[RedWine] Size matters.

[RedWine]

There is a certain, quite annoying, aspect of my job. It would be much easier to deal with, had I not been married.

[Westing1992]

Wearing a wedding ring relevant? Spending long times apart from your spouse?

[GalFisk]

Would it be easier if you were engaged? Single? Widowed? Did you take the last name of your husband? Relevant? If so, did you replace your own? Add it to your own?

[Alhucema]

Size: of something tangible? The length of your name?

[jumpingjacks]

Are male genitals involved?

With a title like that, you have to ask...

[RedWine]

It's been a while since I posted this puzzle. As it was not deleted until now, I think You deserve the answers:

Westing1992:

Wearing a wedding ring relevant? Spending long times apart from your spouse? No to both.

GalFisk:

Would it be easier if you were engaged? Single? Yes to both. Widowed? No.
Did you take the last name of your husband? Yes. Relevant? Yes. If so, did you replace your own? Yes. Add it to your own? No.

Alhucema:

Size: of something tangible? Noish.The length of your name? No.

Jumpingjacks:

Are male genitals involved? Not this time.

[Westing1992]

Does your surname have an odd spelling? Pronunciation? Accent marks?

[Doriana]

Do you share your name with anyone relevant (except for your husband, obviously)? If so, a celebrity? a co-worker? your boss?

[RedWine]

Westing1992:

Does your surname have an odd spelling? No, but spelling is relevant. Pronunciation? Accent marks? No to both.

Doriana:

Do you share your name with anyone relevant (except for your husband, obviously)? If so, a celebrity? a co-worker? your boss? No to all.

[GalFisk]

Is misspelling relevant? Typing? Autocorrect? Handwriting? Length of the name relevant?

[RedWine]

GalFisk:

Is misspelling relevant? No. Typing? No. Autocorrect? No. Handwriting? Yes. Length of the name relevant? No.

[Westing1992]

Handwriting: Cursive? Printing?
Do you smudge the ink/lead when writing your name?
Dotted i's or crossed t's relevant?

[RedWine]

Westing1992:

Handwriting: Cursive? Printing? Just ordinary handwriting.
Do you smudge the ink/lead when writing your name? No.
Dotted i's or crossed t's relevant? No to both.

[Doriana]

Is accidentally signing papers with your maiden name relevant? getting used to a new signature?

[RedWine]

Doriana:

Is accidentally signing papers with your maiden name relevant? No, but signing papers is relevant. getting used to a new signature? Somehow. Now, after so much time after I posted this puzzle, I got used to this annoying circumstance and I can handle it much better.

[Doriana]

Does your new signature involve a letter (or letter combination) that is difficult to write? difficult to read?

Are letters such as p, g, or j relevant that extend below the baseline? If so, because they obscure something that's written underneath the signature?

[RedWine]

Doriana:

Does your new signature involve a letter (or letter combination) that is difficult to write? Not by itself, only in given circumstances. OTRT. difficult to read? No.

Are letters such as p, g, or j relevant that extend below the baseline? No. If so, because they obscure something that's written underneath the signature? No.

[Grip]

Size matters...the size of the letters in your signature? is capitalization vs. lower case relevant here?

[RedWine]

Grip:

Size matters...the size of the letters in your signature? Yesish, there is more relevant feature than size itself. is capitalization vs. lower case relevant here? No.

[Doriana]

Is the type of pen that you use relevant? If so, ballpoint pen? fountain pen? gel pen? pencil?

Is the shape of a certain letter relevant?

[RedWine]

Doriana:

Is the type of pen that you use relevant? No. If so, ballpoint pen? fountain pen? gel pen? pencil?

Is the shape of a certain letter relevant? General shape of all letters in my surname is relevant.

[antesse]

Does your new surname have a lot of similar letters (a's and o's and q's, b's and d's, l's and t's, capital I versus lowercase l)? And thus be hard to write so that all letters are clear?

Does your new surname have letters adjacent that have pen strokes that don't flow well into each other (one letter ending high followed by letter beginning low for example)?

[RedWine]

Antesse:

Does your new surname have a lot of similar letters (a's and o's and q's, b's and d's, l's and t's, capital I versus lowercase l)? No. And thus be hard to write so that all letters are clear? No, all letters in my signature are clear.

Does your new surname have letters adjacent that have pen strokes that don't flow well into each other (one letter ending high followed by letter beginning low for example)? Now when I read your question I see that this may contribute to the problem. I haven't thought about this earlier.

[Doriana]

Do you have to lift the pen from the paper at some point?

