Text tattoo ideas

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

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Two palms-up wrists with matching fine-line black script tattoos, one reading I believe in you and the other reading I believe in you, too.
Matching script quote tattoos on the wrists
Black serif lettering reading 'but without the dark, we'd never see the stars' across the upper thigh, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo on the thigh
Close-up of a black typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading smart, kind, important across the upper back.
Smart, kind, important lettering on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a police box outline on the upper arm, with a block of capitalised lettering quoting nine hundred years of time and space.
Police box quote on upper arm
Black handwritten script reading Here comes the sun with a full stop, drawn as a fine line tattoo design on a plain white background.
Here comes the sun handwritten script
Before and after photos of a forearm lettering cover-up: black script lyrics on the left, and on the right a coloured tattoo of lined notebook paper showing the corrected wording.
Lettering cover-up and fix-up on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a four-line ribbon banner with hand-drawn lettering and hatched shading on the folds, shown as a flash design on textured paper.
Ribbon banner with four lines of lettering
Black and white photo of a serif quote tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story across the side of the ribs, with a grey knit top draped below it.
Quote tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black script lettering runs along a woman's forearm as she holds a camera up to take a photo of herself.
Script tattoo on forearm in a selfie
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading letitbe across the forearm.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Dark script quotation tattoo across a woman's upper back, shown from behind with her shoulder and a blue top visible.
Script quotation across upper back
Black script lettering reading Anything is possible and that's the beauty of it, tattooed on a woman's hip.
Script quote tattoo on a hip
Black lettering tattoo reading THIS IS LOVE in bold block capitals, with JOHN 4:10 in smaller text beside it, on a forearm.
THIS IS LOVE lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading CCCXC in a handwritten style across the inner wrist.
CCCXC lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading She flies by her own wings runs across the ribs on a person's side, with a floral top lifted beside it.
Script quote along the ribs
Black script lettering reading For you I shall live, with Roman numerals, tattooed along the neck behind a person's ear.
Script quote behind the ear
Black ink infinity symbol with looping script lettering above a tribal-style bird with a long flowing tail, tattooed on a person's ribs.
Infinity script and bird on ribs
Black fine line geometric symbol with circles and lorem ipsum text tattooed on the inner wrist.
Geometric symbol and lorem ipsum text on a wrist
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line quote on a lower leg, shown against a wooden floor.
Script quote tattoo on a lower leg
Two stacked photos of a lettering tattoo on skin, a script quote with a purple butterfly at each end, placed along the side of the body.
Butterfly and script quote on skin
Two arms pressed together in black and grey, one with fine line lettering reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on the forearm and one with SHE'S NOT AFRAID on the upper arm.
Girl Almighty and She's Not Afraid text tattoos
Black script lettering reading 'without struggle there is no progress' tattooed on a ribcage, shown in a lettering style.
Quote reading 'without struggle there is no progress'
Close-up of a black typewriter-style quote tattooed along the side of the ribs, reading you are terrifying and strange and beautiful, something not everyone knows how to love.
Typed quote tattoo along the ribs
Grey shaded footprint tattoo on skin with the handwritten words 'My whole world, It begins and it ends with you' beside it.
Footprint tattoo with quote
Small black lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top and denim shorts.
Coordinates tattoo on the inner forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading "If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough" in a typewriter font across the upper arm, with a camera held over the face.
Typewriter quote on upper arm
Black monoline lettering on a white background spelling WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the letter I, in a lettering tattoo design.
Spaced lettering reading WARR;OR
Black and grey tattoo of a hatched mountain range above the script words there was nowhere to go but everywhere, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mountain range and script quote on upper back
Close photo of blue-grey handwritten lettering reading Babby Girl on the back of a person's neck.
Handwritten lettering on the back of the neck
Black lettering tattoo in ornate script with swirling flourishes reading find what you love, love what you find, across the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading "fairest of them all" across the upper arm, shown in close up against blurred skin.
Script quote "fairest of them all" on skin
Black fine line tattoo of an open mouth with teeth and a dripping outline on the upper arm, with the words What's love got to do with it inside.
Dripping open mouth with lyric quote
Close-up photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading life is beautiful on the side of a thigh, with white lace underwear visible above it.
Life is beautiful script on the thigh
Black script lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading: our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean.
Wave quote lettering on an upper arm
Fine line black lettering tattoo of coordinates with degree symbols, placed across the upper back of a woman in a white lace bodysuit and jeans.
Coordinate line tattoo across upper back
Black script lettering reading 'What if I fall? But my darling, What if you fly?' on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on upper back
Black handwritten lettering reading Chasing the original high across the upper chest, partly shown as a white shirt is pulled aside.
Chasing the original high quote on chest
Inner wrist with a lettering tattoo of a bachelorette party slogan beside two pink martini glasses, shown in black and pink ink on the forearm.
Bachelorette slogan with martini glasses on wrist
Black and grey fine script tattoo reading lux in tenebris along the forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Lux in tenebris script on a forearm
Black line drawing of a hand-drawn sun with rays, with the words LIFE IS TOUGH BUT SO ARE YOU lettered inside the circle, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Line drawn sun with lettered quote
Black lettering reading diabetic in a typewriter style, with a thin arrow below it that has a yellow tip, on the inside of a wrist.
Diabetic word and arrow on a wrist
Black script lettering on an arm reading Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed, set over two lines.
Script quote across the upper arm
Black script tattoo reading The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow, sitting along the lower back above a waistband.
Script quote tattoo on lower back
Black serif lettering reading "we're all mad here" across the inner forearm, in a fine-line style.
We're all mad here lettering on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading a short quote runs along a forearm, with a dark knit sleeve pulled over the wrist.
Quote in typewriter lettering on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with a trail of footprints, across the upper back.
Quote script and footprints across upper back
Black script tattoo reading Walk by faith, not by sight beside an ornate cross, inked along the outer side of a foot in black and grey.
Cross and script quote on a foot