[BlindTlk] Obtaining a legal size signature guide

Sat Sep 12 22:08:38 UTC 2020

A marks writing guide which was a clipboard with a bar down the left
side on which a carriage could be moved may be available.  The carriage
had a wire connected to it in two spots.  The two spots were 3/4 inch
apart and the wire had a metal block on it that could be moved left or
right to the end of the board.  You wrote between those two wires and
then moved the carriage down one click to write on the next line.  I had
one of those guides a few years ago.  Legal signature space is usually
3/4 inch high by 3 inches wide.  If I were making one of those from
cardboard,  I'd use a crafting stylus to trace lines first then use the
tip of a sharp knife to cut along the tracing through the cardboard and
an ice pick or awl would work even better.  A 3x5 card could be used for
the 3 inch measurement and I'd have to find something to measure that
would be 3/4 inches wide to trace the other lines.  Anyone that's
totally blind probably ought to spend some practice time drawing in
sculpie so you can feel how you draw each signature and match that up in
your brain with how it's been drawn in the sculpie.  As people get
older, their handwriting and signatures also deteriorate with age
without such practice.

On Sat, 12 Sep 2020, Pamela Dominguez via BlindTlk wrote:

> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 13:33:56
> From: Pamela Dominguez via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Pamela Dominguez <pammygirl99 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Obtaining a legal size signature guide
>
> I don't think so, because the rest of the spots where you are supposed to fill
> in check information are not that big.  And a sighted person would not need a
> guide if they were to fill out the check and have the blind person sign it.
> Pam.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: CHELA Robles via BlindTlk
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 5:24 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: CHELA Robles
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Obtaining a legal size signature guide
>
> Just my thought on this but I think it must be because it was made for a newly
> blind individual who has just lost their vision or they are low vision. I
> think that cardboard thing that you mentioned was really cool.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 11, 2020, at 2:08 PM, Pamela Dominguez via BlindTlk
> > <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I have the check-writing guide that came with the braille account from what
> > used to be Chemical bank and is now Chase.  But the signature part on that
> > guide is huge!  It's nowhere near the size you need.  I don't know why they
> > made it so big.  Pam.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: CHELA Robles via BlindTlk
> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 7:11 PM
> > To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> > Cc: CHELA Robles
> > Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Obtaining a legal size signature guide
> >
> > Well, what if I were to get some sort of check writing guide that has a slot
> > for a signature? Would that be small enough for a legal document because I
> > have a hard time making small letters and I have a hard time keeping my
> > fingers from moving if I hold a rubber band. What are your thoughts on the
> > Maxi aids check writing guide?
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Sep 10, 2020, at 4:02 PM, Vickie via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Actually, I like your suggestion.  It would probably work nicely. However,
> >> I just write smaller.  If I know I don?t have as big of an area to sign my
> >> name, I simply write the letters smaller.  I only have the old fashioned
> >> cardboard signature card, easy to carry in my wallet.  I?ve refinanced our
> >> house twice since moving in 3 years ago, signing over 125 pages each time,
> >> and my method worked fine.
> >> Vickie Rolison
> >>
> >>
> >> From: sonshines59--- via BlindTlk
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 3:40 PM
> >> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> >> Cc: sonshines59 at gmail.com
> >> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Obtaining a legal size signature guide
> >>
> >> What I would do is use a rubber band horizontally across the signature slot
> >> to narrow the slot.  It's easier to make them as small as you need than to
> >> enlargen the line width.
> >>
> >> The rubber band stretched across the line will keep the line narrow, but
> >> allow you to go slightly below, like you would for a capital J, a y and
> >> other letters that loop below the line.
> >>
> >> Judy
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of CHELA Robles via
> >> BlindTlk
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 3:23 PM
> >> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> >> Cc: CHELA Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: [BlindTlk] Obtaining a legal size signature guide
> >>
> >> Hello everybody I?m just wanting to know whether or not you guys know of a
> >> place or places where I can obtain a legal sized signature guide because
> >> the one I have that for regular signatures that is made of metal, is way
> >> too big and when it comes to signing legal documents I really need a really
> >> small signature guide. If anybody has anywhere I can obtain one. Thanks
> >> much.
> >> Have a great day.
> >> Chela
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
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