Lettering tattoo ideas

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Small fine line tattoo on the inner wrist reading Paris, with the Eiffel Tower forming the A and a solid red heart beside the word.
Paris with Eiffel Tower and red heart on wrist
Close view of a small black script lettering tattoo on the lower leg just above the ankle, with a person wearing black wedge sandals.
Small script tattoo on an ankle
Black ink Arabic script lettering tattooed across the inner forearm, photographed with the arm raised against a gallery-style room.
Arabic script on a forearm
Fine line black script reading Love you more inside an infinity symbol, with a small red heart, on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with "Love you more" on a wrist
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering tattoo of a four-line quote across a person's upper back, shown in a black and white photograph.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Black and grey serif lettering tattoo of a two-line quote running across the inner forearm.
Two-line quote across the forearm
Two wrists with matching fine line tattoos of a crescent moon, small four-point stars and the script words To the moon and back on the inner forearm.
Matching crescent moon and script wrist tattoos
Black and grey photograph of the phrase 'still I rise' in small serif lettering on the inner wrist of a forearm against a dark background.
Still I rise lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Live Laugh Love across the inner wrist, shown on a hand held palm down.
Live Laugh Love script on a wrist
Black and white photo of two palms-up wrists, each with black script lettering tattooed on the inner wrist reading "Don't make this easy" and "I want you to mean it".
Matching script quote tattoos on two wrists
Black cursive script tattoo on the side ribs of a bare midriff, with a hand holding a cream macrame fringed bag.
Cursive script tattoo on the ribs
Four people's inner wrists show matching black script tattoos reading No 1/4, No 2/4, No 3/4 and No 4/4, with a key design beside No 3/4.
Four numbered wrist tattoos, 1/4 to 4/4
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two roses and the French words vivre pas à pas on an ankle and foot.
Two roses and French script on an ankle
Fine line black infinity symbol with script names on one wrist and small Roman numeral script on the other wrist, shown with both hands clenched.
Infinity symbol with script names on wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading "to travel is to live" with a dotted flight path and airplane, on the side of the ribs.
Script quote with airplane on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh in a lettering style, with a serif quote about courage between two ornamental scroll flourishes.
Lettered quote tattoo on the thigh
Black script lettering reading Luke 1:45 on the inner wrist of a palm-up hand, against a dark floral background.
Luke 1:45 script lettering on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Fight Your Demons on the side of a torso, with a decorative F, placed over the ribs.
Fight Your Demons lettering on ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the top of a foot showing three elephant silhouettes in a line above the words One step at a time.
Three elephants and script on a foot
Fine line teal script reading hope woven through an infinity loop on the inner forearm, with a steel wristwatch worn just above it.
Hope script in an infinity loop on forearm
Black script lettering reading let your faith be bigger than your fears across the ribs, with a white lace garment above.
Script quote across the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo across the back of a hand and wrist, with a small cross above it, on a woman wearing a black bikini top and denim shorts.
Script lettering tattoo on the hand and wrist
Black and white photo of fine line cursive script lettering running diagonally along a forearm, with the hand relaxed below.
Cursive script lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Strength on the inner wrist, with a sweater cuff visible below.
Strength script on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo on the inner forearm of a hand raised against a grey tiled floor, in an angular style that appears to be Tengwar.
Elvish script tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading 'spark' on the side of the ribs, shown under a loose white vest top.
Script word 'spark' on side ribs
Close-up of a small black script tattoo reading Carpe Diem on the top of a foot, above a peach stiletto pump.
Carpe Diem script tattoo on the foot
Black fine script lettering reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two outlined hearts, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Script quote with two outlined hearts
Black ink Devanagari script lettering with a fine line mandala-style pattern and small dots across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Devanagari script lettering on upper back
Black blackletter script reading Daughter tattooed on the top of a foot, just above the edge of a dark shoe.
Daughter lettering on the foot
Black and grey Devanagari script tattoo running across a forearm, with a red string bracelet on the wrist against a dark background.
Devanagari script across a forearm
Black script lettering of a quote runs down the side of the ribs, framed by two outlined hearts and small stars, shown in a sepia-toned photo.
Quote lettering with two hearts on the ribs
Black and white photo of a small Roman numeral lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with silver bangles worn on the same arm.
Roman numeral tattoo on the inner wrist
Pencil sketch of decorative lettering reading Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday, with scrollwork and a banner, beside an eraser and two pencils.
Lettering sketch of a quote on a banner
Small fine line feather tattoo with soft grey shading and a script letter S on the back of a hand near the wrist.
Feather and script S on the hand
Black lettering tattoo on skin reading La revolución será feminista o no será, in block capitals on a shaded rectangular panel.
Spanish feminist slogan lettering
Black and white photo of a raised hand showing a fine line Roman numeral lettering tattoo along the inner forearm near the wrist.
Roman numeral tattoo on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Carpe Librum on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph of the arm.
Carpe Librum script on the wrist
Two hands with traditional style tattoos, bold black lettering across the finger knuckles and coloured banner designs on the backs of the hands.
Knuckle lettering and banners on both hands
Black script lettering on a white background reading 'La vita è un sogno', a tattoo design in a flowing calligraphic style.
Italian script quote 'La vita è un sogno'
Black and grey realism tattoo of praying hands and an unrolled scroll of scripture across the ribs and side of the torso.
Praying hands and scripture scroll on ribs
Black and grey script lettering reading Family and Friends runs down the side of a ribcage in a lettering style.
Family and Friends script on ribs
Close view of a wrist with typewriter-style lettering reading I'm with Amanda's Bachelorette Party and a black anchor with a red rope, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Bachelorette party anchor on a wrist
Close-up of a black fine-line lettering tattoo reading Peace will win, Fear will lose in a typewriter-style font, with a small tattoo visible on the upper arm in the left panel.
Peace will win quote lettering on skin
Fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist showing an infinity loop with the words life and hope in script, with a small anchor hanging below.
Infinity loop with anchor and script words on wrist
Three photos of a set of black script tattoos reading 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3, each with a small coloured heart, shown on the top and side of the foot.
Script '1 of 3', '2 of 3' and '3 of 3' on feet
Three matching black Roman numeral III tattoos in a fine line style on three wrists, with hands clasped together over a carpet.
Three matching Roman numeral III wrist tattoos
Black silhouette tattoo of Peter Pan characters flying along a dotted infinity loop with the words Never Grow Up, on the ribs.
Peter Pan silhouettes in an infinity loop on ribs