[texhax] tip: digital signature

Ron RJF Fehd ron.fehd.macro.maven at gmail.com
Mon Jul 11 23:01:51 CEST 2016


While filling out a pdf for my user group's permission to publish
I noticed that the digital signature consists of name and date-time stamp.

A few weeks ago I filled out an on-line data-collection form
and was asked to use a trick to sign 'electronically':

"Put a forward slash before and after your name."

This is accepted and recommended practice in the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

https://www.globalipmatters.com/2014/10/20/electronically-signing-uspto-papers-theres-a-rule-for-that

See my previous tip for a time-stamp with time-am-pm.

%%  name: \texmf-local\tex\latex\local\digital-signature.sty
%% description: write signature=#1 enclosed in forward slashes
%%              with date-time stamp
%%     purpose: standardize signature and date-time stamp
%% usage:
%\usepackage{format-time-am-pm}
%\usepackage{digital-signature}
%\DigitalSignature{John Doe}
%%To sign your name electronically,
%%enter a " / " at the start and the end of your name.
%%Example: /John Doe/
%%
https://www.globalipmatters.com/2014/10/20/electronically-signing-uspto-papers-theres-a-rule-for-that
%\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
%\ProvidesPackage{digital-signature}[2016-07-11 v0 (R.J. Fehd)]
%\RequirePackage{format-time-am-pm}
\def\DigitalSignature#1%
{{{\bfseries\itshape\Large/#1/\thinspace}%
 \newlength{\DateLength}%
\settowidth{\DateLength}      {\footnotesize\today}%
 \parbox[c]{\DateLength}{\hfill\footnotesize\today\\
\strut\hfill\timeAMPM{\the\time}}
}}%end:DigitalSignature

Ron Fehd   Atlanta GA
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