How to fake handwriting on pdf without printer and scanner?
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Bureaucracy sometimes requires us to print a document, fill in blank fields, sign it, scan it and send it back. Is there an easy way to fool the bureaucrats when no printer or scanner are available? I already found this website which allows you to make a pdf look liked scanned, but I still haven't figured out yet a way to generate fake handwriting on a pdf document as if it had been written with a pen on actual paper.
pdf digital-signature digital-pen
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Pablo MessinaPablo Messina
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Bureaucracy sometimes requires us to print a document, fill in blank fields, sign it, scan it and send it back. Is there an easy way to fool the bureaucrats when no printer or scanner are available? I already found this website which allows you to make a pdf look liked scanned, but I still haven't figured out yet a way to generate fake handwriting on a pdf document as if it had been written with a pen on actual paper.
pdf digital-signature digital-pen
asked Feb 6 at 16:34
Pablo MessinaPablo Messina
465
This is the first time I hear of such a requirement. Have you tried filling in the PDF using a handwritten font and then making it look like scanned?
– Saaru Lindestøkke
Feb 6 at 16:38
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you can check answers there.
– Andrey
Feb 6 at 21:41
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Bureaucracy sometimes requires us to print a document, fill in blank fields, sign it, scan it and send it back. Is there an easy way to fool the bureaucrats when no printer or scanner are available? I already found this website which allows you to make a pdf look liked scanned, but I still haven't figured out yet a way to generate fake handwriting on a pdf document as if it had been written with a pen on actual paper.
pdf digital-signature digital-pen
asked Feb 6 at 16:34
Pablo MessinaPablo Messina
465
Bureaucracy sometimes requires us to print a document, fill in blank fields, sign it, scan it and send it back. Is there an easy way to fool the bureaucrats when no printer or scanner are available? I already found this website which allows you to make a pdf look liked scanned, but I still haven't figured out yet a way to generate fake handwriting on a pdf document as if it had been written with a pen on actual paper.
pdf digital-signature digital-pen
pdf digital-signature digital-pen
asked Feb 6 at 16:34
Pablo MessinaPablo Messina
465
asked Feb 6 at 16:34
Pablo MessinaPablo Messina
465
asked Feb 6 at 16:34
Pablo MessinaPablo Messina
465
asked Feb 6 at 16:34
Pablo MessinaPablo Messina
465
asked Feb 6 at 16:34
Pablo MessinaPablo Messina
465
465
This is the first time I hear of such a requirement. Have you tried filling in the PDF using a handwritten font and then making it look like scanned?
– Saaru Lindestøkke
Feb 6 at 16:38
1
you can check answers there.
– Andrey
Feb 6 at 21:41
add a comment |
This is the first time I hear of such a requirement. Have you tried filling in the PDF using a handwritten font and then making it look like scanned?
– Saaru Lindestøkke
Feb 6 at 16:38
1
you can check answers there.
– Andrey
Feb 6 at 21:41
This is the first time I hear of such a requirement. Have you tried filling in the PDF using a handwritten font and then making it look like scanned?
– Saaru Lindestøkke
Feb 6 at 16:38
This is the first time I hear of such a requirement. Have you tried filling in the PDF using a handwritten font and then making it look like scanned?
– Saaru Lindestøkke
Feb 6 at 16:38
1
1
you can check answers there.
– Andrey
Feb 6 at 21:41
you can check answers there.
– Andrey
Feb 6 at 21:41
add a comment |
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I have no idea what your bureaucrats are looking for specifically, but you could just:
- take a picture of your writing/signature written on real paper with a real pen
- use an editor (PDF or image editor like gimp) to add your small written images onto the PDF
answered Feb 6 at 16:57
Xen2050Xen2050
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If I need to fill in many fields (not just signature), I guess I would have to write on paper all the text, take many pictures and treat them as many "signatures"?
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 17:11
Basically yes. But I'd imagine the signature would be the most important part that needs writing, almost everything else could be "typed" (with a fillable PDF or adding text), couldn't it?
– Xen2050
Feb 6 at 17:15
Good point, I should try that. The instructions said explicitly to print, write and scan, so I just assumed the bureaucrats at the other end were expecting everything handwritten, but maybe they can tolerate some typing as long as the signature is handwritten, I don't know.
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 19:37
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I have no idea what your bureaucrats are looking for specifically, but you could just:
- take a picture of your writing/signature written on real paper with a real pen
- use an editor (PDF or image editor like gimp) to add your small written images onto the PDF
answered Feb 6 at 16:57
Xen2050Xen2050
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If I need to fill in many fields (not just signature), I guess I would have to write on paper all the text, take many pictures and treat them as many "signatures"?
