Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black lettering tattoo reading We're all mad here runs diagonally along a forearm, set in a simple, even sans serif style.
We're all mad here lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Never don't give up across the inner upper arm, in a lettering style.
Script lettering reading Never don't give up
Two photographs of fine line black tattoos: thin cursive script along the ribs on the left, and an outlined city skyline with a line of text on the back of the neck on the right.
Script on ribs and skyline outline on neck
Two-panel photo of black script lettering tattoos: the upper panel reads 'You either die a hero or you live long enough' on the side of the torso, and the lower panel reads 'To see yourself become the
Two script quote tattoos on the side and neck
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, with swirling flourishes, across the top of a foot.
Quote lettering with swirls across a foot
Black line drawing of a cross joined to a heartbeat trace that ends in an open heart, with the words FAITH, HOPE and LOVE beneath, in a fine line style with no body placement shown.
Cross, heartbeat and heart line design
Close-up of dark ink stylised lettering on the inner wrist, beside a woven friendship bracelet and a silver peace sign pendant.
Stylised lettering on inner wrist
Black and white photo of the word faith in a serif typewriter style lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person in a leather jacket.
Faith lettering on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading We're all stories in the end, Just make it a good one, across the back, partly under a lace bra.
Quote tattoo across the lower back
Tattoo of the words Not all who wander are lost in script above a mountain range, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Mountain range with quote on shoulder
Close-up of a fine black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm showing latitude and longitude coordinates in a clean sans-serif typeface.
Latitude and longitude coordinates on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine script tattoo reading For whoever finds Me finds Life, Proverbs 8:35, on the upper shoulder near the collarbone.
Proverbs 8:35 script on a shoulder
Black line tattoo on a forearm reading 'You were meant for amazing things' above an adult elephant with a semicolon on its body and a small calf walking beside it.
Quote and elephants on a forearm
Close-up of a shaved head beside an ear, with the lettering tattoo Leave a Coment Below in black ink across the scalp above the ear.
Text tattoo reading Leave a Coment Below on a shaved head
Small black handwritten tattoo reading PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT on a forearm, with an open hand resting on a white marble surface.
Handwritten quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo forming a leaping rabbit silhouette across a person's upper back, in a lettering style with flowing script.
Rabbit silhouette formed from lettering on a back
Black and grey shaded cross tattoo with cracked-stone detailing and flowing script lettering on the upper thigh.
Shaded cross with script quote on thigh
Two matching conversation heart tattoos on the wrists, one purple reading FIGHT EVIL and one pink reading WIN LOVE.
Matching conversation heart wrist tattoos
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing an axe embedded in a tree stump beside a small animal, with the words K is for Kate beneath it.
K is for Kate with an axe and stump
Realistic portrait tattoo on an upper arm of a long-haired, bearded man grinning with a gold tooth and holding a bat marked montos.
Realistic portrait of a grinning man with a bat
Fine line script tattoo reading bind my wandering heart to thee in black ink across the inner forearm.
Script quote on the inner forearm
Black ink hand-lettered design of a phrase on tan kraft paper, with no skin or body placement shown.
Hand-lettered phrase on kraft paper
Black and white flash design of two eyes with diamond-cut irises, dripping tears and the words Cover Your Crystal Eyes, with no body placement shown.
Crystal eyes with tears and lettering
Close photograph of the phrase Lights will guide you home in black cursive script across the inside of a forearm.
Script quote reading Lights will guide you home
Small black fine line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the upper arm of a person in a swimsuit.
Coordinates tattoo on the upper arm
Black fine-lettering text tattoo across the lower back of a woman in a beaded top and jeans, shown from behind.
Small text tattoo on lower back
Black script lettering reading Love Fearlessly on the neck behind the ear, photographed from behind a person with hair in a bun.
Love Fearlessly script behind the ear
Small typewriter-style lettering reading MADE IN BRASIL in dark red ink on the inside of a person's ankle.
Made in Brasil text on ankle
Dark script lettering reading "Not all those who wander are lost" on the outer thigh, with a denim shirt pulled up beside it.
Script quote tattoo on the thigh
Black script lettering tattoo of a quotation running diagonally along a forearm, with a larger flowing opening line and smaller text below.
Script quote along a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Real or Not Real? on the inner wrist, shown in lettering style.
Real or Not Real script on a wrist
Fine line black script reading we're all mad here running along the inner forearm of a pale arm against a light background.
We're all mad here script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow across the inner forearm and wrist, shown against grey tarmac.
Script quote on a wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering of a reader quote tattooed along the inside of a forearm, set in a stacked block of text.
Reader quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo across the lower back of a person wearing black leggings with white XO logos.
Script tattoo on lower back
Black and grey photo of a script lettering tattoo reading We're simply meant to be on the inner wrist and forearm.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black and grey knuckle tattoos spelling STAY REAL in plain block lettering across two clenched fists, with tattooed forearms visible at the sides.
STAY REAL knuckle lettering
Close-up of a wrist with a lettering design reading I'm With Courtney's 21st Birthday Party, If I'm Lost, Please Buy Me A Drink, beside a small red martini glass, in a typewriter-style font.
21st birthday quote and cocktail glass on wrist
Two traditional-style forearm tattoos: a red flower vase with the words Oh No, Not again and Don't, and a grey whale with the words I wonder if it'll be friends with me and Panic.
Vase and whale forearm pair with quotes
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a crying woman's profile inside a circle, with the words LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES below.
Crying woman profile in a circle with text
Black serif lettering of a two-line poetic quote tattooed across the upper back, shown in a lettering style.
Two-line quote across upper back
Black typewriter text reading I'm With Lauren's Bachelorette Party and a red lips print on a forearm, styled as a temporary tattoo.
Bachelorette party temporary tattoo on forearm
Black and grey script tattoos on a foot, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading Maybe in distance, but never in heart, each with a small shaded heart.
Script quotes with hearts on a foot
Two matching small black text tattoos of latitude and longitude coordinates sit on the hips of two people wearing bikini bottoms.
Matching coordinate tattoos on the hips
Small black Roman numeral tattoo reading XII XVIII XCVI on the ribs of a woman wearing a black top and floral skirt, in Lettering style.
Roman numerals on the ribs
Fine line black ink tattoo of a cartoon creature above the line 'A person's a person, no matter how small' on the lower back.
Cartoon creature and quote on the lower back
Close view of two clasped hands with the word ALWAYS tattooed in black capitals along one finger on each hand, in a lettering style.
ALWAYS lettering on two fingers
Colour realism tattoo of bacon strips inside a black and grey ornate frame with a banner reading I have no regrets, on an upper arm.
Realistic bacon strips with banner on upper arm