I am a Civil Engineer that prepares construction plans that must be sealed. We currently produce our drawings in PDF directly from our CADD platforms (MicroStation and AutoCad). When the time comes to "seal" our plans for construction, we are required to apply our Engineering Seal which, by law, must be an exact size on the drawing. We then are to date it and sign it with our hand written signature.
Is there a way to control the size of a signature appearance so that the graphical image of the seal and the hand written signature are always the same size? I typically "drag" the window for the signature appearance and I can never get it to be the same size. Our PDF "prints" are just graphical, so there are no fields in the documents.
Thanks for any ideas.
1) First create a signature field of the desired size and then sign using that signature field. This makes signing an extra step.
2) Write a small piece of JavaScript that sets the size and location of the signature as part of signing. This would be a locally installed piece of JavaScript, not a part of the document. It would add a new toolbar button or menu item that would initiate signing, or
3) First apply your stamp using a custom stamp (via the Stamp tool). Then sign the document either as a separate visible signature, or certify the document (probably with no changes allowed) which can apply a signature without any appearance on the document.