Lettering tattoo ideas

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Small black serif 9¾ tattoo on the inside of a wrist, with a raised clenched fist above it against a plain light background.
Black 9¾ numerals on a wrist
Black script tattoo reading be still on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a silver ring and pink nails visible beside it.
Be still script on the inner forearm
Two interlocked forearms show black script lettering reading Every Saint Has A Past and Every Sinner Has A Future, on a person's arm in the foreground.
Matching saint and sinner script on forearms
Close-up of a dark blue script lettering tattoo reading Never a failure, Always a lesson across the ribs, partly covered by a pink sports bra.
Script quote on ribs
Fine line black script lettering tattoo on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts on a sandy beach.
Small script tattoo on a thigh
Fresh tattoo of a red awareness ribbon with black linework and script lettering across the upper back, covered in clear plastic wrap.
Lettered awareness ribbon on a back
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a black silhouette of a woman holding a magnifying glass, framed by the words THIS ABOVE ALL TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE and pink and yellow flowers.
Silhouette with magnifying glass and quote on a calf
Two photos of fine line black script lettering: the words amica mea on the upper back near the neck, and soror mea on the inner forearm.
Script lettering on upper back and forearm
Two matching fine script tattoos on the soles of two feet reading Like Mother and Like Daughter, each with a small red heart.
Like Mother and Like Daughter script on feet
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Courage on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Courage script on a wrist
Black fine-line mountain range tattoo above the text ISAIAH 54:10 on the inner upper arm, in blackwork and lettering style.
Mountain range and Isaiah 54:10 on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lit lamp post on the upper back, with a script quote reading Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times.
Lamp post and quote on upper back
Close-up of a black serif lettering tattoo reading 'and to wonder what was going to happen next' across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Quote tattoo on the upper chest
Hand-drawn ornate lettering design reading out of the ashes we rise, in black ink on grid paper, with no placement on the body shown.
Out of the ashes we rise lettering design
Colour tattoo of stacked and open books in blue, red and brown above the script words "the world was hers for the reading" on the upper back.
Books and quote across the upper back
Black serif lettering on a forearm reading so it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive, in a Lettering style on the forearm.
Serif quote tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading part of a Latin phrase ending in audere semper, in a plain lettering style on the outer thigh of a leg.
Latin lettering along the thigh
Black and grey realism clock with Roman numerals and gears on an upper arm, with the script words Time is Money beneath it.
Clock and gears with Time is Money script
Black and grey dreamcatcher with hanging feathers and a script quote tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Dreamcatcher and script quote on ribs
Fine black cursive lettering with a small compass rose tattoo on the side of the ribs, shown in a sepia photograph with a knitted garment draped over the body.
Cursive word and compass on the ribs
Black and grey script lettering reading Stronger Than Ever, with Day After Day beneath it, across the upper chest.
Stronger Than Ever script lettering across chest
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose with a stem and leaves, and the word Strenght in cursive script above it, on the side of a hip.
Script word and rose on a hip
Two matching black and grey key tattoos with the word Sisters in script, shown on the inner forearms of two people.
Matching sisters key tattoos on forearms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words free yourself in cursive script, with a feather and small birds, on the upper back.
Free yourself script and feather on upper back
Black script reading Love me for who I am across the upper chest, with a small butterfly tattoo on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly on the shoulder
Black and grey script lettering reading Love, with a shaded grey ribbon looped through the letters, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Love script with grey ribbon on a wrist
Two people seen from behind showing matching black script tattoos across their ribs, with jeans and a belt visible below.
Matching script tattoos across two ribcages
Black and grey Roman numeral lettering reading VIII IV XII on two wrists, with two pairs of hands clasped in front of the sea.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Close photo of the word COURAGE above FEAR in lettering split by a horizontal line on the wrist, with part of a leaf tattoo visible above it.
Courage and fear lettering on a wrist
Black script and block lettering reading Make it happen PERIOD on the inner forearm of a person wearing a floral skirt.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm of swallows flying above two perched birds on a leafy branch, with the word love in script lettering below.
Swallows and the word love on a forearm
Black lettering reading To die will be an awfully big adventure above an outlined star tattoo on a forearm.
Quote and star on a forearm
Black line tattoo of a Punnett square grid with capital E and lowercase e letters on the inner wrist.
Punnett square tattoo on a wrist
Two-panel photo: a close-up of a fine line black script word tattoo on the ribs, and a woman seen from behind with a small matching script tattoo on her back.
Fine line script word tattoo on ribs and back
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'i could really use a wish right now' across the upper back of a woman with long hair.
Script quote tattoo on upper back
Forearm with a white ink snake tattoo in fine dotted linework, with the word achieve in black lettering above it.
White ink snake and achieve lettering on a forearm
Black and grey photo of two matching forearm tattoos in bold lettering reading mischief and managed, with short dash marks beside each word.
Mischief and managed lettering on forearms
Two black line drawings of potted cacti and succulents on banners reading DON'T BE A PRICK and SUCK IT, a botanical flash design.
Cactus and succulent flash with banner lettering
Close photo of a small black fine line script lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a hand resting over the knee and red nail polish.
Fine script lettering on the inner forearm
Black and grey script lettering with a flower and leaf vine tattooed across the top of a foot, beside a pink string anklet.
Script phrase with flower and vine on foot
Black ink Sanskrit script, om symbols and a dotwork mandala across a man's chest and shoulder, with more tattooing on the upper arm.
Sanskrit mantra chest and mandala shoulder piece
Colour tattoo on the upper thigh showing orange daisies, a pencil with eraser, a blue awareness ribbon and the word Survivor in script.
Survivor script, daisies and awareness ribbon on thigh
Close-up of a small black fine lettering tattoo reading Faith on the inner wrist, with the letter t formed by a cross, beside a beaded bracelet.
Faith lettering with cross on the wrist
Two wrists with matching fine line black infinity symbol tattoos containing the word love in script, with Roman numerals beneath, shown on the inner wrist.
Matching infinity and love wrist tattoos
Two photos of black script lettering on a leg, one reading I'm fine on the lower leg and one reading save me on the ankle, both shown upside down.
Script lettering reading I'm fine and save me
Pink and black monarch butterfly tattoo with a circle of script quote text, spanning two forearms pressed together in a realistic style.
Monarch butterfly and quote across two forearms
Close photo of a vertical black script tattoo on the upper back beside the shoulder blade, with a small gold leaf flake above it.
Vertical script line on upper back with gold leaf
Black ink tattoo of the HTML tags </head> and <body> in handwritten lettering on the back of a neck.
HTML head and body tags on the neck