Serif lettering tattoo ideas

31 photos and flash · 100% Lettering, 3% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Back view of a person with the words MICHAEL JACKSON in black serif capitals running vertically down the spine, with a grey ornamental tattoo on the right shoulder.
Name lettering down the spine
Black lettering tattoo running vertically down the forearm of a person in a plaid blanket, with the small text set in a serif typeface.
Lettering quote on a forearm
Black serif lettering tattoo reading 'We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness' on the upper body.
Serif quote tattoo on skin
Black fine lettering reading "I am." in a typewriter-style serif on the side of a person's ankle and foot.
"I am." lettering on the ankle
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading bad circumstances good jokes on an upper arm, with an office background.
Text tattoo reading bad circumstances good jokes
Dark serif capitals reading UNTIL THE VERY END tattooed in a staggered layout on the outer thigh, above a brown knee-high sock.
Staggered quote on a thigh
Black serif lettering of a chemical formula, C6470 H10012 N1726 O2013 S42, tattooed in a single line across the lower back.
Chemical formula lettering across the back
Black and white sheet of temporary tattoo designs reading No Regerts in bold, serif and blackletter lettering, shown in several sizes.
No Regerts lettering flash sheet
Black and white photo of a small black serif lettering tattoo reading JOY on the upper arm, just below a grey T-shirt sleeve.
JOY lettering on an upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading she will run and not grow weary with a small cross on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown against a patterned fabric.
Text quote and cross on a forearm
Two inner wrists side by side in black and white, with the word past in black serif lettering on the left wrist and future on the right.
Past and future wrist lettering
Black and grey tattoo of two bird silhouettes above a stacked serif quote on the ribs, with pale fabric draped across the torso.
Two birds and quote on ribs
Black serif lettering reading LIVE LIFE OFF THE WALL across the outer side of a foot near the ankle, on a dark carpet.
Live Life Off The Wall lettering on a foot
Vertical column of dark Roman numerals with a small swallow silhouette in the middle, tattooed down the centre of a person's upper back.
Vertical Roman numerals with a swallow on a back
Black and grey fine serif lettering reading tempus neminem manet across the upper back near the shoulder blade, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Latin lettering across upper back
Black serif lettering tattoo on a forearm reading "We are a part of you, invisible to anyone else".
Serif quote tattoo on the forearm
Black ink serif lettering on the inside of a forearm reads for a minute there I lost myself, with a small coloured tattoo just visible at the elbow.
Quote lettering along a forearm
Black and white photo of the words Quiet is Violent tattooed in a serif typeface across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Quiet is Violent lettering on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading 'And though she be but little, she is fierce' in a serif script on a woman's ribs, with a bikini top and sea behind.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Close photo of two fingers with black Roman numeral lettering tattooed along them, one finger showing a silver ring and the other a patterned band, on a brown surface.
Roman numeral tattoos on two fingers
Close-up of a small black serif tattoo reading 'here,' on a forearm, with a rolled green sleeve above it.
Small serif word 'here,' on a forearm
Black serif Roman numerals reading IX XXVI MMXII tattooed in a single line along the side of a ribcage.
Roman numeral lettering on the ribs
Close-up of two fingers with dark serif lettering reading Mr. and Mrs., with a band on one finger and a diamond ring on the other, in a Lettering style tattoo on the hand.
Mr and Mrs lettering across two fingers
Close-up of a small black Roman numeral tattoo reading I, XXIII, XCII in a lettering style on a forearm.
Small Roman numeral lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a serif quote in two lines across the side of a person's ribs, with a grey knit top lifted beside it.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black serif lettering reading I will be king and you will be queen across the inner forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black fine serif Roman numerals reading IX, XXVII, VIII sit in a horizontal line across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Roman numerals across a shoulder blade
Black lettering tattoo of a quotation in a serif typeface running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Serif quote along a forearm
Close photo of a single-colour lettering tattoo reading Go then, there are other worlds than these in a serif typeface across the forearm.
Quote tattoo in serif lettering on forearm
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading 'You are an expression of the universe' in centred lines on the upper arm, with a dark t-shirt sleeve rolled above it.
Text quote tattoo on upper arm
Two lines of black Roman numeral lettering in a serif font across the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Roman numerals on the inner wrist