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July 13, 2026
Tutorial

HTML Email Signature: Complete Guide

Learn how HTML email signatures are built and what keeps them working across email clients.

Email signatures use HTML, but not the same HTML as websites. Tables and inline styles survive Gmail and Outlook; flexbox and external stylesheets do not.

HTML building blocks

  • Outer table, max 600 px width
  • Inline CSS on every cell
  • Hosted images with width/height attributes
  • System font stack only

Related technical topics

Signature size limits · Image dimensions · Gmail vs Outlook rendering · Dark mode issues · Common mistakes

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