Mac Kung Fu, 2nd Edition

Tip 49

Use Fancy Text in Mail Signatures

If you’ve tried to add a signature in Mail (select Mail→Preferences, and then click the Signatures tab), it might seem as if it’s impossible to add text formatting to signatures.

In fact, it’s entirely possible to use different fonts or colors. All you need to do while typing your signature is hit Command+T to open the Fonts palette. Here you can select any fonts, colors, and type styles. Hitting Shift+Command+C will open the Colors palette to give you an even greater choice of colors. See Tip 46, ​Get Handy When Formatting Text​ too.

Bear in mind, however, that Windows or Linux computers that might be used to read your emails probably won’t have the same selection of fonts as your Mac, so it’s perhaps ...