Print a word in BSL fingerspelling
Type a name or word and download it fingerspelled in British Sign Language. Use the image on a poster, in an email signature, on social media or anywhere else you’d like.
How to use this image
Once you’ve downloaded the PNG you can use it pretty much anywhere. A few ideas:
- Email signature. In Gmail, Outlook or Apple Mail, edit your signature and insert the downloaded image.
- Social media post. Upload it as you would any other image, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or X.
- Print it. Drop it into Word, Google Docs or PowerPoint, scale it to taste, and print as part of a poster, certificate or handout for class.
- Embed in a webpage or blog. Upload the PNG to your own site or content platform and embed it like any other image.
- WhatsApp / Messages. Tap Copy image above, then paste straight into the chat.
What to do with the image
- Posters and handouts for a school or community class
- Name badges for a Deaf-awareness event
- Profile pictures and bio images for social media
- Personalised greeting cards spelling out a name
- Email signatures, inserted as a downloaded image
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Today’s Signspell
Seven BSL handshapes and one puzzle, changing each day. How many words can you spell using only today’s letters?
Play today’s puzzle
Spell any word
Type any name or word and watch it fingerspelled using BSL handshapes. Switch skin tone or hand, then download or share.
Open the player
Test what you know
Watch ten words fingerspelled and type what you read. Save your personal best, build a daily streak, and compare your score on the public leaderboard.
Start the quizPlay Fingerspelling Invaders
Handshapes fall from the top – read each one and hit the matching letter before it lands. An arcade game that trains you to read fingerspelling at speed.
Play the game
Make a word search
Pick a theme or type your own words, choose a grid size and build a printable BSL fingerspelling word search with an answer key.
Open the maker