Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Blood Makes You Related and Loyalty Makes You Family runs across a forearm, with a white star on black behind it.
Script quote on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo in a typewriter font on the inner forearm, reading 'And in that moment, I swear we were infinite', set against a dark sleeve.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Dark-outlined tree tattoo with green leaves and red and green lettering reading Money, the root of all evil, on a person's upper back.
Tree with money lettering on upper back
Close photo of a black and grey crown above the words Keep Calm and Carry On, a lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Crown and Keep Calm lettering on a wrist
Black block lettering reading MADE IN ENGLAND on a forearm, with a small dark design above it.
Made in England lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost, tattooed along the ribs of a person wearing a black top and leopard print band.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Close-up of a thin black cursive script quote tattooed along the side of a person's ribs, with denim shorts and a white crop top visible.
Cursive quote tattoo on the ribs
Black script lettering on a white background in a flowing calligraphic style, with a large decorative initial letter, set out as a design for a lettering tattoo.
Calligraphic script quote design
Black fine-line lettering reading 'not all those who wander are lost' runs along the inner forearm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Small black typewriter-style lettering on a person's upper back reads 'And indeed there will be time', shown from behind in a black bra.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading Yesterdays across the top of a bare foot, resting on a white fleece.
Yesterdays lettering on the top of a foot
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading my hope is in god on the upper arm of a woman lying on white bedding.
Fine line script quote on upper arm
Close-up of two feet in yellow flats showing dark fine-line script lettering tattooed up the inside of both ankles.
Script lettering on both ankles
Black and grey lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in a serif font across the upper chest, shown in a black and white photo.
Latitude and longitude coordinates across the chest
Black and grey photograph of the words LIKE A LADY tattooed in block lettering across the top of a finger, with dark painted nails on the hand.
Like a Lady lettering across fingers
Black script tattoo reading Family, Where life begins and and love never ends, with a swirl flourish, shown in two photos on skin.
Family script tattoo with swirl flourish
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the upper arm, with a white vest top and dark hand at the edge of the frame.
Script quote reading this too shall pass on upper arm
Close-up photograph of black script lettering reading Adventure is out there tattooed on skin, in a lettering style.
Adventure is out there script lettering
Black script tattoo reading Don't stop believing... across the top of a foot, in a lettering style with a bold, joined stroke.
Don't stop believing script on a foot
Black and white photo of fine-line script reading 'with every heartbeat' across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
With every heartbeat script on upper back
Collage of four fine line script tattoos in black ink, on a forearm, a wrist, an arm and the upper back.
Four script tattoos on arms and back
Two women seen from behind show matching black script lettering on their shoulders, reading a perfect sister I am not and but thankful for the one I've got.
Matching script quote tattoos on two shoulders
Black ink tattoo of the words so it goes in a typewriter-style font with a long arrow beneath, on the upper back, in a black and white photo.
"so it goes" lettering with arrow
Black and grey script tattoo on the ribs of a person in a black sports bra taking a mirror selfie in a tiled bathroom.
Script tattoo on the ribs
Two black and white photos of script lettering tattoos, one reading Alone we are strong and the other Together we are stronger, each with a small bird, on the upper back.
Alone and together quote tattoos with birds
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading Those who mind don't matter, those who matter don't mind, in a plain block typeface.
Quote lettering on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of two maple leaves in orange, red and yellow with the words busy, busy, busy in black typewriter lettering above them, on a forearm.
Maple leaves and busy lettering on a forearm
Close-up of three lines of black Veni Vidi Vici lettering in a typewriter-style font on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Veni Vidi Vici lettering on a forearm
Two small black serif lettering tattoos on the ankles, reading create on the left and yourself on the right, shown above pale pink sneakers on wooden steps.
Create and yourself words on both ankles
Black ink tattoo of a circular geometric emblem above the stacked words THE SUIT AND I ARE ONE, placed at the nape and upper back.
Circle emblem and quote on the upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading WOAH with a diamond ring in the O, with a smaller line of text beneath, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Woah slogan with diamond ring on wrist
Small black lettering reading LOVE NOTHING in plain capitals across the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in a close photo of skin.
Love Nothing lettering on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading there is no one alive who is youer than you, with a small flower line drawing, on the upper back.
Script quote with small flower on upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the forearm arranged in a circle, reading a quote about imagination and a canvas, with a small plus sign.
Circular quote tattoo on the forearm
Colour tattoo of an orange lion cub with black outline and the words Hakuna Matata in black script beside it, on the inner forearm.
Lion cub and Hakuna Matata script on a forearm
Two side-by-side photos of a lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading too WEIRD to LIVE and too RARE to DIE, in black ink.
Too weird to live and too rare to die on the wrist
Black ink tattoo of the words miles to go with a dashed flight path and paper plane outline on the inner wrist, with a metal paper plane pendant hanging over the hand.
Miles to go and paper plane on wrist
Black and grey serif lettering reading bad wolf on the forearm of a person in a loose shirt and dark underwear.
Bad wolf lettering on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grin with blue eyes and the words We're All Mad Here in script lettering, on the inner wrist.
Cheshire Cat grin and quote on wrist
Black script lettering reading Everyday for the rest of our lives, split across two wrists that are pressed together, a Lettering design on the forearm.
Script quote split across two wrists
Two matching black script tattoos sit one above the other on a pale arm, in a fine line lettering style.
Matching script tattoos on two arms
Close-up of a gold foil temporary tattoo on a forearm, reading I belong with Melissa's bachelorette party, if I'm lost buy me a drink, with a small heart below.
Gold bachelorette party temporary tattoo on forearm
Black serif lettering reading #none in a lettering style, shown on a close-up of skin on a limb.
#none lettering in black serif type
Black and white photo of the inner arm with the Latin phrase Cogito Ergo Sum tattooed in a typewriter-style serif font.
Cogito ergo sum lettering on inner arm
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading Thuder Only Happens When Its Raisin across the lower back, above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
Handwritten quote on lower back
Black and white photo of a lettering tattoo reading 'You see, but you do not observe' in typewriter-style type on a person's upper back.
Typewriter quote across a shoulder blade
Black script lettering reading Romans 8:28 on the inner wrist, shown beside a gemstone chip bracelet.
Romans 8:28 script on the wrist
Fine line black script reading in a world of my own, running into a daisy outline, on the inner forearm.
Script quote and daisy on a forearm