Offline Handwritten Signature Database based on Gender Annotation

With this motivation, own dataset is created. The nature of this own offline handwritten signature database is described below. • The signature samples are collected from persons with varying ages.

These samples consist of multilingual scripts of Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, and English. • Each individual has done 10 signatures on a white A4 paper sheet using blue or black colored ball pen. • To avoid geometrical variations further, the papers with sample signatures have been scanned using the EPSON DS 1630 color scanner with a resolution of 300 DPI. • The database consists of 4,790 signatures, which are acquired from 479 subjects, out of whom 250 are male volunteers and 229 are female volunteers. • All the individuals, who had knowledge of English and other languages, have been educated about the purpose of collection of signature samples.