Articles tagged “Guides”
Every guide on Guides from the Seal Generator blog.
Print–Scan Proof for Seal Images: Test the Document Readers Actually Receive
A practical print-and-scan proof workflow for visual seal images: test legibility, placement, grayscale, re-scanning, file handling, and handoff before documents leave your team.
Seal Proof Preflight: Review a Stamp Before It Reaches a Document
A practical review process for checking seal text, real-size readability, placement, exports, and handoff before a stamp image is used on live documents.
Document Templates With a Place for the Seal
A practical way to build contracts, certificates, forms, and letters that leave clear room for a seal without covering signatures, totals, or the information people need.
Seals on Invoices and Receipts: When the Numbers Need a Stamp
Why invoices in some countries are invalid without a seal, how to place one without hiding the totals, and what to do when your client demands a stamped original you never planned to send.
Branch Office Seals: Make Multi-Location Documents Clear Without Overclaiming
A practical guide to planning branch and location seals that identify the right office, survive everyday document work, and do not blur approval responsibilities.
Department Seals: Design a Clear Mark Without Confusion
How to plan, design, and roll out department or team seals for everyday documents without turning a useful mark into a vague stand-in for authority.
How to Write a Seal Design Brief That Gets a Usable Stamp
Turn a vague request for a company seal into a practical brief: the job, exact text, hierarchy, audience, output files, and a review that catches problems.
Changing a Company Seal Without Leaving Old Documents Behind
How to redesign a company seal after a name change, rebrand, or merger: decide what changes, protect the old mark, update templates, and tell people clearly.
Certificate Seal Design: Look Official Without Overclaiming
How to design and place seals on certificates and awards so they show who issued them, without implying a verification they can't back up.
Who Holds the Company Seal? Seal Custody and Control
Most seal problems are custody problems. Who keeps the company seal, how to log its use, how to hand it over, and what to do when a seal image leaks.
APPROVED, DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL: Document Control Stamps
How to design and use status stamps like APPROVED, DRAFT, PAID, and VOID: the marks that keep documents from being misread, misfiled, or acted on too early.
Seal, Watermark, Logo, or Signature: Which Mark Fits?
How to choose between a seal, watermark, logo, and signature image so your PDFs, forms, invoices, and certificates send the right visual signal.
Seals on Contracts: When a Signature Alone Isn't Enough
Why some contracts need a company seal, where to place it, how page-sealing works, what to do when one side seals and the other signs, and mistakes to avoid.
Seals for Nonprofits, Clubs, and Community Groups
Digital seals for nonprofits, PTAs, sports leagues, religious groups, and clubs: what to include, when it matters, and how to look legitimate.
Seals for Freelancers and Small Businesses: Do You Need One?
When a seal actually matters if you work solo or run a small team, what to put on it, and how to make a digital seal that looks professional, not overdone.
Someone Asked You to Seal a Document — Now What?
What banks, clients, government offices, and foreign partners actually want when they ask for a seal, what to provide, and how to deliver it digitally.
Why Seals Look So Different Around the World
A design-led tour of seal conventions in China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, India, and the West: why each looks the way it does, and what it means for you.
Designing a Bilingual Seal: Two Scripts, One Small Ring
How to fit a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean name and an English line into one seal without either becoming unreadable, and when to use two seals instead.
Your Name in a Small Red Square: Designing a Personal Seal
Red characters or red ground, how to arrange a two-, three-, or four-character name, what to do with a Latin name, and how to make a seal that reads at 2cm.
Seal Placement: Where to Put a Digital Seal on a Document
Where to place a seal image on contracts, invoices, certificates, forms, and multi-page PDFs without hurting readability or implying legal effect.
How to Design a Company Seal: A Complete Guide
Every element of a company seal (ring text, fonts, center star, borders, anti-counterfeit codes) and how to combine them into a clean, balanced design.
Round, Oval, or Square: How to Choose a Seal Shape
What round, oval, square, and rectangular seals signal to a reader, how text length limits each shape, and how to pick one that fits its job.
Electronic Seal vs. Electronic Signature: The Difference
Electronic seals, electronic signatures, and digital signatures get confused. What each is, why a seal image isn't a legal signature, and when you need more.
Are Image Seals Legally Valid?
A generated seal image looks official, but does it carry legal weight? What an image seal can and can't do, the risks of misuse, and lawful ways to use it.
A Guide to Seal Fonts: Which Typeface Should You Use?
Why seal script is the classic choice, how Song, Kai, and seal styles differ, and what to watch for when a seal mixes Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text.
The Five-Point Star on a Seal: Meaning and When to Use It
Why many official seals have a five-point star in the center, the golden-ratio standard behind it, and the alternatives when a star doesn't fit your design.