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60 Word Tattoo Ideas That Say It All

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Cozmo Faris is a professional piercer with more than 12 years of experience who teaches for the Association of Professional Piercers.

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If a picture of a fleeting moment is worth a thousand words, a well-worded (and permanent!) tattoo design speaks at the highest volume. Illustrations aren't everyone's cup of tea when it comes to body art. Some are more inclined towards elegant wording and meaningful phrases as tattoos . Plus, simple letter tattoos can be placed in visible areas for daily reminders of sentiment, inspiration, and strength. While there are no rules to body inscriptions—or any body art, for that matter—there are some tips to ensure that you're inking a statement worthy of repeating, over and over again.

"Do your research on other word/phrase tattoos online to see how these look on other people," says tattoo artist, Dillon Forte. "The color of the ink, the length of the word(s), the style of design, and the lettering all determine how it will ultimately look. You may have a phrase you are totally psyched on, but sketched out as a tattoo [it] may be underwhelming."

Keep scrolling for more advice on getting inked with words, plus 60 tattoo ideas.

Meet the Expert

  • Dillon Forte is a professional tattoo artist and the owner of Forte Tattoo in Austin, Texas.
  • Jeremie Lahmi is the founder of tattoo care brand People of Substance .

Clever Case

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Clever placement can create a fun interplay between words, as with influencer and Byrdie contributor Alyssa Coscarelli's "try/not try" ink on opposite forearms . Because the body shifts and changes shape over time, you may want to place your word or phrase tattoo somewhere that's less likely to experience variations due to weight fluctuations or aging.

Side of the Neck Script

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Tiny, fine line tattoos on the side of the neck are hotter than ever thanks to major inspo from Hailey Bieber . We love this dainty, red ink rendition.

Storybook Prose

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Incorporating words into a design can totally change or amplify the meaning. Here, a dessert illustration by Mira Mariah gets a winking nod to Alice in Wonderland with the addition of "eat me."

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The inner wrist and forearm can be a great place for a word or phrase tattoo that you want to serve as a reminder to yourself, rather than a message to others, like this Post Malone lyric inked by the artist Ghinko.

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Word tattoos can also go between the fingers for a truly subtle placement. Due to all the bones in your hands , this can be a more painful place to get inked, so keep that in mind.

Artsy Doodles

We love this casual doodle effect on Zoe Kravitz's wrist and hand. The different words and symbols may or may not be connected or particularly meaningful, but they give off a cool, nonchalant vibe.

Consider the inner wrists and ankles as safe bets for word tattoos. They will also allow you to read them on a daily basis, which is sort of the point.

Behind the Ear Script

Tuck a word or phrase behind the ear, like with this elegant script by artist Joanna M. Roman. "I think the number one rule [of word tattoos] is to think of something that’s meaningful to you and will survive time (i.e. I strongly discourage your partner's name)," says Jeremie Lahmi, the founder of tattoo care brand People of Substance .

Inner Arm Script

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If you want your ink to be visible to others, aim to make it readable from at least 10 inches away. The letters should be large enough so that as your skin changes, sags, or shifts, your tattoo is still easy to read and resembles a word rather than a blob of ink.

Single Letter Glory

You can always go super minimalist with a single meaningful letter, like Selena Gomez has done with the lower-case cursive "g" behind her left ear .

Floral Cursive

Tattoo artist, Ghinko, turns the word here (the client's mother's name) into an elegant stem for a gorgeous flower illustration, giving us another great example of how to weave the words into the design.

Worded Cuff

If the phrase is long enough, you can mimic this unique garter-esque placement that travels around the upper thigh. "If you aren’t sure where to put the tattoo or what the font or style should be, go hang out on some tattoo websites or Instagram for a bit to get inspired," Forte suggests.

One-Word Gothic

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While the edgy scalp placement might not be for everyone, a single word in Gothic font like makeup artist, Mei Pang's, "heartthrob" is high-impact.

Collarbone Crest

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Have a favorite phrase or nickname you'd like to selectively show off? Get it inked along the curve of the collarbone for a sweet spotlight.

Poetry Snippet

Poetry can be a great source of inspiration for timeless word tattoos. This upper thigh ink by Mira Mariah is from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot.

Upper Hip Motto

Keep your tattoo fairly private with a clever upper hip placement. Lettering tattoos are very different from portrait and picture design pieces, so take your time to find an artist that really specializes in the form of art.

