Lettering tattoo ideas

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Fine line black script tattoo reading "Remember that I love you" running along the inner forearm near the wrist.
Handwritten quote along the inner forearm
Black fine line script lettering reading Sorella sits on a forearm near the wrist, photographed in warm orange light.
Fine line script word on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the words french fries in cursive script inside an outlined heart, with an underline, on the inner upper arm.
French fries script in an outlined heart
Black and grey rose tattoos on the shoulders and upper chest, with script lettering across the chest, on a person wearing a black sports bra.
Script and rose tattoos on chest and shoulders
Two panels show matching black script lettering tattoos on skin, reading 'You are mine' and 'I am yours', each with Roman numerals II XVI XIII beneath.
Matching script lettering tattoos
Close-up of a black fine-line Arabic script lettering tattoo across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Arabic script tattoo on upper back
Black and grey script words Live, Laugh and Love scattered with outline stars along the side ribs, in a fine line lettering style.
Live, laugh, love script with stars on ribs
Fine line black ink tattoo on the inner forearm showing the script words The sun will rise and we will try again above a line drawing of a rising sun.
Sunrise and quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading A Love Thicker Then Blood across the upper back, with reddened skin around the fresh tattoo.
Script quote across the upper back
Black and grey moon phase tattoo running across the upper chest and shoulder, shown beside a lettering design reading from the beginning till the end.
Moon phases with 'from the beginning till the end'
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
Black fine line tattoo of the word friend above a simple outlined ship and the word ship below, on the inner forearm.
Friend and ship script on forearm
Black and grey hand-drawn design of a stack of books with the words I might read until I feel better in lettering across the spines.
Stack of books with a reading quote
Fine line black script tattoo reading live on the side of the ribs, with light wavy hair falling across the frame.
Small script word tattoo on the side ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story in a serif font, across the side of the ribs, with a grey top visible below.
Serif quote tattoo along the side ribs
Black script reading That witch does not kill me makes me stronger, surrounded by outline and solid stars, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote with stars on the upper back
Close-up of a small black Roman numeral III lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, worn beside stacked gold and silver bracelets.
Small Roman numeral III tattoo on the wrist
Close-up of a fine-line black script tattoo reading light on the inner forearm, with a rainbow of sunlight falling across the skin.
Light script on a wrist
Two black lettering tattoos in a typewriter font sit on a pair of forearms, one reading Do or die you'll never make me and the other reading Because the world will never take my heart.
Two forearm quote tattoos in typewriter lettering
Black fine line script design of the word fabulous, with a long horizontal line running through and under the lettering, on a white background.
Fabulous script with flowing underline
Colour tattoo of Kodos, the green one-eyed alien from The Simpsons, with tentacles and the words 'Don't blame me I voted for Kodos' above, on a thigh.
Kodos from The Simpsons with lettering on a thigh
Fine line drawing of an infinity symbol with the words on high in cursive script, shown in black ink on a pale background, as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol with script words "on high"
Fine line black script tattoo reading free across the back of a hand, resting on a shoulder in a denim shirt.
Free script on the back of a hand
Fine white-ink cursive script reading breathe deep on a forearm, with a small dark script tattoo on the wrist.
Breathe deep script on forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a crescent grin above the script words We're All Mad Here on the inner wrist.
Cat grin and script quote on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a man seen from behind, showing a large Japanese style back tattoo of an eagle, waves and clouds, with script lettering and tattoos on his upper arms and forearms.
Full back piece with eagle and waves
Close view of a small black fine line script tattoo of the word sauvée on the inner upper arm, with a grey sleeve at the top of the frame.
Sauvée script word on upper arm
Small black script tattoo reading Wanderlust across the upper back, just below the neck, on a person with their hair tied up seen from behind.
Wanderlust script on upper back
Collage of black line temporary tattoo designs themed on Harry Potter, including a lightning bolt, Deathly Hallows, round glasses and quote lettering, shown on a sheet, on grass and on a pair of legs.
Harry Potter temporary tattoo designs
Small black fine line Roman numerals run vertically down the back of a person's ankle, above white canvas trainers.
Vertical Roman numerals on an ankle
Small black lettering tattoo of two lines of Thai script on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade, in a lettering style.
Two lines of Thai script on upper back
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo on the outer thigh of a person lying on a sunlounger by the sea.
Fine line script on a thigh at the beach
Fine line black script reading family inside an outlined heart that loops into an infinity tail, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Family script in a heart on a wrist
Fine line black wave with the words let it be in script on a woman's ankle, with a thin chain anklet, on a sunlit wooden boardwalk.
Wave and script ankle tattoo
Woman wearing a white tee with a yellow sun mandala print, showing black script and fine-line tattoos on her forearm and upper arm.
Woman in sun and moon mandala tee with arm tattoos
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the lower back, showing a heart with a peace sign inside and a banner reading What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Heart and peace sign with banner on lower back
Black line drawing of the handwritten words One of a kind in fine script lettering on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
One of a kind handwritten script
Small black serif capital letters tattooed on the inner wrist, resting on a patterned fleece and a yellow blanket.
Small Greek capital lettering on wrist
Two matching black script tattoos reading Anam Cara, one on the top of each foot, shown in lettering style on bare feet against dark rock.
Matching script lettering on two feet
Matching black fine line script tattoos on two forearms, one with a Mickey Mouse head and "Every day for the", the other with a Minnie Mouse head and "rest of our lives".
Matching Mickey and Minnie quote tattoos
Close photo of a black handwritten script tattoo reading fall in mutual weirdness and call it love, running diagonally across the side of the ribs.
Handwritten quote along the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical row of short horizontal strokes on the upper back, with the word imagine in script on the nape of the neck in the left photo.
Vertical tally-style lines on upper back
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
White lettering on a black background forming a skull outline, with the words Beautiful Disaster, Perfectly Imperfect, Love Hate, Live Fast Die Pretty and Sinner Saint.
Skull made of lettering
Black script lettering reading Valar Morghulis with flourished capitals, tattooed across the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Valar Morghulis script on a forearm
Pencil-shaded sketch of a cross formed from black cursive lettering on pale paper, with no body placement shown.
Cursive script cross design on paper
White ink script tattoo reading you are enough across the inner wrist, with a fine flowing swash beneath the words.
You are enough script on the wrist
Back view of a woman in black lace underwear showing a black and grey realism sleeve on her arm, an om lotus and script tattoo on her thigh, and a clock design on the back of her hand.
Black and grey sleeve, thigh and hand tattoos