-Signature/02.jpg?mtime=20240128123638)
Step 3
Click once over the image. When you do that, the top bar will change according to the object type (in this case, an Image).
![](https://s3.medialoot.com/blog-images/How-to-Easily-Make-Your-Vector-Digital-Signature/03.jpg?mtime=20240128123639)
Step 4
But before tracing our image, we need to make some adjustments. If you do not have the Image Trace panel visible, go to Window > Image Trace.
![](https://s3.medialoot.com/blog-images/How-to-Easily-Make-Your-Vector-Digital-Signature/04.jpg?mtime=20240128123640)
Step 5
Click on "Advanced" to display the advanced options and check the "Preview" option.
![](https://s3.medialoot.com/blog-images/How-to-Easily-Make-Your-Vector-Digital-Signature/05.jpg?mtime=20240128123644)
Step 6
Before adjusting the "Threshold" levels, apply the following settings.
![](https://s3.medialoot.com/blog-images/How-to-Easily-Make-Your-Vector-Digital-Signature/06.jpg?mtime=20240128123645)
Step 7
Now, adjust the "Threshold" levels to your liking. In this case, I will set mine to 145.
![](https://s3.medialoot.com/blog-images/How-to-Easily-Make-Your-Vector-Digital-Signature/07.jpg?mtime=20240128123646)
Step 8
Once you are happy with the results, click the Expand button in the top bar.
![](https://s3.medialoot.com/blog-images/How-to-Easily-Make-Your-Vector-Digital-Signature/08.jpg?mtime=20240128123647)
Step 9
Lastly, with the expanded signature selected go to Object > Compound Path > Make.
![](https://s3.medialoot.com/blog-images/How-to-Easily-Make-Your-Vector-Digital-Signature/09.jpg?mtime=20240128123648)
Step 10
With your vector signature finished with a transparent background, you can now colorize, rotate and scale your signature as you wish like you normally do in Illustrator with any shape/path.
![](https://s3.medialoot.com/blog-images/How-to-Easily-Make-Your-Vector-Digital-Signature/10.jpg?mtime=20240128123650)