Lettering tattoo ideas

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Three fingers from two pairs of hands show fine line script tattoos reading promise, each with a small coloured heart, on the hand.
Promise script with hearts on fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses and leaves with script reading a quote, placed on the outer thigh.
Realistic roses and script quote on a thigh
Black script lettering across the upper torso, a lace-pattern band on the thigh and a tattooed forearm holding an orange cat.
Script lettering and lace thigh band
Black lettering reading Via Veritas Vita, in a blackletter-style font, across the inner forearm against a red fabric background.
Via Veritas Vita lettering on a forearm
Realism-style tattoo on the upper arm of a flag blowing in the wind, with stars and red and blue shading behind the black script reading We the People of the United States.
We the People script over American flag on arm
Close-up of black script lettering reading "It's called Vitiligo." on a forearm, with lighter depigmented skin patches visible around the tattoo.
"It's called Vitiligo" script on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a small black script tattoo reading 'a love supreme' on her upper back, hair in a bun, city balcony behind her.
Small script phrase on upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading freedom with a small bird silhouette above the final letters, on the inner wrist, in a Lettering style.
Freedom lettering with a bird on the wrist
Close photograph of a fine line cursive script word tattoo in black ink on the top of a foot near the ankle, resting on a purple patterned blanket.
Cursive word tattoo on the foot
Black and grey tattoo of a windswept tree with script quote beneath it, on the upper back.
Windswept tree with quote on upper back
Black script lettering of a four-line quote tattooed along the side of a ribcage, on skin partly covered by a red top.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey lettering reading Aotearoa in script, beside a silver fern frond, tattooed on the top of a bare foot resting on grass.
Aotearoa script and silver fern on a foot
Black and grey script tattoo reading Ohana with three small swallow silhouettes, placed on the side of the ribs below a black bra strap.
Ohana script lettering with swallows on ribs
Tattoo design drawing of the word dream in black script with grey swirling leaf flourishes, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Dream script with floral flourishes
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a world map with a quote beneath it, across a person's upper back.
World map and quote across upper back
Black handwritten script reading let love grow on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Let love grow handwritten lettering design
Fine line black script reading family with a small heart, tattooed along the side of a finger on a hand resting on a fluffy white blanket.
Family script with heart on finger
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a thigh showing mountains, pine trees, a rising sun with rays, two roses and the script Let's be Adventurous.
Mountain lake scene with script on thigh
Lettering design of the French phrase Je veux vivre dans mes rêves in a tan italic script on a white background, with no body part shown.
French script phrase in tan ink
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a yellow house lifted by bunches of balloons, with the script Adventure is out there above it.
Balloon house and script on the calf
Black fine-line style tattoo of a treble clef, musical notes, staff lines and script words across a person's ribs and side.
Musical notes and treble clef on ribs
Black serif lettering tattoo reading I am out with lanterns, looking for myself, across an inner forearm with bookshelves behind.
Quote tattoo on the inner forearm
Black hand-drawn uppercase alphabet lettering design in a playful, bouncy script, shown twice on a white background, with no body placement.
Uppercase alphabet in playful hand-drawn script
Fine line black script reading good vibes on the side of a torso, just below the ribs, under a grey crop top.
Good vibes script on the ribs
Two people show matching black script quote tattoos on their left and right ribs, reading there is no better friend than a sister and no better sister than you.
Matching sister quote tattoos on two sides
Black linework anemone with a long stem and leaves, beside the lettered quote 'I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me' on the ribs.
Anemone and quote on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo reading Faith on the inner wrist, with gold bracelets worn just below it.
Faith script on inner wrist
Two feet with matching black infinity symbol tattoos on the top of the foot, each with a small heart and the script words love you, mom.
Matching infinity and heart tattoos on two feet
Black fine line script tattoo reading 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, crossed by a diagonal line, on the forearm.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 script with cross
Small black fine line script lettering with a looping swash tail on the forearm near the wrist, in a black and white photo.
Small script lettering on a forearm
Back of a woman's neck showing the words No Day But Today in black script lettering tattooed across the nape.
No Day But Today script on the neck
Close view of the back of a person's neck with three black Chinese characters tattooed vertically on the nape, in a lettering style.
Three Chinese characters down the nape
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading fear is the mind killer, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fear is the mind killer script across the back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded balloon on the upper back, with the handwritten script phrase Sometimes you need to let things go trailing from its string.
Balloon and script quote on upper back
Close photo of a black fine line script tattoo reading dum spero spero along the ribs, worn beneath a black lace bandeau top.
Dum spero spero script on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo of a quote framed by flowers and leaves, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Script quote and flowers on upper back
Black fine-line handwritten script design reading she who is brave is free on a plain white background, with no body placement visible.
Script quote reading she who is brave is free
Fine line black script tattoo reading live with an arrow running through it, on the side of a finger.
Live script and arrow on a finger
Black serif lettering reading Cheep Cheep runs along the outer side of a foot near the ankle, with a green book cover beneath.
Cheep Cheep lettering on a foot
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the name Manuela on the inner forearm of a person wearing dark jeans.
Name in fine line script on a forearm
Black flowing script lettering reading Windsong on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Windsong script lettering design
Black script tattoo reading "If I cannot fly, let me sing" on a forearm, with small music notes and birds beside the text.
Quote tattoo with music notes on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line script quote in black ink across a pale forearm against a dark background.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Close photo of a hand holding a Canon camera, with the word Smile in thin black script tattooed along one finger.
Smile script tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realistic drawing of an eye with the words Don't Blink in block lettering above, and a screaming face reflected in the pupil.
Don't Blink eye design with screaming face
Traditional style tattoo of a light blue mug reading WORLDS BEST BOSS with curling steam and a red rose with green leaves on the skin.
Worlds best boss mug with red rose
Black fine line script reading side by side across the ribs, partly covered by a grey knitted jumper, with a small dot to the right.
Script phrase along the ribs
Black and grey script lettering tattooed across a woman's lower abdomen above black underwear, with a colour traditional-style tattoo on the upper arm at the top left.
Script lettering across the lower abdomen