[RedWine]

Doriana:

Do you have to lift the pen from the paper at some point? Now I don't need to, but at the beginning I had to. This is important that I shouldn't do this in the circumstances of the puzzle. Normally my surname can be written without lifting the pen from the paper.

[antesse]

Was it just annoying to write your new name because you were so used to writing your old name? So it took you a lot longer to write the letters because you had to think about spelling and pen strokes? And now it's like second nature? Anything related to letters you just don't like writing? (My wife hated the letter F beginning her new surname because the cursive form is difficult and a print form looks weird next to cursive)

[RedWine]

Antesse:

Was it just annoying to write your new name because you were so used to writing your old name? No. So it took you a lot longer to write the letters because you had to think about spelling and pen strokes? No, but somehow OTRT. And now it's like second nature? Well, it is - my job requires me putting my signature dozens of times a day, so I finally overcame the initial troubles.
Anything related to letters you just don't like writing? No. (My wife hated the letter F beginning her new surname because the cursive form is difficult and a print form looks weird next to cursive)

[antesse]

Long shot here but...

Does your new name include letters or marks that you were not used to from your before life? Letters in non-Latin alphabet? Accent marks? Umlauts? Hyphens? Apostrophes? Clicks?

[RedWine]

Antesse:

Long shot here but...

Does your new name include letters or marks that you were not used to from your before life? Letters in non-Latin alphabet? Accent marks? Umlauts? Hyphens? Apostrophes? Clicks? No to all, sorry. In fact I changed a common surname into as common one. This is more about circumstances in which I put my signature than about the name itself.

[Grip]

Since you sign your name so much in your line of work, is your new name more of a strain or takes more effort to repeatedly sign than the old one?

[RedWine]

Grip:

Since you sign your name so much in your line of work, is your new name more of a strain or takes more effort to repeatedly sign than the old one? No or irrel.

[antesse]

Do you have to fill out both the Surname and the Maiden Name box now? And thus have that one extra box to fill in?

[RedWine]

Antesse:

Do you have to fill out both the Surname and the Maiden Name box now? No, I need only to put my handwritten signature. And thus have that one extra box to fill in? So no.

[GalFisk]

Having enough space to write relevant? Do any characters relevantly go especially high? Or low? Symmetry relevant? Or lack thereof?

[JenBurdoo]

Is your name hyphenated? Are elements or quirks of Polish relevant? If you had to type the name rather than sign it by hand, would the problem occur?

[RedWine]

GalFisk:

Having enough space to write relevant? No, but going towards the right track.
Do any characters relevantly go especially high? Or low? Symmetry relevant? Or lack thereof? No to all.

JenBurdoo:

Is your name hyphenated? No. Are elements or quirks of Polish relevant? No.
If you had to type the name rather than sign it by hand, would the problem occur? Probably not. And typed name would not fulfill the circumstances in which the problem occured.

[antesse]

Would you have the same problem if you instead took a different surname? Say, if you married someone with the surname Smith? What if you took the surname Wu? What about Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff? What if you capitalized on your internet identity and changed your surname to Redwine? Would taking a mononym help (only a single name)? Would it be easier to just make a personal mark instead of sign? Would you have the same problem if you made a rubber stamp based on the writing of your name as you would hand-write it and stamped forms?

Specific problem letters relevant? Combinations of letters relevant? Proximity of letters relevant? Too many extra strokes of dotting your i's and j's and crossing your t's? Having to decide whether to dot and cross all at once or one at a time? Too many letters with ups and downs like t, l, b, d, p, q and so forth?

[RedWine]

Antesse:

Would you have the same problem if you instead took a different surname? Yes, it would occur with quite many names.
Say, if you married someone with the surname Smith? No problem with Smith.
What if you took the surname Wu? Probably problem with Wu.
What about Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff? No problem with that.
What if you capitalized on your internet identity and changed your surname to Redwine? No problem with Redwine. Actually, it would be the best of all mentioned options.
Would taking a mononym help (only a single name)? It depends on letters in it. Would it be easier to just make a personal mark instead of sign? Impossible within the circumstances.
Would you have the same problem if you made a rubber stamp based on the writing of your name as you would hand-write it and stamped forms? It would solve the problem, but is impossible within the circumstances.

Specific problem letters relevant? No, it's more about general shape. Combinations of letters relevant? No. Proximity of letters relevant? May be a factor.
Too many extra strokes of dotting your i's and j's and crossing your t's? No, not a single i, j or t. Having to decide whether to dot and cross all at once or one at a time? No. Too many letters with ups and downs like t, l, b, d, p, q and so forth? No.

[GalFisk]

Letters with round edges? Sharp edges? No/few line ends? Lots of ends? A specific letter following another specific letter?

