Text tattoo ideas

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

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Small black fine line lettering reading 221B on the lower leg just above the ankle, with a white sock and black canvas trainer below.
221B numerals on the lower leg
Calvin and Hobbes tattoo on an upper arm, with the boy and tiger lying in grass beside a dark tree and the words I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.
Calvin and Hobbes quote on upper arm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading I refuse to sink with a small anchor, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a lace top and dark jeans.
I refuse to sink script with anchor on forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading "Hodor," said Hodor. in a typewriter-style font across the side of a foot near the ankle.
Quote tattoo in typewriter lettering on a foot
Black fine line script tattoo reading This too shall pass across the upper chest of a person wearing a low-cut dark top.
This too shall pass script on upper chest
Black fine line script tattoo of the words the will to live will always outweigh the ability to die, across the ribs.
Handwritten quote along the ribs
Small black lettering reading Jeremiah 29:11 with a small cross beside it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Jeremiah 29:11 and cross on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo in flowing script reading I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, running along a woman's collarbone toward the shoulder.
Script quote along the collarbone
Close photo of the words BOYS DANCE TOO in orange, yellow and red block lettering on a man's upper arm, worn with a white vest top.
Boys Dance Too lettering on an upper arm
Small black fine line lettering reading mind above matter, with a curved line between the words, on a wrist.
Mind and matter wording on a wrist
Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo reading PROVERBS 31:25 running vertically on the outer ankle, with a flip flop on the foot.
Proverbs 31:25 lettering on an ankle
Black script tattoo reading one step at a time with a small outlined heart, on the top of a foot with red painted toenails.
One step at a time script on a foot
Black lettering on a forearm reading LOVE above a horizontal line with IS THE ANSWER beneath it, in a simple lettering style.
LOVE is the answer lettering on a forearm
Close photo of dark Hebrew lettering tattooed across the back of a hand, with a silver band ring resting on the knuckle above it.
Hebrew lettering across the back of a hand
Black outline lettering tattoo of the word OVERSKÅG inside a rounded capsule shape, placed on the top of a bare foot.
Overskåg word tattoo on top of a foot
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in stacked lines along the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Black lettering on the inner forearm reads 'and the rest is rust and stardust' in a typewriter-style font, with a beaded bracelet at the wrist.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a radio tower with a red heart, lightning bolts and a city silhouette inside a ring of lettering reading Do What You Love and Love What You Do, with the
Radio tower and heart with Do What You Love text
Black lettering tattoos reading 'Too weird to live' and 'Too rare to die', with small bat outlines, on the backs of two thighs above denim cut-off shorts.
Quote lettering across both thighs
Black and grey tattoo of a ribbon banner with the words I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, surrounded by footprints, on skin.
Ribbon banner with footprints
Black block lettering reading TRUST NO ONE on the inner forearm, beside a woven bracelet and the back of a hand.
Trust no one lettering on a forearm
Black ink fine line tattoo of Winnie the Pooh holding a balloon beside a handwritten quote about being different, shown on skin.
Winnie the Pooh with balloon and quote
Small black lettering reading HE>i on the inner wrist of a raised hand, in a simple lettering style.
Small HE>i lettering on a wrist
Black line drawing of a frowning face made from two dots, a curved mouth line and two dots, with the words 'you decide.' beneath it, on a white background.
Frowning smiley face with 'you decide' text
Vertical Hebrew lettering tattoo in dark ink on the back of a person's neck, with the head turned away from the camera.
Vertical Hebrew script on the back of the neck
Fine line black script lettering reading tomorrow we will run faster, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the side ribs
Black lettering reading </head> and <body> in a plain sans-serif font on the back of a neck, with a khaki cap above.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading hand wash warm water, mild soap, like dry, do not machine dry and do not iron, with four laundry symbols beneath.
Care label text and laundry symbols on upper back
Black arrow design with the words GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME set either side of the shaft in block capitals, with the reference 1 John 4:4 at the base.
Arrow with 'Greater is he that is in me' lettering
Black and grey photograph of a handwritten script quote tattooed on the inner wrist, reading sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
Mark Twain quote on the inner wrist
Fine black script tattoo on a forearm reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books', with an open book behind it.
Book quote script on a forearm
Lettering tattoo on the outer side of a foot, with a bunch of coloured balloons above the words Adventure is out there in black script.
Balloon bunch and quote on a foot
Black fine lettering reading "i am because you were" in a clean sans-serif font across the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Lowercase quote tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo on a person's upper back, a quote in typewriter-style text reading Even the moon, master of the sea, illuminator of the night, has her craters.
Moon quote lettering on upper back
Black fine line script reading Everyday for the rest of our lives, split across two wrists and forearms held together.
Matching script quote on two wrists
Black serif lettering tattooed on the inner forearm reads: We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Blue and purple dandelion with drifting seeds and a black typewriter-style quote, tattooed on a forearm.
Dandelion seeds and quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading a quote across the side of a person's ribs, with a red top at the top of the frame, in a lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Four photos of fine black script lettering tattoos: a quote on the hip, two quotes on the forearms and one on the thigh.
Script quote tattoos on hip, forearms and thigh
Two matching black infinity symbol tattoos made of small lettering, one on each inner wrist.
Matching infinity wrist tattoos
Black script lettering on a white background reading "Put God first and you'll never be last." in flowing, brushed strokes.
Script lettering quote: Put God first
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure, running across the top and side of a foot.
Quote tattoo across the top of a foot
Small black lettering tattoo reading you are art, running diagonally across the skin of an arm, in a Lettering style.
You are art lettering on an arm
Black and grey script lettering reading Money Over Everything across a forearm, with a white cat and a chair in the background.
Money over everything script on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on the chest, reading Dad followed by a four-line quote about remembering and missing someone.
Dad quote in script lettering on chest
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "it's a beautiful day to save lives" in a plain sans-serif font.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black compass rose with the script words Keep a weather eye on the horizon, tattooed on the side of a torso beside a striped bikini.
Compass rose with script on the side of the torso
Black lettering tattoo on the ribs reading 'And though she be but little, she is fierce', set in serif type with an italic word.
Quote tattoo on the ribs