# Collect signatures

> Add a Signature field so people can sign your form by drawing or typing their name.

The **Signature** field puts a signing pad on your form. Respondents can draw with a mouse, trackpad, or finger, or type their full name and let Maxforms render it in a handwriting script. The signature is saved with the submission as an image.

## Add a signature field

1. In the builder, select **Add field**.
2. Under **Advanced**, select **Signature**.
3. Name the field — "Signature", "Sign here", or whatever your form calls for.
4. Select **Publish changes**.

The preview shows the empty pad straight away:

![The Signature field in the builder preview, showing the empty signing pad](/docs-assets/building-forms/signatures-1.png)

## Make signing mandatory

Select **Advanced edit** on the field, open the **Validation** tab, and switch on **Required Field**. The **General** tab only carries the field's label and type — the pad itself has nothing else to configure.

## What respondents see

The field renders as a bordered pad with **Sign here** in the middle, and a box underneath labelled **Or type your full name to sign**. Either route works:

- **Draw** — press and drag inside the pad.
- **Type** — enter a name in the box and the pad fills in with it in a signature script.

![The signature pad on the public form, filled in from a typed name](/docs-assets/building-forms/signatures-2.png)

## Where the signature ends up

Open the **Submissions** tab and select a row's number in the **#** column. The submission panel shows the signature under its field label as the signed image, alongside every other answer:

![A submission detail view showing the captured signature under its field label](/docs-assets/building-forms/signatures-3.png)

See [View your submissions](/getting-started/view-your-submissions) for the rest of the inbox.