Generate Signature in your PDF with Typeflow

This is still in beta. I'm more than happy to build this feature with you, so feel free to share your feedback; I will consider them to create the best feature possible.

It's now possible to generate signatures in your PDFs with Typeflow. Now, you can ask your signatory to sign, and automatically, it will create a PDF that will integrate the signature into your PDFs.

For that, it's mandatory to use the Typeflow form. Please check out this tutorial to see how to implement a form.

In this tutorial, I'm going to explain two use cases:

  • Create a new record with a signature and generate a PDF

  • Update a record with a signature and generate a PDF

How to create the signature in PDF with Typeflow

After selecting a template, you need to choose a way to generate a PDF:

  • Through a form

  • Through Airtable

Select the first option.

  1. Pick a base

  2. Pick a table

  3. Pick an attachment field

  4. Get redirected to the form builder

  5. Pick whatever fields you want to show in your form

  6. Select display fields

  7. Drag and drop Signature field

  8. Configure your Signature by mapping it to an attachment field. The signature will be attached in this field.

  9. Save your form

Create a new record and generate a PDF with Signature.

When a signatory signs, it automatically creates a new record in Airtable and triggers the script to generate a PDF.

In this video

Update a record and generate a PDF with Signature.

You can follow those steps to make sure your form updates a record and triggers a PDF:

  1. Copy the second link from the shared page

  2. Paste it in a formula field in Airtable - It generates a unique link for each record to be updated

  3. When a submission happens, it will create a PDF with the signature in the correct record (follow the steps above to create a signature in your PDF correctly)


Some use cases

Here is a use case you could implement thanks to this feature:

  1. Generate a contract with the classic way

  2. Send this contract to your signatory

  3. Send the form to your signatory

  4. A new contract will be generated when the signatory fills the form with the signature. This contract will include the signature.


Still need help implementing this feature? Feel free to reach out to me at k@typeflow.us

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