[tyrith]

Originally Posted by sauceboy

Roman has a fine autograph. I just purchased this card myself: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-hAAA...q/s-l1600.webp

I'm pretty sure that's the best looking Roman Anthony auto I've ever seen. Even most of his CPAs aren't like that - they rapidly start looking like this -

https://www.ebay.com/itm/146999722196

But now most of them look like this, with just the R -

https://www.ebay.com/itm/326896115131

Originally Posted by jduds

My handwriting sucks, and my sig looks very close to James Wood's despite being taught cursive in school and working with handwriting experts. I like to think he does his J the way I do for the same reason; because that's how Joan of Arc did it.

The J isn't the problem, is that's the rest of the sig after it is one tiny, inconsistent scribble of a W (that frequently looks like a U) and that's it.

Originally Posted by ScooterD

This has been touched on, but I think there’s an important distinction between a signature being illegible v. Lazy.

Ryne Sanberg was (I think) among the earliest pack-issued autos in 1991 Elite, and his signature (while consistent) was illegible. We accepted that… but started drawing the line at Jackson Merrill’s quick squiggle

I really want the player's auto to both show a tiny bit of effort but also be connected to their actual name in some capacity. Greg Maddux is an example of an older player whose auto I can't stand. It's relatively consistent and it has at least a touch of effort involved, but it's essentially just a pair of squiggly lines that don't even anchor the first letter to his actual name regularly. Opposed to, say, Craig Biggio's auto, which is pretty ugly but you can at least tell what it is.