"Sign here" dotted line and names below

Question

I'm trying to create a dotted line with a name below. It should be relatively simple. However, the dots appear indented with respect to the Name. They should be in line. I have tried \hspace{} before the names but it is not working.

Anyone know why?

Names indented

Sample code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\vspace{20mm}
................................ \newline
\hspace{1cm} Name one

\vspace{1cm}

................................ \newline
Name Person 2 

\vspace{1cm}

................................ \newline
Name Person 3

\end{document}

This question feels very duplicatish. There are Dynamic signature/date line, How can I create a line with small text below it as in contracts?, Dotted line instead of \hline in table environment and Table Border Options — Bananguin, Jun 09 '15 at 19:07

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 09 '15 at 14:52

This effect is called indentation which is used in article for a new paragraph.

% arara: pdflatex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\begin{document}
\vspace{20mm}
\noindent % local change
................................ \newline
Name one
\vspace{1cm}

\parindent0cm % global change
................................ \newline
Name Person 2
\vspace{1cm}

................................ \newline
Name Person 3
\end{document}

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Voyager · Answer 2 · 2015-06-09T16:43:42.047

I have a similar command for a declaration of integrity. What I did was to create a new command like this

\newcommand*{\SignatureAndDate}[1]{%
    \par\makebox[4cm]{Wiener Neustadt,} \makebox[3cm]{\hrulefill}  \hfill\makebox[6cm]{\hrulefill}%
    \par\makebox[4cm]{} \makebox[3cm]{\centering Date}     \hfill\makebox[3.5cm][t]{Signature}%
}% These command is used to create the Date and Signature fields.

Then, the command \SignatureAndDate{} will produce the following output Signature fields

Using that as a starting point, I created this command

\newcommand*{\SignatureAndName}[1]{%
    \makebox[6cm]{\hrulefill} %
    \par\makebox[1cm]{} \makebox[3cm]{\centering Name Family Name 1}\\
    \\
    \makebox[6cm]{\hrulefill} %
    \par\makebox[1cm]{} \makebox[3cm]{\centering Name Family Name 2}\\
    \\
    \makebox[6cm]{\hrulefill} %
    \par\makebox[1cm]{} \makebox[3cm]{\centering Name Family Name 3}\\
}

Which produced the output enter image description here

I know that is not exactly what you want, and I gave you a solution for three given names that will be the same every time you use the command \SignatureAndName, but this is pretty much what I've learned to do in the short time I've been using LaTeX. I hope you can take it as a starting point and modify it to your needs.

"Sign here" dotted line and names below

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