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I would like to create a kind of business card for my email signature in Mac OS X, with a nice graphical design. I tried to find software for this but it seems most people use photoshop, etc, which is very complicated. I wonder if you could tell me some other much easier software/method for this, or the approach you follow for my objective.

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  • Which Operating Ssytem are you using? Have you checked out What is a good and free image editor? (Alternative to Photoshop)? Commented Oct 23, 2011 at 17:03
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    To be honest, please don't use images as email signatures. Not only does it waste storage space as well as actual screen space – clients with text-only readers won't even be able to see it.
    – slhck
    Commented Oct 23, 2011 at 17:08
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    Today screen space is the biggest issue - even though I'm fine if my ~/Mail expands to gigabytes, and I can open Thunderbird if needed, there's still only so much the recipient can see and read at once... I personally dislike it when people send a two-line message and append a twenty-line corporate disclaimer. Similarly, a small logo (similar to SuperUser's user boxes) is okay but large images and complicated designs quickly become annoying.
    – grawity
    Commented Oct 23, 2011 at 17:20

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Don't use images. It is very discouraged to use images in mails because that increases mail size unnecessary.

If you really need to use some enhanced design, use html. There is a handy tutorial available on how to inject html signatures to Mail.app. For creating your HTML, you can use a simple text editor or some wysiwyg-software.

It is possible though to create some nice-looking signatures completely without html!

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  • True, but not an answer.
    – Daniel Beck
    Commented Oct 23, 2011 at 18:20
  • You're right, not everything is answering the question - but the core of my message is answering the question. I just added some hints on good mail practise I rate important.
    – Jens Erat
    Commented Oct 23, 2011 at 18:30

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