Branded Logos

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A word or phrase done in the style of an instantly recognizable brand logo can take it to another level, like this Bang Bang ink that pulls double-duty as an homage to both the city and the magazine.

Vertical Placement

A non-intuitive placement can add interest to a relatively simple tattoo, like this vertical phrase rendered in loose script font. Forte recommends asking your artist for suggestions if you're unsure where to put your tattoo or how to orient it. "Just like with clothing, it comes down to your taste and style," he says.

Handwritten Memento

Add a layer of meaning to a word or phrase tattoo by asking your tattoo artist to mimic the handwriting of a loved one.

Shoulder Blade Stanza

The shoulder blades are prime real estate for a longer quote or a poetry stanza. If you need to go larger in scale, be prepared to either shorten your phrase or change the placement. Nothing is worse than a tattoo that can't be understood, so make sure your words fit and are large enough.

Political Statement

Take a cue from Emma Watson and consider a tattoo that aligns with your political values. The temporary forearm ink that she donned at the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscars Party read, "Time's Up" which is a nod to the movement that supports those who have experienced sexual harassment and discrimination at work.

Iconography

Get the best of both worlds with a gorgeous illustration to accompany your word of choice. This design by Bang Bang Tattoo in NYC uses "soar" to further underscore the meaning of the intricate butterfly.

Music and Lyrics

A unique way to display song lyrics is to get the sheet music for the appropriate bars tattooed onto your body along with the words as the pair did here with, "All You Need is Love."

Split Syllables

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You can split a single word or phrase between body parts, which works especially well here, as the word "pray" is completed when the hands are pressed together in a prayer position.

Save the Date

A year or date can be shorthand for a whole host of memories. Tattoos this small can go just about anywhere on the body.

Inner Ear Ink

The inner ear sure is a unique place for a tattoo (and a pretty painful one, too). Like Miley Cyrus demonstrates with "Love" inked along her cartilage ridge, this location works best for a single word or initials.

Wordy Sleeve

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Words can be beautifully incorporated into a full sleeve among portraits, flowers, and any other designs. We love this bold, classic tattoo font.

Triple Threat

Sometimes the best way to bring the message home is to repeat it three times, like on this empowering tattoo.

Chest Piece Compositions

Similar to a tattoo sleeve, chest pieces can incorporate words and phrases, often in very classic Americana tattoo fonts. This can be a painful area to get inked because the bones in the chest are a bit closer to the surface.

Illustrated Passages

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This is yet another example of a word adding so much depth and meaning to a designed tattoo. For more elaborately illustrated tattoos, the artist's style is extremely important. "Checking out tattoo websites and Instagram accounts is a quick way to vet artists that match your style preferences," Forte tells us.

Behind the Neck Text

The back of the neck is another interesting place for a word tattoo, and if you have long hair, you can pick and choose when to show it off. The downside is that it's tough to see your own ink.

Pages From a Book

This gorgeous design uses old-fashioned book text in an utterly unique way, with a projection style that features a woman's figure. In this case, the words aren't the focus, but they sure do add to the beauty.

Pet Portrait

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Honor a beloved pet with a detailed portrait accompanied by their name. For an accurate likeness, be sure to bring a photo of the subject to your tattoo appointment.

Crossword Lettering

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For an alliterative phrase, try a crossword-style placement that encourages different interpretations. We love the red and black color scheme.

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A bright, glow-in-the-dark ink adds a punky edge to an already funky tattoo. Contrary to popular belief, UV ink is safe to use and just as permanent as the regular kind, creating a finished product suitable for turning heads at a rave.

Floral Font

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A big, bold phrase with a floral design challenges the notion that letter or character tattoos are "boring." Lettering and font tattoos beg for attention to detail. References and "word of mouth" are best for finding a talented tattoo artist, Forte says, so "you can see the actual proof of work and get feedback on the process."

Upper Back Musings

Evan Rachel Wood's curved tattoo is an Edgar Allen Poe quote. "Not every tattoo needs a story, but I’m a strong believer that if there is a particular meaning behind it, it will age better," Lahmi says.

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The spine is a gorgeous, unique placement for font tattoos. Besides pain level, you'll also want to consider sun exposure when deciding where to get inked: "Body areas that tend to be exposed to the sun a lot will fade faster if not properly taken care of," Lahmi says.

Overlapping Designs

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If you're the type to want lots of different tattoos, don't be afraid to experiment with placement that intersects, like this floral design that overlaps the classic faded text.

