Letter tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line tattoo of an outlined heart joined with a stylised script letter, placed on the back of a neck.
Outlined heart and script letter on the neck
Two closed fists showing BOOKWORM tattooed in black traditional-style letters across the knuckles, one letter per finger.
BOOKWORM knuckle lettering
Black and white photo of two clenched fists with the word SPINSTER tattooed in serif capitals across the finger segments, a lettering tattoo on the hands.
Spinster lettering across knuckles
Flash design of a large black calligraphic letter entwined with green leaves, sprigs and a pale green rosebud on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Botanical calligraphic letter with leaves and rose
Small fine-line black tattoo of a triangle, cursive letters cf and the number 508 on the top of a foot.
Triangle, script letters and 508 on a foot
Black ink hand-drawn alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z in an ornate, sharp-serifed lettering style, suitable as a tattoo lettering reference.
Hand-drawn A to Z lettering sheet
Two wrists held together, each with a black and grey crown tattoo above an ornate letter, forming a matching pair.
Matching crown and ornate letter wrist tattoos
Black and grey family tree tattoo with swirling leaves, script lettering and roots on the side of the ribs.
Family tree with roots and script lettering on ribs
Hand-drawn A to Z alphabet sheet in bubbly graffiti-style lettering with black outlines and grey shading, shown as a design drawing rather than on skin.
Graffiti-style alphabet lettering sheet
Forearm tattoo of a black blackletter letter with blue-grey shading above a black script quote reading just a sign to remind me tomorrow is worth the fight.
Blackletter letter and quote on a forearm
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, with a serif letter tattoo on each wrist that together spell LOVE.
LOVE lettering on clasped wrists
Black ink flash sheet of two decorative alphabets in traditional-style lettering, one with solid black fills and one with outline letters, plus numerals and punctuation.
Alphabet and numerals lettering flash sheet
Four close-up panels show a black ae ligature tattoo with two dots above it, fading from solid black ink to almost no visible ink on the skin.
Ae letter tattoo across four stages of fading
Black line drawing flash sheet of an ornate outlined alphabet, numerals, scrolls, daggers and a scroll banner, with no body placement shown.
Ornamental alphabet and numbers flash sheet
Small black lettering reading HE>i on the inner wrist of a raised hand, in a simple lettering style.
Small HE>i lettering on a wrist
Flash sheet of ornate blackletter capital letters A to Z in black line work with floral flourishes, styled as lettering designs.
Ornate blackletter alphabet A to Z
Hand-drawn black ink alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z, each with diamond shading inside the letterforms, on a white background.
Hand-drawn alphabet lettering sheet
Black and grey blackletter alphabet flash sheet with A to Z in ornate gothic capitals and swirling flourishes, shown as drawn designs rather than on skin.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Close photograph of a small black Greek lettering tattoo on the upper thigh, beside red underwear and white striped thigh-high socks.
Small Greek letters on a thigh
Black line drawing of an upper and lower case script alphabet and numerals 0 to 9 in flowing copperplate-style lettering, shown as a reference sheet.
Copperplate script alphabet and numerals sheet
Black ink drawing of an ornate decorative capital letter with filigree patterning and curling flourishes on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate decorative letter in ink
Small black letter Y tattoo on the side of a person's torso, with one hand resting near it and a striped top.
Small letter Y tattoo on the side
Close-up of a black XO lettering tattoo with a small red heart above the letters, on the inner wrist.
XO lettering with red heart on a wrist
Two fingers with small tattoos, a black line-work anchor on one finger and a colour shark fin above blue water on the next, with black lettering across the knuckles and fingers.
Anchor and shark finger tattoos
Close photo of a fine black script lettering tattoo running diagonally along the inner forearm of a person in a black top.
Thin script lettering on a forearm
A sheet of eight black line monogram designs in flourished lettering styles, with initials such as JM, CB, SB, AG, EJ and TS, shown on a plain white background.
Eight decorative monogram designs on white
Ink drawing of an ornate lettering design with curling leaf flourishes and dot shading, drawn on cream paper beside a fine liner pen.
Ornate lettering sketch with flourishes
Black flash design of a crown above large letters FOB, with a ribbon banner reading Save Rock and Roll and a small lightning bolt.
Crown over FOB lettering with banner
Small red queen of hearts and king of hearts tattoos on the side of two touching fingers, in a simple lettering style.
Queen and king of hearts on two fingers
Red and black blackletter letter with the script phrase Your Pain Is A Gift tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Quote and blackletter letter on upper back
Close-up of two hands with red K and Q letter tattoos, each paired with a heart, on the fingers and hand, with a dark tattoo partly visible on the wrist.
K and Q heart tattoos on fingers
Black and grey blackletter alphabet flash sheet from A to Z inside a chain border, with no body placement shown.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Back view of a model in a backless navy beaded gown, with a small black lettering tattoo on her upper arm.
Small lettering tattoo on upper arm, runway model
Black ink lettering M, E and W with a small star across the fingers of a hand, placed on the knuckles, with gold glitter nail polish.
Letters M, E, W and a star on fingers
Black monoline drawing of the words New York in angular geometric letters on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
New York geometric line lettering design
Black and grey lettering tattooed across the fingers of both hands, with silver moth rings on the middle fingers.
Finger lettering with silver moth rings
Two black ink infinity symbol tattoos made of small letters, one on the top of a foot and a smaller matching one on an ankle.
Matching infinity symbol tattoos on feet
Two matching small black XO lettering tattoos on the inner wrists of two forearms.
Matching XO tattoos on two wrists
Small black lettering tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with hair pulled up and a blue plaid shirt visible.
Small lettering tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line script monogram of the letters N and L in black ink on the inner wrist, photographed in black and white.
Script NL monogram on a wrist
Black ornate script lettering tattoo on the ankle, photographed in black and white with a stylised flourish above the letters.
Ornate black script tattoo on ankle
Fine line black ink lettering reading expecto patronum along the ribs and a small triangle and circle symbol on the forearm.
Script line and geometric symbols on torso and forearm
Pen and ink drawing of an ornate, flourished letter with scroll details on paper, with a faint pencil sketch of another letter behind it.
Ornate lettering sketch of a flourished letter
Fine black angular lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top, shown in a close side view.
Small angular lettering on a forearm
Two hands with black gothic-style letters tattooed one per finger, spelling out a word across the fingers, with a small symbol on the back of the right hand.
Black letters tattooed across the fingers
Black and grey tattoo of the letters GO beside an outlined globe with shaded continents, on plain skin.
GO lettering beside a globe
Black ink alphabet sheet from A to Z in a bold lettering style, with triangle and diamond shapes filling the letters, on a pale background.
Decorative alphabet flash sheet
Two pairs of feet with matching fine line black infinity symbol tattoos decorated with small letters, one on the top of the foot and one on the ankle.
Matching infinity tattoos with letters on two pairs of feet