Text tattoo ideas

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Black fine line script lettering reading 'the Lord's' runs along a forearm against a soft-focus green background.
Script lettering on a forearm
Close photo of a small black block-lettered word tattooed on the inner wrist of a forearm, with a printed page below.
Small block lettering on the inner wrist
Close-up of a black handwritten-style lettering tattoo on skin reading a quote followed by the attribution Jon Bovi.
Handwritten quote tattoo in black ink
Black fine line tattoo of a copyright symbol followed by the year 1981, placed on the outer ankle and heel of a light skinned person.
Copyright symbol and 1981 on an ankle
Black line design of an infinity symbol forming a heart, with a heartbeat line, a date and the words Until I see you again.
Infinity heart with heartbeat line and quote
Black fine serif lettering reading still I rise across the inner wrist, shown in a dark, softly lit black and grey photograph.
still I rise lettering on a wrist
Black blackwork winged ornament tattoo across the lower back above a grey wrap skirt, with a small line of script on the thigh.
Winged design across lower back
Black lettering tattoo of three lines of uppercase text on a forearm, set against a dark background.
Lyric quote on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading "I am enough" on a person's shoulder, in a sepia-toned photograph.
"I am enough" script on a shoulder
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a tombstone reading WISH YOU WERE HERE with a flower and a leaf at its base, on the upper leg.
Tombstone reading Wish You Were Here
Black script lettering reading "We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy" across a person's upper back, with a partial dark design at the left edge.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of four birds in flight above the script words life is a beautiful struggle, across the ribs.
Birds and script quote on the ribs
Small black handwritten script reading "you are art" on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Handwritten
Close view of a fine line script tattoo reading tempus fugit in dark ink across the upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Tempus fugit script on upper back
Lettering tattoo on the outer thigh reading a quote in black script, flanked by red and blue 3D glasses on the left and a red bow tie on the right.
Quote with 3D glasses and bow tie on a thigh
Black and grey cartoon fairy with a speech bubble reading 'Hey, listen!' tattooed on the neck behind the ear.
Cartoon fairy and speech bubble behind the ear
Black serif lettering reading Fa;th, with the semicolon replacing the i, tattooed on a wrist.
Fa;th lettering on a wrist
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads we are not our failures across the forearm, in a lettering style tattoo.
Quote on forearm in typewriter font
Black capital lettering reading GIRL ALMIGHTY in a plain sans-serif font on the side of a hip, with teal fabric pulled across the skin.
GIRL ALMIGHTY lettering on a hip
Black script lettering reading 'We accept the love we think we deserve' across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Colour Traditional-style tattoo on a calf of a heart wrapped in pink yarn, with two crochet hooks and a yellow banner reading Don't Panic.
Yarn heart with crochet hooks and Don't Panic banner on a
Watercolour-style jigsaw puzzle pieces in red, yellow and teal with the words Define and Normal in black script on a forearm.
Jigsaw pieces with Define Normal lettering
Black fine line cursive script quotation running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Cursive quotation on forearm
Close photo of the words GIRL ALMIGHTY in small black block lettering on the inner upper arm.
Girl Almighty lettering on upper arm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading "I am with you" across the upper arm.
"I am with you" script on an upper arm
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading I was not built to break, placed across the upper chest above a blue and white striped top.
Script quote tattoo across the upper chest
Black script lettering reading 'Those who fly solo Have the strongest wings' across the upper back of a person with short blonde hair.
Script quote tattoo across upper back
Woman seen from behind at a pool edge, with a large black cross and vertical script lettering tattooed across her back, plus a small red cross above.
Cross and script on a back
Black script lettering on the inner upper arm reads Sky above me, Earth below me, Fire within me.
Three-line script quote on inner upper arm
Black lettering reading I run for those who can't sits above two black footprints and a dotted red trail, all tattooed on skin.
Running quote with footprints on skin
Design reading YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD, with each letter formed from bones such as ribs, vertebrae and a skull, in white on a black background.
You're Already Dead bone lettering
Black lettering reading Here comes the sun in a typewriter style serif, tattooed on the side of the ribs, with a striped bandeau top and a braid visible.
Here comes the sun lettering on ribs
Two hands with matching black lettering reading 5:1:13 on the ring fingers, in a fine, typewriter-style font.
Matching number tattoos on ring fingers
Black script lettering reading i am not afraid to walk this world alone, tattooed across the inner wrist and forearm of a hand held up against greenery.
Quote tattoo along the inner wrist
Black serif lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading we all have scars and we all have stories, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo reading we all have scars
Two fingers with matching black script tattoos reading til my dying day, shown in a lettering style on the hand.
Til my dying day script on fingers
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading 'you're going to have to save yourself' across the upper back, with dark hair pulled up behind the neck.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Black script lettering reading nil gach uile fhanai caillte in two lines across a woman's upper back near the shoulder.
Script lettering across upper back
Black ink tattoo of two paw prints, an infinity loop and a small outlined heart, with a line of Czech text, on the inner forearm.
Paw prints, infinity and heart on the wrist
Black brush lettering design reading take the risk, in a loose script style on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Take the risk brush lettering design
Black script lettering reading God Gives His Toughest Battles To His Strongest Soldiers, tattooed in lettering style across the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black linework design of the letters G, a greater-than sign, a caret and a V above a horizontal rule, with the words God is greater than the highs and lows in italic script beneath.
God is greater than the highs and lows lettering
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth' on an upper arm, in black and grey.
Quote tattoo on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a small stylised craft on the top of a foot, with the words still flying in script beside it.
Still flying script and small craft on foot
Colourful traditional tattoo of a woman's profile with a shaved patch and curly blonde hair, beside candy hearts on the ribs.
Woman's profile and candy hearts on ribs
Fine line tattoo of a colour swatch card labelled TATTONE 5K1 N on the inner wrist, in black ink on pale skin.
Colour swatch card on the wrist
Woman seen from behind with a small black fine line script tattoo on her upper back, wearing a white open-back vest and pastel tie-dye denim shorts.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads have courage and be kind, running diagonally across a forearm in a lettering tattoo.
Have courage and be kind across a forearm