Rainbow Lettering

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Gradient rainbow lettering is a great example of how you can use color to make a simple script tattoo more playful. Aftercare is essential for keeping ink vivid. "Every artist has their own sets of recommendations, but they all agree that the first few days after getting your tattoo are critical. You should only apply a little ointment for your skin to breathe for the first five to 10 days, and you must avoid the sun for a few weeks," Lahmi advises.

Above the Elbow

A brief, all-caps phrase like Zara Larsson's "lush life" works well above the elbow. The lettering is large enough that you don't need to be up close to read it.

Say It With Love

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A simple cursive message encapsulated by a heart creates a cute play on words with this simple tattoo. Speaking of self-love, "the key to a good looking tattoo throughout time is moisturize, moisturize, moisturize! It's simple but often forgotten," Lahmi says. He recommends the People of Substance Tattoo Art Preservation Stick ($26).

Down the Hand

This is a really unique way to style a hand tattoo, with the letters traveling from the middle of the hand down one finger in a vertical orientation.

Distinctive Cursive

Sometimes you may prioritize an artist's distinctive style over anything else. Mira Mariah of Girl Knew York has an instantly recognizable vibe whether she's inking a brief phrase or a complex line drawing.

Wraparound Wording

The longer the phrase, the more space you will likely need. Shannica Ewart's ink flows elegantly from her chest onto her upper arm and looks beautiful over a strapless neckline.

Matching Text

Matching tattoos with a partner or friend can be risky, but one way to do it well is to choose a phrase or design meaningful (or funny) to you both, rather than getting each other's names. Put it somewhere subtle, like the underside of a finger.

Literary Leanings

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Often the font can signify a deeper message, especially with a short phrase of one or two words. In this case, the artist Doreen Garner took inspiration from a vintage copy of the classic novel Beloved by Toni Morrison .

Mixed Media

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Different styles of lettering are blended into this geometric sleeve design. "If you have a tattoo artist in mind, plan ahead and get a few words or phrases together and work on it together before making a final decision," Forte says.

Foot Symbols

The side of the foot is a great place for a larger tattoo. If you're planning a word or phrase in a language other than your native one, be sure to triple-check your accuracy and ask yourself whether the ink you're planning is culturally appropriative. "I would always check the spelling on words/phrases and check again when the stencil is on," Forte says.

Never-Ending Circle

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Encourage repetition with a circular stick-and-poke that uses a basic text font to create a powerful message.

Crossed Out

Clever cross-outs create the opportunity to read this ink several ways. Word or phrase tattoos can be extremely playful and left up to interpretation by the reader when choosing fun design elements.

Continued Cursive

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For more matching ink inspiration, consider splitting a phrase or quote, like the lyrics to "You Are My Sunshine" seen here, between yourself and your tattoo partner. "Of course never settle and make sure the word or phrase is something of deep meaning and not something you could regret 10 years down the road," Forte notes.

Bracelet Ink

Influencer, Chiara Ferragni's ink (courtesy of tattoo artist, Dr. Woo), reads "Kiss Kill Kiss," which is thought to be a reference to what a rollercoaster it is to be in love. Beyond the message, we can't get enough of her bracelet-like placement, which fits in perfectly with the rest of her arm candy.

Ribcage Reads

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The ribs leave plenty of room if you've got a phrase several lines long or it's an equally divine location for phrasing that's short and sweet. Keep in mind that this can be an especially painful location, depending on your body and your pain tolerance. Anywhere with bones closer to the surface of your skin will likely hurt more during the tattoo process.

Upside-Down

While all tattoos are personal, upside-down ink really sends the message that these words are primarily a reminder to the wearer.

Divided Definitions

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One word—in this case, "fearless"—is divided up by the figure of a woman diving in this beautiful piece by the artist Mani. It's such a clever take on the word tattoo trend, blending illustration and lettering.

Brush Strokes

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Paint-like brush strokes, perfected here, are a unique take on font and lettering, especially with the words overlaid atop one another.

Note to Self

While some choose to argue that tattoos are a message to the world, others have a much more intimate relationship with their ink. We love the sentiment of scattering tiny, personal messages or just one much-needed expression on your skin—to you, from you.

Talk to the Hand

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Short and sweet, back of the hand designs communicate a quiet conviction. With a placement this powerful, few words are needed.

