Letter tattoo ideas

351 photos and flash · 52% Lettering, 29% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Two stacked photos show a fine line lowercase letter a on a man's middle finger knuckle and a fine line lowercase letter j on a woman's inner wrist.
Small letter tattoos on a finger and wrist
Red and black blackletter capital letter with three black birds in flight, tattooed on a lower leg in a lettering style.
Blackletter initial with birds on a calf
Black script letter beside a solid paw print tattoo on the outer ankle, photographed against a leopard print rug.
Paw print and script letter on an ankle
Black and white photo of a small fine-line script tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand with striped nails visible above it.
Small script lettering on inner wrist
Black lettering sheet showing an ornate uppercase alphabet in a traditional display style, repeated twice on a cream background.
Decorative uppercase alphabet sheet
Two small black fine line tattoos, an X and an O, placed on the wrists of two raised arms in black sleeves.
XO tattoos on both wrists
Black ink sketch of a stylised three-dimensional block letter with diagonal hatched shading and small bubbles, drawn as a tattoo design in a lettering style.
3D block letter with hatched shading and bubbles
Small black XXX lettering tattoo on the back of a hand near the wrist, with silver rings on two fingers against a plain pale background.
XXX lettering on the back of a hand
Black script monogram of two interlocking letters with curling flourishes, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Interlocking script monogram on upper back
Black and grey geometric block lettering tattooed vertically along the inner forearm of a person holding an open hand out over a wooden floor.
Geometric block lettering on a forearm
White blackletter capital letters A to Z with decorative swirls and flourishes on a black background, shown as a lettering flash sheet.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a lettering tattoo reading london across his upper back and a floral tattoo at the edge of his left shoulder.
London script tattoo on a seated man's back
Black serif lettering reading LOVE is split across two wrists, with LV on one wrist and OE on the other, while two hands are clasped together.
LOVE lettering split across two wrists
Dark grey stylised letter tattoo on the outer forearm of a hand with yellow stiletto nails reaching into a monogram tote full of banknotes.
Stylised letter tattoo on a forearm
Small black fine line script lettering tattooed behind a person's ear, placed on the skin below the ear's edge.
Small script lettering behind the ear
Two small fine line script letters, one with a tiny heart, tattooed in dark ink on the inner wrists in a sepia photograph.
Two small script letters on wrists
Hand-drawn ornate letterform in red fineliner with scrolls, filigree and hatched shading, a design suited to lettering-style tattoos.
Ornate red ink lettering sketch
Small black serif lettering, the letters B, I, X, V and I stacked at an angle, on the side of a hip in a close photograph.
Stacked serif letters on a hip
Fine line black script lettering tattooed on the skin behind a person's ear, close up.
Small script letters behind the ear
Black ink flowing script alphabet chart showing upper and lower case letters in Lettering style on a white background, with no placement on skin.
Flowing script alphabet chart
Two palms facing the camera with black block lettering on the fingers, reading COME on the left hand and HOME on the right, in a lettering style on the hand.
COME HOME lettering across fingers
Small black-outlined infinity symbol with script letters R and M, a central heart and two red hearts, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with R and M on wrist
Red and pink dripping FRESH lettering tattooed across the stomach, shown below a white bra.
FRESH lettering across the stomach
Black line tattoo of a Punnett square grid with capital E and lowercase e letters on the inner wrist.
Punnett square tattoo on a wrist
Black ink lettering tattoo of an ornate capital letter with curled terminals, outlined in a crescent moon and small star outlines, on a limb.
Decorative capital letter with crescent moon and stars
Grey serif lettering spelling the word arm, written vertically down the outer upper arm in a Lettering style.
The word arm in serif letters on upper arm
Back of a woman's head with a braided updo, showing a small black blackletter-style letter tattoo on the nape of the neck.
Blackletter letter on the nape of the neck
Two clasped hands resting on a wooden ledge, with black and grey finger lettering and geometric patterns on the knuckles and back of the hands.
Hands with finger lettering and geometric knuckle tattoos
Black lettering tattoos across the fingers of a hand, with a lettering style placed on the fingers and nude stiletto nails decorated with rhinestones.
Letter tattoos across fingers with stiletto nails
Black linework tattoo of scrolling vines, script letters and a red heart with pink and green accents on the inner forearm.
Scrollwork vine with letters and heart on wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of angular lettering resembling GOD on the back of a neck, above a checked shirt collar.
Angular lettering on the back of the neck
Black script lettering chart showing upper and lower case letters A to Z in a flowing copperplate style on a white background.
Script alphabet A to Z chart
Black blackwork tattoo of a crown above a triangle containing the letters FOB, with drip-style edges, on the forearm.
Crown and triangle lettering on forearm
Close-up of fine line black ink tattoos on four fingers of a hand, showing the letters M, E and W and a small cat face, with glitter nail polish.
Letters and a cat face on fingers
Two stacked photos of black and grey blackletter lettering tattooed on skin, with grey shading fading through the strokes.
Blackletter lettering shown in two panels
Small black serif letter Y tattoo on a woman's side below the arm, shown in a lettering style, with her hand resting on her arm.
Small serif letter Y on the side
Black Arabic calligraphy lettering design on a white background, drawn as a flowing script with a dot and a small diamond mark, shown without any body placement.
Arabic calligraphy lettering design
Close photo of a small black Hebrew lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, in a fine lettering style, with the hand raised against a pale background.
Small Hebrew lettering on the inner wrist
Close-up of a small black Roman numeral tattoo running vertically on the upper chest, beside a white vest top, in a lettering style.
Vertical Roman numerals tattoo on the chest
Black serif Roman numerals reading P. IV. XIII run vertically across the side of a torso, with a black garment at the edge of the frame.
Roman numerals P. IV. XIII on the side
Small black fine line lettering tattoo on the back of a neck, with hair pulled up and a blue checked shirt visible.
Small lettering on the back of the neck
Black linework alphabet sheet of capital letters A to Z in a decorative lettering style with solid dark fills, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Decorative uppercase alphabet lettering sheet
Black ornate script lettering tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist of a woman with long blonde hair, in a Lettering style.
Ornate script lettering on a wrist
Black fine line infinity symbol with two script letters tattooed on the top of a foot, above a beige high-heeled shoe.
Infinity symbol with script letters on foot
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo of angular geometric letter-like symbols on the inner forearm, in a Lettering and Geometric style.
Angular symbols on a forearm
Close-up of two hands held together, with a small fine line black letter K and heart on one finger and a heart and letter on the next, placed on the fingers.
Letters and hearts on two fingers
Black blackletter alphabet sheet showing uppercase and lowercase letters A to Z in a gothic lettering style, suitable as tattoo lettering reference.
Blackletter alphabet sheet
Close-up of a hand with small black angular lettering tattooed across the top of one finger, against a green grass background.
Angular lettering on a finger