Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Walk by Faith with a small cross, tattooed on the side of a foot near the arch.
Walk by Faith script on the foot
Black barcode tattoo on the inner wrist with the word TRUELOVE printed beneath it, photographed against a soft purple background with light flare.
Barcode tattoo reading TRUELOVE on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of triangle and Roman numerals VII and VIII on the inner forearm near the wrist, with beaded bracelets above.
Roman numerals VII and VIII on inner wrist
Black block lettering reading WAL MART with a star in the middle, tattooed across a man's lower back above his jeans and brown belt.
WAL★MART lettering across lower back
Black lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in a slanted script on the side of an ankle.
Latitude and longitude numbers on an ankle
Black and grey ink drawing of a ribcage, spine and pelvis entwined with flowers and leaves inside a dotted circle, labelled Libra, as a tattoo design.
Libra skeleton and flowers design
Black lettering tattoo in a non-Latin script running vertically down the forearm.
Vertical non-Latin script on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost, running diagonally across the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading riot on one thigh and grrrl on the other, in a typewriter-style font, on a person wearing a striped skirt.
Riot grrrl lettering across both thighs
Black hand-lettered script reading The struggle is part of the story on a pale pink background, a Lettering design for a tattoo.
Script lettering: The struggle is part of the story
Black line tattoo of a pine tree, a ribbon banner reading Prone to Wander and fern-covered hills on the forearm, with a small red accent.
Pine tree and banner on a forearm
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
Blue-grey tribal tattoo with bold solid shapes on a shoulder and upper back, with a small line of text below it.
Blue-grey tribal tattoo on the shoulder
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 and grey realism tattoo of three roses with leaves and a line of Roman numerals across the thigh.
Three roses and Roman numerals on a thigh
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 forearms held together, each with a black cross tattoo and the words Mark 5:36, with one set of words in red script on the forearm.
Matching cross and Mark 5:36 forearm tattoos
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 and grey sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and a dark centre on a thigh, with a small script line tattooed near the waistband of black underwear.
Sunflower tattoo on a thigh
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