Sentimental Signature

Memorial tattoos traditionally take the form of portraits, but if font is more your style a replica of a loved one's signature makes for a stunning option.

Lettered Numbers

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We can't get enough of this creative design that merges letters and numbers into one. If you have trouble deciding between highlighting a significant number or expressing a meaningful message, this tattoo idea has you covered on all bases.

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70+ Best Tattoo Fonts & Lettering 2024

Many designers now use tattoo lettering fonts to give an artistic hand-drawn look to their designs. In this post, we bring you a set of tattoo fonts you can use with your own design projects to create that same unique effect.

The inconsistent, stylish, and decorative designs of the tattoo fonts help give a personalized look to various types of digital and print designs, including flyers, posters, social media posts, and even greeting cards. It’s a great way to add an authentic feel to your designs to make them look like you’ve hand-crafted it yourself.

We’ve gathered a collection of the best tattoo fonts with all sorts of designs and decorative styles (as well as tips for choosing a tattoo font ). Whether you’re looking for a font to design a creative business card, a poster, or even working on a real tattoo design, you’ll find plenty of choices on this list.

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Chicano – Tattoo Style Font

Chicano - Tattoo Style Font

Chicano is a stylish font that comes with a design inspired by classic tattoo designs. It features a set of characters with creative curves and waves that makes the entire font look quite amazing.

The font also features both uppercase and lowercase letters with lots of ligatures as well as alternates and swashes for the lowercase letters.

Why This Is A Top Pick

The elegant and classical design of this font is the reason why it’s on top of our list. This font can be used in various designs ranging from tattoos to posters, flyers, and more as well.

Fearless – Stylish Tattoo Font

Fearless - Stylish Tattoo Font

Fearless is a unique tribal tattoo-style font for crafting beautiful headings, titles, and logos. It will especially fit in perfectly with crafting signage for salons and barbershops as well as for designing tattoos. The font includes lots of alternate characters too.

Memento – Vintage Serif Tattoo Font

Memento Vintage Serif Tattoo Font

Memento is a vintage serif font with tattoo-style decorative elements. This font includes all-caps letters with an alternate set of characters without decorative elements. The font is perfect for bold logos and heading designs.

Bonwick Weaver – Victorian Era Tattoo Font

Bonwick Weaver - Victorian Era Tattoo Font

Inspired by Victorian-era typography, this unique font comes with a tattoo-style letter design. It has lots of creative ligatures, alternates, and various other extras to help you design attractive typography for your projects.

Hewina – Vintage Tattoo Font

Hewina - Vintage Tattoo Font

Hewina is another vintage tattoo font featuring a Victorian-style letter design. This font is ideal for designing retro and vintage-themed product labels, packaging designs, tattoos, and much more.

Myteri – Free Tattoo Font

Myteri - Free Tattoo Font

This is a free tattoo font for crafting simple tattoo-style typography for your posters, flyers, and badges. It includes creative script-style letters with decorative designs. It’s free for personal use.

Rawuh – Modern Tattoo Font

Rawuh - Modern Tattoo Font

Rawuh is a modern font with tattoo lettering. This font has all the right elements for crafting modern titles and headings with an urban look and feel. It includes uppercase and lowercase letters with multilingual support.

Gatterys – Blackletter Tattoo Font

Gatterys -Blackletter Tattoo Font

Gatterys is a blackletter-style tattoo font featuring a set of handcrafted letters. This font will help you add a personalized look to your designs, especially for labels, tattoos, badges, and signage.

Rools Sling – Creative Tattoo Font

Rools Sling - Creative Tattoo Font

If you’re looking for a creative tattoo font with an elegant look and feel, this font is perfect for your designs. It features letters with beautiful curves and decorative designs. It includes several alternates as well.

Liberok – Blackletter Tattoo Font

Liberok - Blackletter Tattoo Font

Want to design clean and bold titles for posters? Then this tattoo font will help get that job done. It features tattoo-style letters with a clean-cut look. The font is most suitable for designing big titles for posters, flyers, and banners.

Tattoo God – Free Tattoo Font

Tattoo God - Free Tattoo Font

This is a free tattoo font you can use with your personal projects. It comes with a beautiful letter design that’s most suitable for feminine designs, including tattoos, product packaging designs, labels, and more.

Dark Singer – Tattoo Style Font

Dark Singer - Tattoo Style Font

Dark Singer is a distinct, modern font that comes with a tattoo-style letter design. Whether you aim to garnish labeling, movie scenes, posters, concert gigs, album covers, logos, or something similar, this font offers a compelling choice. It comes ready to use and includes OTF, TTF, and WOFF file types.

