Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and white photo of a woman's neck with her hair up, showing a small fine line tattoo of stylised lettering on the nape.
Small script mark on the nape of the neck
Fine black script lettering tattooed along the outer thigh of a person lying on a white bed in a red top.
Script tattoo on a thigh
Fine line black script lettering reading She is clothed in strength and dignity, And she laughs without fear of the future, across the side of a foot.
Script quote on the side of a foot
Black fine line giraffe outline tattoo with script lettering inside its body and neck, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Giraffe outline with script on upper back
Fine line lettering reading TOUGH ENOUGH in orange, teal, purple, green and yellow on the upper arm of a person in a striped top.
Multicoloured TOUGH ENOUGH lettering on upper arm
Two black ink line drawings of pine forests below mountain peaks, with campfires and tents and the words Sleep Outside beneath each.
Mountain pines and Sleep Outside lettering
Pen drawing of an infinity symbol with the words live life with no regrets written in thin fine line script, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Infinity symbol with 'live life with no regrets' script
Black and grey tattoos on bare legs in a bath, including a rose with leaves, script lettering reading SELF and floral designs on the thighs.
Lettering and rose tattoos on thighs in a bath
Fine line black tattoo on an ankle showing a UFO beaming up a figure between two cacti, with a shooting star, small stars and the words Earth Stinks below.
UFO abduction with cacti on an ankle
Black and grey fine line script reading nothing gold can stay with a small flower sketch, tattooed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade, with hair falling across the skin.
Nothing gold can stay script on upper back
Two palms turned up showing a small black fine line arrow with feathered fletching, a single eye, and the words THE DEVIL WON'T KEEP TIL MORNING in black lettering.
Arrow, eye and quote on palms
Black and grey fine line script reading Memento Mori across the ribs in a black and white photo.
Memento Mori script on a rib cage
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms: an arrow with the script words Her Guardian on the left, and feathered wings with script lettering between them on the right.
Arrow and wings tattoos on two forearms
Close photo of the word persevere in fine black cursive script across the inner forearm.
Persevere script on an inner arm
Small black fine line tattoo of the Republica del Ecuador Quito emblem on the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Quito coat of arms tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script lettering on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white close-up photograph.
Fine line script word on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a globe showing continents, with the words Isaiah 6:8 and Here I am, Lord. Send me. across the upper back.
Fine line globe with Isaiah 6:8 on upper back
Black script reading sempre con voi with a simple bird outline on the upper arm, shown in two stacked photos.
Sempre con voi script and bird on upper arm
Black script lettering reading "faith" in a fine line style on the inner forearm.
Script word "faith" on a forearm
Black fine-line tattoos of a palm tree, a safety pin, a can, a triangle and small words across a forearm, thigh and calf.
Small fine-line icons on arms and legs
Black and white photo of a foot with a fine script lettering tattoo reading Dance like nobody's watching running along the side of the foot.
Script quote tattoo along a foot
Black and white photo of a fine line Roman numeral lettering tattoo running down the centre of a woman's upper back.
Roman numerals down the upper back
Fine black Greek lettering reading agape on the inner wrist, with the hand raised against a red background and a striped sleeve.
Greek word agape on the inner wrist
Close photo of the word Riddikulus in thin black script lettering across the inner forearm near the wrist, shown against a dark blurred background.
Riddikulus lettering on a wrist
Close view of a woman's arms showing black lettering and an arrow on the forearm, a red and black lotus on the upper arm, and a dark patterned tattoo beside it.
Lettering and lotus tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Fine-line black tattoo of angular capital letters with chevron symbols on the upper arm, in a lettering style.
Angular lettering with chevrons on an arm
Black fine-line script reading Life goes on with a heartbeat trace beneath it, tattooed on a forearm.
Life goes on script with heartbeat line
Black and white photo of fingers with fine line tattoos spelling MEW, with a small cat face between the E and the W, on the hand.
MEW lettering with a cat on fingers
Black line drawing of a cross, a heartbeat line and a heart above the words Faith, Hope and Love on a plain pale background.
Cross, heartbeat and heart with Faith Hope Love
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seal pup with hatched shading, with small letters above and a chevron mark below, on a leg.
Seal pup tattoo on a leg
Black script lettering reading 'those cunning folk' in a fine line lettering style across the side of the ribs.
Those cunning folk script on side ribs
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a running hare with dotted geometric lines and the words MAKE YOUR LUCK, on a person's upper back.
Running hare with geometric lines on upper back
Fine line black and grey tattoos of a bicycle on each foot, with the words Life has and no limits, shown above turquoise pointed heels.
Bicycle tattoos reading Life has no limits
Collage of four fine line travel tattoos: a world map across a upper back, a Wander Lost banner on a forearm, a small airplane on a back, and a compass rose on a wrist.
Collage of four travel tattoos
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the word unless on the side of the body, above a dark garment.
Fine line script word tattoo reading unless
Pale pink handwritten script reading Aries on a coral background, a lettering design with no skin or body part visible.
Aries handwritten script lettering
Black and grey fine line tattoo of vertical lettering running down a calf, with a small line drawing of a reclining figure across the top of the foot.
Vertical text and reclining figure on leg
Fine line black tattoo of a world map outline with the word ADVENTURE and an arrow beneath it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
World map and adventure lettering on a forearm
Two matching black infinity symbol tattoos on the inner wrists, each with fine script reading love you most and love you more and a small red heart.
Matching infinity wrist tattoos
Woman seen from behind in a gym with a small fine line script tattoo of a short phrase on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Four panels show black lettering tattoos in script and ornate scrollwork: Spanish text on a wrist, a shoulder blade and a finger, plus a line on the lower back.
Spanish script tattoos on wrist, back and finger
Black and grey fine line tattoos on an upper arm: a shaded polyhedron with animals and lettering, a diagram of hands on axes, and an engraved multi-tool below.
Polyhedron, hands diagram and pocket knife on upper arm
Close view of a fine line black script lettering tattoo running along a woman's raised forearm, with a white dress printed with cartoon figures behind it.
Script lettering tattoo on a forearm
Fine line lettering design reading WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the I, on a plain white background.
WARR;OR lettering design
Fine line black script lettering with two small swallows in flight on the forearm.
Script lettering and two swallows on forearm
Black fine line script tattoos on a forearm: an infinity symbol with three small birds and a name above Roman numerals, and a larger Carpe Diem lettering piece with Roman numerals below.
Infinity, name and Carpe Diem script on forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Carpe Diem with three small bird silhouettes, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Carpe Diem script with birds on upper back
Black and white photo of a black fine line Bowie logo and italic script tattoo on the inner forearm, with a black lace bra and dark jeans visible beside it.
Bowie logo and script on a forearm