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How To Put Your Handwritten Sign In PDF Document
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Use gwenview to adjust your handwritten sign to have white color background. Use gamma, contrast. Save as separate file.

Then in command line:

$ convert handwritten.png -transparent white transparent_handwritten.png

You will now have png with transparent background.

Use KDEs Okular and add new Stamp.

  • "Yellow Highlighter"
  • "Configure Annotations"
  • Add
  • Select type: "Stamp"
  • Select transparent_handwritten.png image

You now have a stamp, that is your sign, you can put on PDF. To put sign on your document, in Okular, open "Yellow Highlighter" again and select stamp, then click / draw area where you want your sign to be.

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