Help with Fred Hofman autograph

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by rmarks

Fantastic image. Please let me know how you were able to capture this. Thanks!!

In my research, I found references to spelling his name with one f and two fs, provided it is the Fred Hoffman that was born in 1894 and died in 1964 and played for the Yankees and Red Sox from 1919-1928.

My question is, is this autograph authentic?

Thanks again for your help!!

I have no opinion on whether it is the same person as the one who played for the Yankees.

As to how I changed it: I copied the image as a jpeg. Put it in Adobe Photoshop then using the Enhance tab I adjusted the lighting and contrast to make the signature more visible. After saving it I used Ulead photo express paint function to circle the 'f'.