Your signature has only every been useful as your "mark". Any formal contract requires two witnesses or a notary. If you go to court over some contract, how mu

Your signature has only every been useful as your "mark". Any formal contract requires two witnesses or a notary. If you go to court over some contract, how much the signature looks like yours is not particularly important - it's whether or not you made it. Stories about people signing contracts "Mickey Mouse" are apocryphal for the same reason. The only place your signature really counts is when signing a credit card bill - something that was only ever really a convenience until a better(ish) solution came along.