Digital stamp
A stamp that exists as an image file, placed onto a document on screen rather than pressed onto paper.
Also called an e-stamp or an electronic stamp. It is normally supplied as a transparent PNG, so the page underneath shows through, or as an SVG for print.
It can carry things a physical stamp cannot: a date that fills itself in when the stamp is used, and a serial number that changes with each download.
Related terms
- E-stamp: A digital stamp. Note that in India the same word also means something entirely different.
- Transparent PNG: An image with no background, so whatever is underneath shows through.
- Rubber stamp: A hand stamp with a moulded rubber die, inked from a pad and pressed onto paper.