Text tattoo ideas

2,685 photos and flash · 86% Lettering, 26% Fine line · Forearm most common

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Fine line black tattoo on the side of a thigh showing a stack of three books with the words I've lived a thousand lives above them.
Stack of books and quote on thigh
Black and white photo of a fine line script quote tattooed along the side of an ankle and foot, reading What you think, you become.
Script quote along an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a dog and a cat on the upper back, with the words always in my heart in script curving beneath them.
Dog and cat with script on the upper back
Close photo of a fine-line black script tattoo reading keep me where the light is, with a small star, on the forearm of a person lying on a bed.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a cat peeking round a thin vertical line, beside the words I am myself. That is not enough. on the upper chest.
Cat peeking beside a quote on the chest
Two wrists with matching fine line black tattoos: a lettered 'to' and infinity symbol with paw prints on one, and 'and beyond' with small flying birds on the other, placed on the inner wrist.
Infinity paw print and birds on matching wrists
Black and grey photo of the phrase 'this too shall pass' in fine line script tattooed on an ankle.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on an ankle
Close-up of a fine black handwritten script tattoo reading twenty six two, running up the side of an ankle.
Twenty six two script on an ankle
Fine black serif lettering reading a short quote, with a small red heart below it, on the forearm of a woman in a grey top.
Serif quote and small heart on a forearm
Black script tattoo of 1 Corinthians 13:13 across the side of a torso, in a fine handwritten lettering style.
1 Corinthians 13:13 verse in script
Black script reading Sisters by chance, Friends by choice, with three small swallow silhouettes, on the side of the ribs in fine line lettering.
Script quote with swallows on the ribs
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the upper arm of a person with long auburn hair, seen from behind.
Script quote tattoo on upper arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading One day at a time, placed across the upper chest along the collarbone.
One day at a time script on the collarbone
Small fine line black lettering reading mind over matter, with a horizontal line between the words, on a person's lower abdomen above the waistband.
Mind over matter fine line lettering
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading "what's inside her never dies" on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a grey knit top beside it.
Script quote along the collarbone
Fine-line black tattoo on an upper arm of concentric rings with the word HAPPY at the centre and the phrase WHAT TO FOCUS ON above.
Concentric rings with text on upper arm
Black fine line script quote in cursive lettering across the upper chest below the collarbone, on a shoulder in a dim room.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading to the sea on the inner upper arm.
Script phrase on the upper arm
Close-up of a black serif script tattoo reading We're All Mad Here, running diagonally along the inner upper arm of a woman in a maroon top.
We're All Mad Here quote on upper arm
Small black fine line lettering reading ©Disney on the side of an ankle, photographed in warm indoor light.
Small Disney copyright text on ankle
Fine line black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing a hatched circle with the quote how rare and beautiful it is to even exist.
Hatched circle with quote on a forearm
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading Let it be in black ink on the side of the ribs.
Let it be script on the side ribs
Three small black star tattoos on the upper chest of a person in a purple top, with a photographed book page above in a fine line style.
Three small star tattoos on the upper chest
Fine line black script tattoo reading Love me for who I am with a small heart at the end, on the inner forearm.
Love me for who I am script on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a small black fine line script tattoo between her shoulder blades, near the neckline of a white halter top.
Small script tattoo between the shoulder blades
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading unfold your wings across the upper chest and collarbone area.
Unfold your wings script across upper chest
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading We live with the scars we choose on the lower back of a person lying on a bed.
Script quote tattoo on lower back
Black line tattoo on the calf of a skeleton beside a RIP headstone, with a speech bubble reading CAN I PET YOUR DOG PLEASSSE.
Skeleton asking to pet a dog on a calf
Two arms intertwined, showing fine line script tattoos reading I walk the line on an upper arm and Because your mine on a forearm, in a sepia photo.
Script text on two forearms
Black script reading too beautiful for earth with a shaded grey angel wing, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Too beautiful for earth script and wing on a wrist
Fine line black script reading Take these broken wings and learn to fly, curving down the ribs beside a small bird silhouette.
Script quote and bird on ribs
Collage of small black fine line tattoos drawn from classic books, shown on upper arms, forearms, shoulders and backs.
Literary tattoos on arms and backs
Fine line black script tattoo reading We need never be hopeless, running diagonally along the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and white photo of three lines of fine cursive script tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Three lines of script across upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading 525,600 Minutes on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
525,600 Minutes lettering on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading Good Vibes on the side of a torso, with a knitted jumper pulled across the left of the frame.
Good Vibes script on the side ribs
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading "we found love" on the inner forearm of a person whose hand rests nearby.
"We found love" script on forearm
Black script lettering arranged in a heart outline with a small red heart at its centre, tattooed on a person's side above the ribs.
Script words forming a heart on the side
Fine line black lettering reading type one above a row of small chevron symbols on the inner wrist.
Type one lettering with chevrons on wrist
Thin black handwritten lettering reading kill the king across the inner wrist of a palm-up forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Kill the king script on inner wrist
Two matching black lettering tattoos reading 477,800 in a simple script, one on a forearm in the foreground and one on the skin behind it near a swimsuit.
Matching 477,800 number tattoos
Close view of a small fine line black script phrase and a thin vertical line motif on a woman's upper chest, with a blue cardigan partly open.
Fine line script and motif on chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a palm tree over water, a crescent moon, a thought bubble reading CAN I LIVE, and several small icons.
Fine line icons and palm tree on upper arm
Black fine line script reading Let it go with four small flying birds on the outer ankle and foot.
Let it go script and birds on the ankle
Black and white photo of a bare foot with fine line script lettering reading never stop dancing across the top.
Never stop dancing script on a foot
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading With pain comes strength along the ribs of a person wearing a grey sports bra.
Script quote reading With pain comes strength on ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a soldier outline with a serif quote inside the figure, on skin in black ink.
Soldier outline with quote tattoo
Close-up of a fine line handwritten script tattoo reading "We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?" with a small blue TARDIS, on the upper chest.
Handwritten quote and TARDIS on the chest