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 17:11
Basically yes. But I'd imagine the signature would be the most important part that needs writing, almost everything else could be "typed" (with a fillable PDF or adding text), couldn't it?
– Xen2050
Feb 6 at 17:15
Good point, I should try that. The instructions said explicitly to print, write and scan, so I just assumed the bureaucrats at the other end were expecting everything handwritten, but maybe they can tolerate some typing as long as the signature is handwritten, I don't know.
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 19:37
add a comment |
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I have no idea what your bureaucrats are looking for specifically, but you could just:
- take a picture of your writing/signature written on real paper with a real pen
- use an editor (PDF or image editor like gimp) to add your small written images onto the PDF
answered Feb 6 at 16:57
Xen2050Xen2050
11.1k31636
If I need to fill in many fields (not just signature), I guess I would have to write on paper all the text, take many pictures and treat them as many "signatures"?
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 17:11
Basically yes. But I'd imagine the signature would be the most important part that needs writing, almost everything else could be "typed" (with a fillable PDF or adding text), couldn't it?
– Xen2050
Feb 6 at 17:15
Good point, I should try that. The instructions said explicitly to print, write and scan, so I just assumed the bureaucrats at the other end were expecting everything handwritten, but maybe they can tolerate some typing as long as the signature is handwritten, I don't know.
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 19:37
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I have no idea what your bureaucrats are looking for specifically, but you could just:
- take a picture of your writing/signature written on real paper with a real pen
- use an editor (PDF or image editor like gimp) to add your small written images onto the PDF
answered Feb 6 at 16:57
Xen2050Xen2050
11.1k31636
I have no idea what your bureaucrats are looking for specifically, but you could just:
- take a picture of your writing/signature written on real paper with a real pen
- use an editor (PDF or image editor like gimp) to add your small written images onto the PDF
answered Feb 6 at 16:57
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If I need to fill in many fields (not just signature), I guess I would have to write on paper all the text, take many pictures and treat them as many "signatures"?
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 17:11
Basically yes. But I'd imagine the signature would be the most important part that needs writing, almost everything else could be "typed" (with a fillable PDF or adding text), couldn't it?
– Xen2050
Feb 6 at 17:15
Good point, I should try that. The instructions said explicitly to print, write and scan, so I just assumed the bureaucrats at the other end were expecting everything handwritten, but maybe they can tolerate some typing as long as the signature is handwritten, I don't know.
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 19:37
add a comment |
If I need to fill in many fields (not just signature), I guess I would have to write on paper all the text, take many pictures and treat them as many "signatures"?
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 17:11
Basically yes. But I'd imagine the signature would be the most important part that needs writing, almost everything else could be "typed" (with a fillable PDF or adding text), couldn't it?
– Xen2050
Feb 6 at 17:15
Good point, I should try that. The instructions said explicitly to print, write and scan, so I just assumed the bureaucrats at the other end were expecting everything handwritten, but maybe they can tolerate some typing as long as the signature is handwritten, I don't know.
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 19:37
If I need to fill in many fields (not just signature), I guess I would have to write on paper all the text, take many pictures and treat them as many "signatures"?
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 17:11
If I need to fill in many fields (not just signature), I guess I would have to write on paper all the text, take many pictures and treat them as many "signatures"?
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 17:11
Basically yes. But I'd imagine the signature would be the most important part that needs writing, almost everything else could be "typed" (with a fillable PDF or adding text), couldn't it?
– Xen2050
Feb 6 at 17:15
Basically yes. But I'd imagine the signature would be the most important part that needs writing, almost everything else could be "typed" (with a fillable PDF or adding text), couldn't it?
– Xen2050
Feb 6 at 17:15
Good point, I should try that. The instructions said explicitly to print, write and scan, so I just assumed the bureaucrats at the other end were expecting everything handwritten, but maybe they can tolerate some typing as long as the signature is handwritten, I don't know.
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 19:37
Good point, I should try that. The instructions said explicitly to print, write and scan, so I just assumed the bureaucrats at the other end were expecting everything handwritten, but maybe they can tolerate some typing as long as the signature is handwritten, I don't know.
– Pablo Messina
Feb 6 at 19:37
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This is the first time I hear of such a requirement. Have you tried filling in the PDF using a handwritten font and then making it look like scanned?
– Saaru Lindestøkke
Feb 6 at 16:38
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you can check answers there.
– Andrey
Feb 6 at 21:41