Salvadors – Modern Tattoo Font

Salvadors - Modern Tattoo Font

Salvadors is an innovative blackletter font with a contemporary twist. Perfect for a broad range of uses, such as graphic design, branding, web design, and even fashion design, it includes uppercase, lowercase, numerals, and an extensive variety of punctuation.

Mife Althar – Blackletter Tattoo Font

Mife Althar - Blackletter Tattoo Font

The Mife Althar is a charming blend of classic and contemporary styles, perfect for adding unique tattoo-style typography to your designs. This handmade Modern Victorian hand lettering offers awesome alternates, carrying an essence of the early 1800s.

Sandoge – Blackletter Tattoo Font

Sandoge - Blackletter Tattoo Font

Sandoge is a striking vintage display typeface, steeped in the traditional Blackletter style commonly found in tattoos. Available in three distinct formats: open type (OTF), true type (TTF), and web font (WOFF), it’s a versatile font, ideal for bringing a historic touch to your creative projects.

Justile – Blackletter Tattoo Font

Justile - Blackletter Tattoo Font

Justile is an exciting font that transforms your text with its tattoo-style appearance. Perfect for multiple uses, from posters to brand materials, it features both upper and lower case characters, numbers, punctuation, ligatures, and more.

Grave Springs – Modern Tattoo Style Font

Grave Springs - Modern Tattoo Style Font

The Grave Springs is a sleek, modern tattoo-style font. It boasts uppercase letters, numerals, and extensive punctuation, with a unique blackletter design ideal for a variety of creations. From poster and web design to branding, illustrations, and shirt design, Grave Springs offers versatility in style and format with both OTF and TTF files available.

DEGRIEF – Vintage Tattoo Font

DEGRIEF - Vintage Tattoo Font

DEGRIEF is a vintage tattoo font that exhibits a unique fusion of vintage style and horror metal. Boasting a high level of detail, it is perfect for those seeking an exquisite and distinct touch for music, poster designs, retro-urban projects, and even for creating a standout brand identity for a tattoo business.

Black Hawks – Tattoo Font

Black Hawks - Tattoo Font

Black Hawks is a striking black letter font inspired by contemporary tattoo styles. Whether it’s for printing logos, signage, barbershop branding, or pub materials, Black Hawks adds a vintage yet modern flair to your projects.

West Borneo – Vintage Tattoo Font

West Borneo - Vintage Tattoo Font

West Borneo is an artistic asset creatively inspired by vintage sign art and lettering. It features unique alternative design characters that imbue your designs with a touch of elegance and artistry. This font is the perfect choice for embellishing logos, packaging designs, headlines, or succinct phrases.

Black Record – Tattoo Style Font

Black Record - Tattoo Style Font

Black Record is a medieval-inspired blackletter font with a distinctive twist. This creative asset, perfect for tattoo studios or band logos, draws the perfect balance between historical and modern aesthetics. It includes both uppercase and lowercase letters, along with numerals, alternates, and ligatures.

Aihet Script – Blackletter Tattoo Font

Aihet Script - Blackletter Tattoo Font

Blackletter lettering design is common among tattoo fonts. This font also comes with a blackletter typeface design but with a look that’s perfect for tattoo art style projects. Especially for crafting vintage labels and badges. The font comes with lots of alternates and ligatures as well.

Acuentre – Vintage Tattoo Font

Acuentre - Vintage Tattoo Font

Acuentre is another elegant tattoo font that comes with a classic vintage design. This font is a great choice for all kinds of tattoo-style designs as well as Victorian-era design projects. The font includes ligatures and ornaments for adding stylistic characters.

Puerto – Playful Tattoo Font

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Wanting a fun and playful tattoo font? Look no further than Puerto. It’s a happy and cheerful typeface suitable for a wide range of purposes including logos, posters, t-shirts, brochures, advertisements, and other branding materials.

Fasigeko – Modern Blackletter Font

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Fasigeko is one of the most authentic and bold tattoo lettering fonts that will help you stand out in your creative endeavors. It comes with alternates, ligatures, multilingual support and a smorgasbord of other super amazing features.

Battom Glory – Free Retro Blackletter Font

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Modeled after the chicano culture and street art, Battom Glory is a free typeface with a bold and unique aesthetic. Its a great option for tattoo designs but also works well for logos, headlines, signage, t-shirts and posters. A gold standard in the world of the best tattoo lettering fonts.

