I don't really have a signaturely signature of my own , I sort of stole it . In elementary school we got 3 marks in German class, one for spelling (Rechtschreibung) , one for how your writing looked like (called Schrift ) and one for reading (Lesen) . I sucked in Schrift , I was so bad that one time my teacher refused to read it . But my marks for Rechtschreibung and Lesen was perfect so I went to tackle Schrift . I started almost painting my letters , it took for ever but suddenly it was perfect . Except I had started to focus so much on Schrift that I forgot that maybe I also should know how to spell . Better Schrift marks led to worse spelling grades . That was the moment I stopped bothering with how my writing looked . Fast forward to 8th grade and I had started to experiment with it again . Now I went from cursive to a sort of fast printed style . I was also rebelling , not caring about school and rapidly collecting failed tests , all of them needed to be signed by a parent . I became my parent and forged my mother's signature ... which is still mine today , just that I write my name the way she signs hers.