Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-11 Thread Hubert Chathi
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:05:24 -0400, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> It is easy to scan your own signature and convert it into a compact >> vector-based PDF that can be scaled without loss of quality. I doubt >> that this constitutes a true signature in the legal sens

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-11 Thread Joey Hess
Florian Kulzer wrote: > It is easy to scan your own signature and convert it into a compact > vector-based PDF that can be scaled without loss of quality. I doubt > that this constitutes a true signature in the legal sense Amazingly, even typing your name into a form is considered a legal signatur

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 09:00:54 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > On 2008-06-10 23:42, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > It is easy to scan your own signature and convert it into a compact > > vector-based PDF that can be scaled without loss of quality. I doubt > > that this constitutes a true signature

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-06-11 10:06, Håkon Alstadheim wrote: >Better keep a > ready-made pdf of some random black dots handy in case they actually say > yes. It's probably sufficient to 'blur' the image by

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-11 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 14:30:18 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, People I do business with want me to physically sign a contract that they send me as a small pdf (22K). I use Adobe Reader to print it, I sign the printed copy and scan the result and send the jpeg

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-11 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:42:29PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > I can post a simple example how to do this with Latex if you are > interested. I am also interested to see how you do that. An example would be appreciated. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informas

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-11 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:42:29PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 14:30:18 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Hi, > > > > People I do business with want me to physically sign a contract that > > they send me as a small pdf (22K). > > > > I use Adobe Reader to print it, I si

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-06-10 23:42, Florian Kulzer wrote: > It is easy to scan your own signature and convert it into a compact > vector-based PDF that can be scaled without loss of quality. I doubt > that this constitutes a true signature in the legal sense, but it

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-10 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, People I do business with want me to physically sign a contract that they send me as a small pdf (22K). I use Adobe Reader to print it, I sign the printed copy and scan the result and send the jpeg image back: 3 pages totalling 891K! That is ridiculous. Is that t

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 14:30:18 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > People I do business with want me to physically sign a contract that > they send me as a small pdf (22K). > > I use Adobe Reader to print it, I sign the printed copy and scan the > result and send the jpeg image back: 3 pa

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-10 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
On 10/06/2008, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is ridiculous. Is that the way everybody signs a pdf document? What is more ridiculous is that a signature of this kind is accepted as legitimate. I say you educate them on the miracle of GPG signatures. Also, Acrobat Reader? Oh, d

[OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, People I do business with want me to physically sign a contract that they send me as a small pdf (22K). I use Adobe Reader to print it, I sign the printed copy and scan the result and send the jpeg image back: 3 pages totalling 891K! That is ridiculous. Is that the way everybody signs a