Signature character limit

[Dean ●]

What could you possibly need that much space for? you writing a novel or something? you should keep it short and sweet like me

[Caz ●]

We don't want signatures to be too large, we have the limit to keep the forums tidy. 255 characters should be enough.

[Dark Spark ●]

My own signature at the moment nudges dangerously close the 255 character limit. But that only compelled me to concentrate my malice wit into fewer words.

255 is a magic number for computers. I submit that the reason the character limit is 255 characters is so that the forum software can compress the signature's code into a single image for storage. What you suggest would increase the memory demand extensively, more that you may assume at first blush.