Carpellon – Artistic Tattoo Font

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Next up, we have Carpellon, one of the best tattoo fonts that combine art and beauty and has an aesthetic that is hard to take eyes off. It has a nice curvy design, and comes with ornaments, and alternates, and supports multi-languages.

Starella – Free Tattoo Script Font

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Just as the name suggests, Starellela is a beautiful tattoo script font that comes decorated in starry diamonds in each letter. It also comes in a regular version, offers a range of numbers and symbols, and supports almost all Latin-European languages.

Rajjah Familia – Blackletter Font Family

Rajjah Familia - Blackletter Font Family

This is a family of modern fonts featuring blackletter designs. This font comes with multiple font weights featuring gothic designs inspired by the 17th century. It comes with 4 typefaces featuring light to bold variants.

Santiago – Blackletter Tattoo Font

Santiago - Blackletter Tattoo Font

Santiago is a classic blackletter tattoo font that’s perfect for various signage and label designs. It comes with lots of ornaments for making your design look extra creative and attractive. It includes multilingual support as well.

Justify – Free Layered Tattoo Font

Justify - Layered Tattoo Font

Justify is a beautiful font with a layered a tattoo-style lettering design. This font is free to download and it’s perfect for a simple design project or personal use.

Historic – Tattoo Lettering Font

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Historic is an outstanding tattoo letting font that will really separate your designs from the crowd. It comes with uppercase characters, numerals, punctuation, and multilingual support. Check it out now.

Bad Luck – Tattoo Font

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Back luck is an old-school tattoo font that will help you create standout lettering designs with ease. It’s an excellent contender for your cash, and you must consider adding it to your lettering toolkit.

Huntly – Blackletter Font

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If you’re looking for an incredibly unique and distinct tattoo font, Huntly is right up your alley. Use it to give a stylish, and chic look to your lettering designs.

Aniques – Luxury Tattoo Font

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Aniques is a beautiful tattoo font that exudes luxury, and opulence. Use it confidently to elevate your designs, and be ready to be wowed by the result generated. Don’t hesitate to take this amazing typeface for a spin.

Othelie – Gothic Tattoo Font

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Othelie is a bold and beautiful tattoo font sporting an eye-catching gothic style. It’s a perfect typeface fora. variety of projects including logos, labels, headings, posters, flyers. banners, and more.

Alevattros – Cursive Tattoo Font

Alevattros - Cursive Tattoo Font

Alevattros is a creative tattoo font that comes with a cursive script layout. This font is perfect for designing modern signage, labels, and even logos. The font includes alternate characters, ligatures, and multilingual support.

Hornbuckle – Vintage Tattoo Font

Hornbuckle - Vintage Tattoo Font

This vintage-style tattoo font features lots of alternative characters and extras. It’s ideal for crafting labels, especially for classic drink and beer brands. The font also includes glyphs and multilingual support as well.

Carlos Barker – Vintage Victorian Font

Carlos Barker - Vintage Victorian Font

Another modern tattoo-style font featuring a vintage Victorian-era themed design. This font is perfect for all kinds of vintage design projects. It comes with plenty of ligatures, alternate characters, and international characters.

Young Heart – Free Tattoo Font

Young Heart - Free Tattoo Font

Young Heart is a beautiful tattoo font you can use for free with personal and commercial projects. It comes with both uppercase and lowercase letters as well as all punctuation and symbols.

Afterkilly – Free Blackletter Tattoo Font

Afterkilly - Free Blackletter Tattoo Font

Another free blackletter font you can use with your personal projects. This font comes with a unique design that’s ideal for making posters and labels. It also includes uppercase and lowercase letters.

Dayles – Script Tattoo Font

Dayles - Script Tattoo Font

This modern tattoo font features a script-style lettering design that will allow you to create more stylish designs for creative projects as well as professional designs, including tattoos. It includes uppercase and lowercase letters with swashes, ligatures, and more.

Familia – Tattoo Lettering Font

Familia - Tattoo Lettering Font

Familia is a font made specifically for crafting tattoo designs. Of course, you can use it to make other types of designs as well. The font comes in OpenType and TrueType versions as well as with lots of stylistic alternates and swashes.

