Text tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Traditional style tattoo of a pink heart wrapped in rope and entwined with an anchor and a rose, with curved text reading Sons are the anchors of a mother's heart, on the side of the torso.
Anchor and heart with quote on the side
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a handwritten script across a person's ribs, on skin with an orange garment at the edges.
Four-line quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a line of text on the inner forearm, flanked by a moth motif on each side.
Quote with moths on a forearm
Black fine line lettering of latitude and longitude coordinates on the upper arm of a person in a bikini top, with a blurred sea behind.
Coordinates tattoo on upper arm
Two forearms with matching fine line script tattoos, the upper one reading Together forever, never apart and the lower one reading maybe in distance but never in heart with a small red heart.
Paired script quote tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey script lettering reading I move the stars for no one, placed across the upper back below the neck.
Script quote tattoo across upper back
Black sans-serif lettering tattoo reading 'Happiness only real when shared' across the upper arm, with a grey sleeve visible at the top of the frame.
Quote tattoo reading 'Happiness only real when shared'
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading ; my story isn't over in a simple lowercase sans serif on the side of a foot.
Semicolon quote on the side of a foot
Black script lettering reading 'There is a light that never goes out' across the upper back, shown in two photos.
Script quote tattoo across upper back
Black and grey photo of a Hebrew lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a bold black wavy line rising to an arrowhead above the text.
Hebrew lettering with a wavy line on the wrist
Two people seen from behind with matching shoulder tattoos: a knotwork crescent moon in grey and blue on the left, and a pink-shaded celtic knot medallion on the right, each with lettering around it.
Crescent moon and celtic knot tattoos on shoulders
Fine line black script quote tattoos on the tops of two feet, reading for them I'd risk it all and because of her I will not fall.
Script quote tattoos on two feet
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on pale skin reading Find what you love and Let it kill you, with an ampersand between the lines.
Script quote tattoo, Find what you love
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded anchor wrapped in rope, with the script words Refuse to sink across it, on a lower leg.
Anchor with Refuse to sink script on a calf
Black and white photo of a bare foot with a verse from Psalm 23:6 in black script lettering across the top of the foot.
Psalm 23:6 script on the top of a foot
Black block lettering on the inner wrist reads 'Destroy what destroys you', a lettering tattoo on the forearm beside a grey knit sleeve.
Destroy what destroys you lettering on a wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering on the inner upper arm reads Don't lose yourself in your fear.
Quote in typewriter lettering on upper arm
Cartoon tattoo of two googly-eyed flies and a wooden FREE FOOD sign with red edging, placed on the lower abdomen near the navel.
Two flies and a Free Food sign on the abdomen
Black fine line script lettering reading The struggle is part of the story, tattooed on a section of skin in a close-up photo.
Script quote reading The struggle is part of the story
Close photo of the word "breathe." tattooed in a typewriter-style font in black ink across the inner wrist of a hand.
Breathe lettering on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading don't panic on the inner forearm, with a blurred metro carriage and passenger in the background.
Don't panic lettering on inner forearm
Black outline tattoo of three periodic table element boxes spelling THINK, with Th, In and K symbols, on a person's back.
THINK spelt in periodic table element tiles
Fine line tattoo of an airmail envelope with a red heart and swirls above, and a blue banner reading curiosities and delights, on an upper arm.
Airmail envelope with curiosities and delights banner
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Fear is the mind-killer across the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a close photograph.
Quote reading Fear is the mind-killer on a wrist
Two photos of black script lettering tattoos on skin, one reading together forever, never apart and the other reading maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Two script quote tattoos on skin
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a matchbook with a row of matches and the script words I burn for you on a forearm.
Matchbook with 'I burn for you' on a forearm
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail on a forearm, with the words NEVER LOSE YOUR VOICE in black lettering above and below.
Mermaid and lettering on a forearm
Black handwritten script on a white background reading go where you feel the most alive, a lettering design in a Lettering style.
Go where you feel the most alive lettering
Three photos of fine line black ink tattoos: '1 of 3' with lines on a forearm, arrows with '2 of 3' on a forearm, and '3 of 3' with an arrow on the upper back.
Numbered 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3 arrow tattoos
Black and grey script lettering tattoo running along a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote on a forearm
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading IF NOT NOW WHEN? in blocky capitals across the inner wrist and hand.
If not now when lettering on the wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a scowling cat in a gold frame with a banner reading No, on the thigh.
Grumpy cat in gold frame on thigh
Fine red script lettering reading Mischief Managed across the top of a foot in a black studded high heel, Lettering style, placed on the foot.
Script lettering on the top of a foot
Two-panel photo of black script lettering reading "I'm fine" on the lower leg and "save me" on the ankle and calf, in lettering style.
Script words "I'm fine" and "save me" on legs
Black outline heart tattoo made from the words unity, hope, faith and love, placed on an ankle in a lettering style.
Word heart tattoo on an ankle
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading This is not for you on the inner wrist, with the word you in red.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the shoulder blade showing a Dalek, a red rose with a blue crystal, and a banner reading BADWOLF.
Dalek, rose and BADWOLF banner on a shoulder
Black fine line script reading breathe in, breathe out, move on on the inner wrist, set against a hessian background.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Close crop of a person in a navy swimsuit showing small cherry tattoos in red and green and black NO BIG lettering on the upper arm.
Cherries and NO BIG lettering on an upper arm
Temporary lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading I Belong With Emme's Bachelorette party, If Found Please Buy Me A Drink, with pink and red lips, in a lettering style.
Bachelorette party temporary tattoo on wrist
Blue handwritten lettering tattoo across the upper back reading how your body still remembers things you told it to forget.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Fine black lettering reading la vie est belle on the upper arm of a person wearing a pineapple print top.
La vie est belle lettering on the upper arm
Black and grey shaded feather quill with a pen nib and a line of small text beneath it, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feather quill and quote on upper back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading so say we all across the inside of a wrist.
Typewriter lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading 'This above all; To thine own self be true' across a person's upper thigh, with dark clothing held beside it.
Script quote tattoo on thigh
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading psalm 46:5 across the inner wrist and lower forearm, cut off at the right edge of the frame.
Psalm 46:5 script on a wrist
Two people stand side by side showing script lettering tattoos on their ribs, one reading Every sinner has a past and the other Every saint has a past.
Matching quote tattoos on the ribs
Black and white photo of a small swallow silhouette above the words 'this too shall pass' in fine script tattooed on the inner forearm.
Bird and script quote on a forearm