Email Design Email Signature 3

Question 1

Why should phone numbers in an email signature be formatted as tel: links?

Accepted Answer

Mobile recipients can tap to call directly

Answer

A tel: hyperlink lets mobile users start a call with one tap, improving usability on smartphones.

Question 2

An employee's signature renders with huge gaps between lines in Outlook but looks fine in Gmail. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

Outlook interprets paragraph tags with default margins differently than Gmail

Answer

Outlook's Word-based rendering engine applies its own default spacing to paragraph tags, so line breaks or margin resets are needed.

Question 3

What is the recommended way to handle social media icons in a signature?

Accepted Answer

Use small, web-hosted icon images linked to profiles, limited to the most relevant networks

Answer

A few small hosted icons linked to active profiles keep the signature clean, functional, and lightweight.

Question 4

Why is it better to host signature images on a server rather than attaching or embedding them?

Accepted Answer

Attached images can appear as paperclip attachments and inflate every message's size

Answer

Embedded or attached images bloat each email and often show as confusing attachments, while hosted images keep messages light.

Question 5

Which font strategy is safest for an email signature?

Accepted Answer

Web-safe fonts like Arial or Georgia with fallbacks in the font stack

Answer

Web-safe fonts with fallback stacks render consistently everywhere, since many clients ignore @font-face.

Email Design Practice Test