American Traditional – Tattoo Font

American Traditional - Tattoo Font

This beautiful and minimalist tattoo font features a creative design inspired by traditional American tattoos, which will add an extra unique touch to your designs. All of the letters in this font are hand-crafted and comes in 2 weights.

Black Jack – Script and Serif Tattoo Font

Black Jack Script and Serif

Black Jack is a modern vintage font that comes with a stylish tattoo inspired design. It has a bold attractive look that will make the text on your designs look like a label from an old packaging. The font also includes 400 glyphs and alternate characters as well.

Gibrael – Tattoo Script Font

Gibrael - Tattoo Font

Gibrael is a tattoo script font with an artistic handwritten design. This font is perfect for designing greeting cards, logos, and even business cards. It comes with 600 glyphs and lots of alternate characters for creating unique designs of your own.

Logawa – Free Script Tattoo Font

Logawa - Free Script Tattoo Font

Logawa is a modern script-style tattoo font you can use to craft creative tattoos as well as various other designs. The font comes in 4 different styles and it’s available in TrueType and OpenType formats.

Millennium – Free Blackletter Typeface

Millennium - Free Blackletter Typeface

Millennium is a modern blackletter font you can also use as a tattoo font to create futuristic designs. The font comes with uppercase and lowercase letters as well as lots of symbols.

Psalta – Tattoo Font

Psalta - Tattoo Font

Psalta is a tattoo style blackletter font that features a narrow design for creating stylish titles and headlines in your posters, flyers, and T-shirt designs. The font includes several weights that let you choose from hairline thin to heavy bold. As a bonus, you’ll also get a Cyrillic character set and Ornamental weight versions of the font.

inuTattoo Script – Tattoo Font

inuTattoo Script - Tattoo Font

Just as the name suggests, this font also comes with a design that’s inspired by the popular swirl tattoo designs. The font includes both uppercase and lowercase letters with numbers and symbols. You can use the font to design posters, flyers, and greeting cards.

Wildcats – Vintage Tattoo Font

Wildcats - Vintage Tattoo Font

Wildcats is a vintage calligraphy style tattoo font you can use to craft titles in your posters, flyers, badges, labels, and more. The font comes with multilingual support for 17 different languages along with 453 glyphs and lots of alternate characters.

If you’re looking to merchandise your tattoo artwork or lettering, you could try trendy option, turning your designs into stickers, patches, and pins! If you are a designer and want to start your own business, then we’d recommend using a custom service — a site like gs-jj.com , enamelpins.com , or customsticker.com , which have their own factories. The advantage of working directly with the factory is that you will get the lowest price compared to the middleman. You can upload your artwork, and turn it into whatever product meets your needs.

La Forest – Tattoo Font

La Forest - Tattoo Font

Featuring a retro design the La Forest font comes with a creative design that will make your designs stand out from the crowd. The font includes 4 different styles, including regular, grunge, inline, and inline grunge.

Goliath – Tattoo Style Display Font

Goliath - Tattoo Style Display Font

Goliath is another unique retro tattoo style font that also comes in 4 different styles. The font is perfect for designing vintage-themed posters, flyers, and even business cards. The stylish decorative design of the font will give a Victorian-era look to your designs as well.

Rowan & Royal – Free Blackletter Tattoo Font

Rowan & Royal - Free Blackletter Tattoo Font

This free blackletter font is also a great choice for integrating a tatoo style title or making a logo for your casual brand. You can use it for free with your personal and commercial projects.

Shanthika – Free Tattoo-Style Script Font

Shanthika - Free Tattoo-Style Script Font

Shanthika is a beautiful free script font that also features an elegant tattoo-like character design. It’s ideal for designing minimal tattoo-style designs for modern brands.

Moyers – Vintage Tattoo Font

Moyers - Vintage Tattoo Font

Moyers is a tattoo font that comes with a vintage design. It features an artistic design with decorative lines and edges to help you create unique and attractive titles, headers, and text in posters, T-shirt designs, and labels.

Star – Creative Tattoo Font

Star - Creative Tattoo Font

This creative tattoo font comes in 8 different styles, including grunge, inline, and bold versions of the font. It features a unique retro design that will remind you of film posters from the 1930s. Which makes it perfect for vintage-themed design projects.

Sandreas – Retro Tattoo Font

Sandreas - Retro Tattoo Font

This font has the look and feel of a classic vintage font right out of the 1950s. It’s suitable for all kinds of design works, including label designs, packaging, badges, and posters. The font will make your design look one of a kind.