[RedWine]

GalFisk:

Letters with round edges? This. Sharp edges? No/few line ends? Lots of ends? A specific letter following another specific letter?


RECAP:
My surname contains a lot of roundish letters. It was the source of my job-related annoyance. My job involves putting my signature on documents in a specific way.

[GalFisk]

Do different round letters tend to look the same? Are you supposed to sign your name so it is easily legible? So the round letters are circular?

[RedWine]

GalFisk:

Do different round letters tend to look the same? No or irrel. Are you supposed to sign your name so it is easily legible? No. So the round letters are circular? Yes.

[antesse]

Do you have to write your name vertically? Like:
N
A
M
E

Do you have to write your name in a series of boxes or bubbles one letter at a time?

Do you have to sign letters (as in after "Sincerely")? Contracts? Forms? Slips of paper? Tags? Do you have to sign multiple times in a page? Do you ever have to initial instead? Do other people have to sign at the same time as you do?

Is the purpose of the signature to identify yourself? (This is the paperwork of Mrs Redwine) Or to indicate that you have approved/agreed/certified/supervised/promised/etc? (Mrs Redwine has checked this document and is "signing off" on it)

Is your workplace language relevant?

Do the round letters get confused with zeroes?

Do round letters interact with the box or blank or line so that they appear as something else?

[GalFisk]

Are you forced to fit circular letters into tall and/or narrow spaces? Do you need to make them very small? Overly large?

[RedWine]

Antesse:

Do you have to write your name vertically? No. Like:
N
A
M
E

Do you have to write your name in a series of boxes or bubbles one letter at a time? No.

Do you have to sign letters (as in after "Sincerely")? Contracts? This mainly. Forms? Slips of paper? Tags? Do you have to sign multiple times in a page? No, but OTRT. Do you ever have to initial instead? No. Do other people have to sign at the same time as you do? No, they sign papers only once, I do it multiple times on each contract.

Is the purpose of the signature to identify yourself? No. (This is the paperwork of Mrs Redwine) Or to indicate that you have approved/agreed/certified/supervised/promised/etc? (Mrs Redwine has checked this document and is "signing off" on it) This. I legalize documents.

Is your workplace language relevant? No.

Do the round letters get confused with zeroes? No.

Do round letters interact with the box or blank or line so that they appear as something else? No, but very much OTRT.

GalFisk:

Are you forced to fit circular letters into tall and/or narrow spaces? No. Do you need to make them very small? No. Overly large? This is how I initially tried to deal with the problem, but it wasn't a good solution because the signature seemed not natural.

[GalFisk]

Relevant what sort of pen you use? What sort of ink? Do you write your signature on a digital device? Do the round letters look like other letters? Like not letters?

[RedWine]

GalFisk:

Relevant what sort of pen you use? No. What sort of ink? No. Do you write your signature on a digital device? No.
Do the round letters look like other letters? No. Like not letters? Noish.

[RedWine]

HINT: My job is to sign papers in the way that would ensure that switching any page is impossible. You don't need more information about the signature itself (letters etc.).

[Doriana]

Do you fold over the edge of a document and then sign all pages at once? (Not sure if that's the best description, but I mean something like the stamp in the upper left corner here)

[RedWine]

Doriana:

Do you fold over the edge of a document and then sign all pages at once? No, but the concept is not away from the right forest. (Not sure if that's the best description, but I mean something like the stamp in the upper left corner here)

[Doriana]

Do you sign every page of the document? If so, do you put your full signature on every page? Parts of it?

[GalFisk]

Does your signature need to look visibly different on the different pages?

[RedWine]

Doriana:

Do you sign every page of the document? Yes. If so, do you put your full signature on every page? No. Parts of it? Yes, explore.

GalFisk:

Does your signature need to look visibly different on the different pages? No.

[Grip]

On some pages, do you simply use one or more initials to sign with?

[RedWine]

Grip:

On some pages, do you simply use one or more initials to sign with? No, initials are not right to use, it has to be a signature (full surname).

[GalFisk]

Are pages see-through? Do you put different parts of your signature on different pages? Are pages interleaved with copy paper? Do you sign multiple pages at once, using copy paper? Some other copy method?

[RedWine]

GalFisk:

Are pages see-through? No. Do you put different parts of your signature on different pages? It is the unintended result, but may be misleading.
Are pages interleaved with copy paper? No. Do you sign multiple pages at once, using copy paper? No. Some other copy method? No, the original signature is needed on each page.

[Balin]

Is the length of your surname relevant?

[RedWine]

Balin:

Is the length of your surname relevant? No, but good thought. Very short surnames could cause similar problem.

