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SirQuady · Unfettered Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576

Signature length

**Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:15 pm

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There once was a [person] from [place]
Whose [body part] was [special case].
When [event] would occur,
It would cause [him or her]
To violate [law of time/space].

addlepated

First of all, signatures with graphics in them are a no-no.

Second, general rule of thumb is that your signature shouldn't be longer than your posts. Smile

**Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:05 am

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Giskard

**Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:28 am

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addlepated

I vote number of lines at 1024x768. Razz

**Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:57 am

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MageSteff

**Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:57 am

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Ehsan · Entrenched Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992

I don't have a problem with your signature length, but if you decrease the size by just one point it would be helpful because I keep reading your signature as part of your message.. Or maybe just Italics if you don't want to make it smaller.. just to stop it from blending into the actual post.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:30 am

SirQuady · Unfettered Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576

Sure! I was eventually going to get around to formatting my sig, i just didn't have time...yet.

Oh, and addlepated, your last post there was shorter than your sig! Surprised

Hypocrite! Laughing

(Oh, wait, that makes me a hypocrite too!)

**Posted:** Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:17 am

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There once was a [person] from [place]
Whose [body part] was [special case].
When [event] would occur,
It would cause [him or her]
To violate [law of time/space].

addlepated

Yeah but my last post clarified my position - I'm talking about the number of lines the sig vs. post take on the screen at 1024x768 resolution. My sig's only one line. My post can't be shorter than one line, so I'm safe. Wink

**Posted:** Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:29 am

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SirQuady · Unfettered Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576

Oh, ok, cool.

**Posted:** Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:42 am

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There once was a [person] from [place]
Whose [body part] was [special case].
When [event] would occur,
It would cause [him or her]
To violate [law of time/space].

MageSteff

**Posted:** Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:41 pm

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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead

SirQuady · Unfettered Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576

I believe that on another forum i was on a while ago (about Lego Bionicle!), those types of people were known as spammers: The people with one word posts who were just trying to get their # of posts ranking up so they would seem more elite.

**Posted:** Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:34 am

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There once was a [person] from [place]
Whose [body part] was [special case].
When [event] would occur,
It would cause [him or her]
To violate [law of time/space].

SpaceBass

I believe there is a hard 256-character limit to the signature field. As a general rule, your signature should not have a greater vertical height than your posts. Usually this means about four lines of default-sized text, but as jamesi said, it is easier to read the boards if signature fonts are smaller and less obtrusive than posts.

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**Posted:** Sat Feb 25, 2006 5:16 pm

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