Text tattoo ideas

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Black and grey linework tattoo of a cigarette pack with the words Whatever Lights, sitting on the inner forearm.
Cigarette pack on a forearm
Close-up of a black typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading I'm a recovering undercover overlover, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Typewriter quote across the upper back
Two side-by-side photographs of black script lettering tattoos reading I Love her or I Love him, then til death do us part, with a small red heart beside the second.
Matching script lettering tattoos with a heart
Black blackletter-style lettering reading I'M AWSOME across the upper back, shown in a close photo of bare skin.
I'm awsome lettering across upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I am with you on a pale area of skin, with a dark fabric edge in the corner.
Fine line script reading I am with you
Woman seated with her back to the camera, showing a thin black vertical script tattoo of text running down her spine, in a lettering style on the back.
Vertical script tattoo down the back
Black and grey tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that turn into birds, with fine script lettering beneath it, on a person's back.
Dandelion seeds becoming birds with script quote
Black script lettering of a four-line quote tattooed across the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Script quote across the inner wrist
Two wrists gripping a wooden bar, each with a teal lettering tattoo on the inner forearm: Breathe in on the left and Breathe out upside down on the right.
Breathe in and breathe out wrist tattoos
Two people show matching black lettering reading "you're my person" with a small red heart on their calves.
Matching "you're my person" tattoos on calves
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in a stacked block along the side ribs of a person wearing a black lace bralette.
Typewriter quote lettering on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading 'she wasn't looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword' in a serif script.
Quote tattoo: she wasn't looking for a knight
Black script lettering reading a life without love is no life at all, tattooed across the upper back in lettering style.
Script quote across the upper back
Fine black script reading Curiosity often leads to trouble runs along the side of a thigh, below the hem of a grey top.
Quote tattoo along the side of a thigh
Fine line script tattoo of the words God is within her, she will not fall, Psalm 46:5, across the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Psalm 46:5 script quote across the upper back
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'you are enough' on the inside of a wrist, with a fist raised in the background.
Fine line script 'you are enough' on a wrist
Black line drawing of a circular seal of interlocking arcs, circles and lines above the words I'M NOT BROKEN., with no body part shown.
Circular seal design with the words I'M NOT BROKEN.
Black fine line lettering forming an infinity symbol with the words Live the life you love, tattooed on the ribs.
Infinity symbol lettering on the ribs
Colourful peacock feather tattoo with the words Let it be in black script on the lower abdomen, beside a navel.
Peacock feather with script on the abdomen
Small black lettering reading let it be on the upper back of a person with brown hair, with a tattooist's gloved finger pointing at it.
Let it be lettering on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine serif lettering tattoo reading I am significant. on the upper back below the shoulder blade, with dark hair falling over the shoulder.
"I am significant" lettering on a shoulder blade
Black script tattoo reading Previously on Lost across the fingers of a hand, with striped fabric in the background.
Previously on Lost script across fingers
Black and grey photo of a forearm with a lowercase typewriter-style quote tattooed along it, the fist clenched at the right of the frame.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and the script 'You are my sunshine' running down the side of the ribs, in a botanical style with black outlines.
Sunflower and script on the ribs
Two arms crossed over each other, each with matching black lettering reading (it's alright), one on the upper arm and one on the forearm.
Matching (it's alright) lettering on two arms
Fine line black script reading All was well on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
All was well script on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo on a woman's ribs, partly covered by a white vest top.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon woman with glasses and auburn hair holding a book, framed by a heart, with a red rose below.
Cartoon character with book and rose on forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading she will run and not grow weary with a small cross on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown against a patterned fabric.
Text quote and cross on a forearm
Black serif lettering reading 'we are all earthlings' across a forearm, with a green top and a studio chair in the background.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading history will be kind to me, running down the inner forearm near the wrist.
Typewriter quote on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo of the HTML tags </head> and <body> in a simple sans-serif style, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
HTML head and body tags across upper back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I write for fear of silence across the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Quote in typewriter lettering on the wrist
Fine line black script lettering tattoo across the upper back, spread over several lines of text beside the shoulder blade.
Script quote tattoo across the upper back
Pencil sketch of a single balloon on a long thin string, with the words let it go beneath it, suited to a fine line tattoo design.
Balloon with the words let it go
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' running along the outer edge of a foot on sand, with a pink nail polish visible.
Script quote reading 'this too shall pass' on a foot
Black serif lettering on the top of a foot reads She has no idea. The effect she can have., beside cuffed jeans and black glitter flats.
Quote tattoo on the top of a foot
Two open palms, each with the words Place Boob Here tattooed in black block lettering on the palm.
Place Boob Here lettering on both palms
Black script tattoo reading No half measures across the inner forearm, set against a dark background.
No half measures script on forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "Write in recollection and amazement for yourself" across a forearm, in a lettering style.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on the upper arm showing a savanna scene with elephants, a giraffe and trees above an inverted city skyline.
Savanna and city skyline on upper arm
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading je ne regrette rien in black ink on the inner forearm, against a dark background.
Fine line script reading je ne regrette rien on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards', with a red trident and gold ring tattooed beside it on the back.
Typewriter quote with red trident
Black script lettering of a poem verse tattooed across the ribs on a side of the torso, in a lettering style.
Poem verse in script across the ribs
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a state-shaped outline filled with mountains, a sun, a peach, a log cabin, a pine tree and the words On My Mind, in a neo-traditional style.
State outline with mountains and peach on upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a shaded balloon and the words Sometimes you need to let things go, running diagonally across a person's upper back.
Balloon and quote on upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading jì'e'toh in a thin cursive script on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair pulled back.
Word tattoo on the back of the neck
Black ink lettering reading John 3:30 and He > I on a forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
John 3:30 lettering on a forearm