[GalFisk]

Do all nearly circular letters produce this problem? Would someone with significantly different handwriting from yours have this problem? Do round letters tend to end up partially overlapping for you?

[RedWine]

GalFisk:

Do all nearly circular letters produce this problem? Yes. Would someone with significantly different handwriting from yours have this problem? Difficult to say. Do round letters tend to end up partially overlapping for you? No.

HINT: The problem occurs only at work and is caused by the specific way in which the documents must be signed by me. It is important that I legalize documents, therefore I need to put my signatures on the pages in a way that prevents switching, adding, replacing, removing the pages of the documents.

[GalFisk]

Do you need to add numbering as part of your signature? Such as "Red1of3Wine"? Do the circles look like zeroes?

[Doriana]

Do you put one letter on each page? Do some letters look like each other? So that the pages could be switched?

[RedWine]

GalFisk:

Do you need to add numbering as part of your signature? No. Such as "Red1of3Wine"? No. Do the circles look like zeroes? No.

Doriana:

Do you put one letter on each page? No. Do some letters look like each other? No. So that the pages could be switched? But yes.

[Doriana]

Do any letters look like numbers?

[GalFisk]

Do the signatures follow a sequence? Do all signatures contain indications about the total number of pages? Of the current page? Do you put your signature on top of something relevant? Such as on top of page numbers? Do the circles make it look like you tried to alter something? Do they obscure something?

[RedWine]

Doriana:

Do any letters look like numbers? No.

GalFisk:

Do the signatures follow a sequence? No. Do all signatures contain indications about the total number of pages? No. Of the current page? No.
Do you put your signature on top of something relevant? I put it on top of official stamp, but more relevantly I put stamp and signature on a relevant place on the pages. Such as on top of page numbers? No.
Do the circles make it look like you tried to alter something? YES, why? Do they obscure something? No.

[Doriana]

Do you put your signature next to the page number? Does, e.g., placing an o next to page number 1 make it look like page number 10?

[RedWine]

Doriana:

Do you put your signature next to the page number? No. Does, e.g., placing an o next to page number 1 make it look like page number 10? No. Page numbers are not relevant.

[Doriana]

Do you put stamp and signature on top of a printed part of the page? on top of a blank part?

[GalFisk]

Do you put them at the: bottom? Top? Left? Right? Center? In a designated location? Near relevant text? Near relevant graphics? A letterhead? Near a relevant physical feature of the paper? Such as holes? Watermarks? A tearable edge?

[RedWine]

Doriana:

Do you put stamp and signature on top of a printed part of the page? on top of a blank part? Every page of a document that has multiple pages, regardless to the content or lack of content. I do not place stamp and signature this way on an one-page document.

GalFisk:

Do you put them at the: bottom? Top? Left? Right? Center? Thisish or please rephrase. In a designated location? The general placement is described in the law, but I wouldn't call it "designated location".
Near relevant text? Near relevant graphics? A letterhead? No to all.
Near a relevant physical feature of the paper? Technically speaking, yes.
Such as holes? Watermarks? No to these. A tearable edge? No, but edge is relevant.

[GalFisk]

Edge: edge of the paper? If so: upper? Lower? Left? Right? Edge in the paper? A folding edge/crease? Edge of something on the paper? Does the pen hit anything relevant when you write? Such as an edge? A ruler? A crease?

[RedWine]

GalFisk:

Edge: edge of the paper? Yesish. If so: upper? Lower? Left? Right? Left of one page, right of another page. Edge in the paper? No, but... A folding edge/crease? ...folding edge is OTRT. Edge of something on the paper? No.
Does the pen hit anything relevant when you write? Yes. Such as an edge? Yes. A ruler? No. A crease? No.

[GalFisk]

Are two pages on the same sheet of paper? Is your signature supposed to span those pages? Are the round letters supposed to span a folded edge? But when you write the pen hits the edge and the letters get flattened/end up on only one of the pages?

[RedWine]

GalFisk:

Are two pages on the same sheet of paper? No.
Is your signature supposed to span those pages? Are the round letters supposed to span a folded edge? But when you write the pen hits the edge and the letters get flattened/end up on only one of the pages?
YES to all.

***********SPOILER*************
When legalizing documents that consist of more than one page, I'm supposed to put the stamp and signature across the folded edges of two sheets of paper. The idea is that if anyone switched any page, they would be unable to "continue" the signature accurately.
My husband's surname consist of roundish letters and when I write it on top of the edges, the pen falls a bit on the edge and the letter ends up whole on one page. This makes signature look unnatural and, more importantly, does not meet the aim of signing documents across the folding.

Thanks for playing.