How To Sign Certificates For Contests Neatly

Problem
You are attending a contest and somebody has to sign a certificate. Who should sign? Who has the best handwriting?

Answers
Eight ways to write names neatly on certificates:

1 Print names of contestants / participants on certificates in advance.

2 Chief judge brings two rulers for base line and top line of writing to ensure writing is level and even. 

3 Or mark two horizontal lines in pencil and rub out afterwards, gently, holding corners of paper with white paper to avoid fingermarks, using very soft rubber - putty rubbers about £1 from art shops / Wilko.

4 Ask all judges to submit a sample of John Smith while you are out of the room and ask judges to vote which writing is neatest and get that person to sign.

5 Bring scrap paper and Italic pen and ask the person signing to practice writing neatly, three times, copying a printed version of the names with correct spelling.

6 Insist that anybody signing a certificate writes their own name neatly and with every letter clear, not just a squiggle.

7 If you are chief judge/president, practise writing all the names in advance and your own.

8 Create a letterbox template large enough for the longest name so that the signature kept within it looks neat.

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