Signature block fields

One field, several printed lines

A block starts 240 points wide by 114 tall, about eight and a half centimetres across on a printed page. Inside it are an optional role heading printed in uppercase, a signing area 46 points deep with a rule underneath it, and then a stack of labelled lines each 18 points tall. Every line has a label in the left column and a rule for its value in the right. It is drawn identically in the editor, in the signer's browser and by the stamper, because all three read the same measurements.

Four lines to choose from

Name, Title, Company and Date, toggled individually. A new block arrives with Name and Date on, which suits most agreements. Turn on Title and Company for anything executed on behalf of an organisation. The box height is recalculated whenever you toggle one, so the printed lines always fit inside the box you placed rather than spilling past its bottom edge.

The role heading is the useful bit

A short line above the signature, printed in uppercase, saying who this block is for. Signed for and on behalf of Halloway Freight, or Witness, or For the Tenant. It is what makes two blocks on the same page readable at a glance rather than a pair of identical rules. It takes up to eighty characters and the block grows a little to make room for it.

What the signer actually types

Three of the four lines, at most. Name, Title and Company each become a small input sitting on their rule when the signer opens the document. The Name line is pre-filled from the recipient row, because you already typed their name when you added them and asking again is rude. The Date line is never typed by anybody: it is stamped from the moment the signature is submitted.

Required means every line

A block marked required will not let the signer finish until each of its typed lines has something in it, and the message names the missing line by its label rather than saying a field is empty. That check runs in the browser and again on the server, so an empty Company line cannot get through by disabling something. If a line is genuinely optional for that signer, take it off the block rather than leaving it blank.

How it works, in three steps

1. Step 1

   Drag a signature block onto the execution page

   It is the first item in the field palette, and it lands as a full block rather than a bare signature line.

2. Step 2

   Write the role heading

   With the block selected, the panel offers a Role heading box. Say who this block is for, in the language the agreement itself uses.

3. Step 3

   Toggle the lines you need

   Name, Title, Company and Date. The box resizes itself as you switch them, so what you see is what will print.

Limits worth knowing

• Only those four line types exist. There is no way to add a custom labelled line, such as a witness address.
• The role heading is capped at 80 characters and each line label at 40.
• A typed line value is capped at 200 characters and shrinks to fit rather than wrapping.
• Required applies to the whole block, not to individual lines within it.

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