ACADEMY: SIGNATURE BASICS Signatures: Our passion. Our profession.
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Signature Basics

What makes Handwritten Signatures so special

Superior to PINs and other Biometrics for Proof of Intent

  • Signatures are a non-intrusive proof of intent.
  • Signatures are culturally accepted and understood
  • Signing is the most personal way for authentication
  • The invisible biometric characteristics of signatures such as the different levels of writing pressure cannot be spied out.
These are reasons enough for more and more companies to take signatures seriously.
Elisa van den Heuvel, Netherlands Forensic Institute - one of our partners in R&D:

“Signatures are part of the handwriting process. The signature of each individual is assumed to be unique because of the complex nature of the writing process, the relatively large number of elements and the variability over writers in the forms of these elements.”  

Familiarize with aspects which clearly qualify
Signatures as Biometrics
For a sound understanding about Signatures we invite you to familiarize with our section about
Signature Terminology