Text tattoo ideas

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Close-up photo of fine line black script reading I am enough tattooed on skin, with the lettering flowing into a looped swash under the final word.
I am enough script tattoo on skin
Black ink hand-lettered design on a white background reading Thanks for the pain, It made me raise my game, with small decorative dots and curls.
Thanks for the pain lettering design
Two matching lettering tattoos in blue ink on the ankles, each showing two lines of latitude and longitude coordinates.
Matching coordinate tattoos on two ankles
Black and grey rose, skull and script tattoo covering the outer thigh and calf of a woman wearing grey shorts and white trainers.
Rose and skull leg sleeve with script
Black ink lettering reading Excuse us while we sing to the sky across the outer thigh, above denim shorts.
Quote tattoo on the outer thigh
Black silhouette tattoo design of three swallows in flight above the words MATTHEW 6:26 on a white background.
Three swallows and Matthew 6:26
Black serif lettering on an inner forearm reads may I never be complete, may I never be content and may I never be perfect.
Three-line quote in serif lettering on an arm
Black and grey fine line script lettering runs along the side of two bare feet near the ankles, one line reading Maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Script quote tattoos along two feet
Black lettering tattoo in a handwritten script reading Chase your dreams but always know the road that leads you home again, placed along the ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a wolf head beneath pine trees with the words Winter is coming curved around it, on the upper thigh.
Wolf head and pine trees on a thigh
Close-up of a fine script lettering tattoo reading Diabetic, with the 1 in teal, on the inner wrist.
Diabetic script lettering on inner wrist
Two forearms held side by side, each with black serif lettering tattooed along the inner arm, forming part of a quote.
Matching lettering tattoos on two forearms
Back of a person's neck below a khaki cap, showing a black lettering tattoo of the HTML tags </head> and <body> in a plain sans-serif typeface.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Realistic tattoo of three slashes with red blood drips and a razor blade reading HELP ME on the forearm.
Razor blade and cuts on an arm
Two people sit side by side showing black fine line script tattoos on their upper backs, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Matching script quotes on two upper backs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading In Christ Alone across the upper arm, in a lettering style.
In Christ Alone lettering on an upper arm
Black script lettering reading 'I am not a gun' on an inner forearm, with a red splash and a thin underline swoosh, photographed inside a car.
Script phrase 'I am not a gun' on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading Keep fighting, stay strong and live with hope, running along a forearm resting on a white textured blanket.
Keep fighting script quote on forearm
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of brush lettering reading Bride's bitches on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Gold foil lettering on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a black script quote tattoo on a lower leg, with a Lord of the Rings paperback held above it.
Quote lettering on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a hanging wooden sign reading Gone to market, placed on the top of a foot.
Gone to market sign on a foot
Fine line black script lettering with a small aeroplane silhouette tattooed across the ankle and lower leg.
Script lettering and aeroplane on ankle
Fine black cursive script tattoo curving along the outer thigh, with lettering that reads she laughs without fear of the future.
Script quote tattoo along the thigh
Black fine line lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back, from the nape of the neck.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Hand-drawn grey lettering design reading IF NOT NOW WHEN, with the words stacked and shaded in pencil on paper.
If not now when lettering design
Black script quote tattoo across the outer thigh, with denim shorts visible above it.
Script quote tattoo on a thigh
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 blackwork tattoo of a bicycle inside a chainring with the text Phil 4:13, on a person's calf.
Bicycle in a chainring on a calf
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
Black lettering design showing the words True Love above the Chinese characters for true love, with the pronunciation jen ai written below.
True love in Chinese characters
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
Black ink tattoo of five vertical columns of Thai-style script across the upper back.
Five columns of script on upper back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a grinning cartoon shark with a purple banner reading SHART, on a limb with a partly visible line-art tattoo at the lower left.
Cartoon shark with SHART banner
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