Glaive – Modern Tattoo Font

Glaive - Modern Tattoo Font

Glaive is a modern display font that features many characteristics of a tattoo font, including decorative edges and a bold design. The font includes all-uppercase letters, numbers, and lots of alternate characters.

De Arloy – New Art Tattoo Font

De Arloy - New Art Tattoo Font

De Arloy is a vintage art nouveau font that also has a tattoo style elements in its design. The font features a design inspired by the signs and posters from the 1890-1910s. It includes uppercase and lowercase letters as well as ligatures and alternates.

Ropstone – Free Tattoo Blackletter Font

Ropstone - Free Tattoo Blackletter Font

This creative free blackletter font features a tattoo-style design that allows you to create various title and label designs. The font includes both uppercase and lowercase letters as well.

Arlington – Free Layered Tattoo Font

Arlington - Free Layered Tattoo Font

Arlington is a vintage-themed tattoo font that comes with a design inspired by the Victorian-era. The font is perfect for label and badge designs. It’s free to use with your personal projects.

Flathead – Creative Tattoo Font

Flathead - Creative Tattoo Font

Flathead is a creative serif font that comes with a tattoo inspired design. The font comes in 3 different styles, serif, decorative, and regular. It’s perfect for designing posters, greeting cards, and signage.

Gatsby – ArtDeco Tattoo Font

Gatsby - ArtDeco Tattoo Font

Inspired by the retro elements from the iconic 1925 book, this art deco font comes with a creative design that will give your designs an authentic look. The font features 5 different styles, including grunge, inline, and outline.

The Crow – Vintage Style Tattoo Font

The Crow - Vintage Style Tattoo Font

The Crow is a unique font with a decorative design. It includes 8 different styles of the font featuring grunge, shadow, and inline. The create decorations in each of this font’s letters will make your designs stand out from the crowd.

Sarcastic – Tattoo Font

Sarcastic - Tattoo Font

If you’re looking for a tattoo style font to design a badge, logo, or a label, then this font will come in handy. Sarcastic is a display font that’s been inspired by vintage posters and it has a unique tattoo feel to it as well.

Artzopo – Creative Tattoo Font

Artzopo - Creative Tattoo Font

Artzopo is a creative handmade font that features a design inspired by the 1970s. It includes both uppercase and lowercase letters as well as numbers and punctuations.

Lemonade – Creative Script Tattoo Font

Lemonade - Creative Script Tattoo Font

Lemonade is a script font with a tattoo inspired design that comes with a unique and attractive design. The font is ideal for designing posters, banners, and T-shirts. It includes 5 vintage vector badges in AI and PSD format as a bonus as well.

The Salvador – Retro Tattoo Font

The Salvador - Retro Tattoo Font

The Salvador font has a truly vintage look that will remind you of vintage signage and posters from the old-school movies. The font includes 4 styles: Base, shadow, inline, and dotted inline.

Oatmeal Jack – Creative Font

Oatmeal Jack - Creative Font

This unique font comes with a hand-lettered design that also makes it a great choice for creating tattoo themed posters, headers, and greeting card designs. The font is available in script and serif versions.

Enchanted Land – Serif Decorative Font

Enchanted Land - Serif Decorative Font

This font features many of the characteristics and elements of a creative tattoo style design. It’s perfect for designing titles in your posters, flyers, and even social media posts. It includes lots of ligatures and alternates as well.

Bandito – Script Tattoo Font

tattoo font

Introducing of our new product the name Bandito fonts. Bandito includes uppercase and lowercase letters, numerals, a large range of punctuation and ligatures. All lowercase letters include ending swashes and alternative font.

Ambrosia – Blackletter Font

tattoo font

Ambrosia is a unique, vintage blackletter font with victorian style. This typeface will look truly outstanding in a wide range of contexts.

Avestrava – Tattoo Font

Avestrava Tattoo font

This font is a family of letters from Avestrava. This time the tattoo style is more gothic than Avestrava Regular which tends to be formal. Of course, it will be very suitable for your tattoo studio business, such as for making a logo or tattoo design.

Bradwick – Sailor Tattoo Font

BRADWICK - Sailor Tattoo Font

With vintage-looking, and what tattoo artists use to make a classic retro-looking inking, Bradwick is top-notch font for making one. Suit perfectly for Sailor tattoo theme graphics, poster, movie title, fast food menu, magazine, youtube covers, youtube thumbnails, social media page covers, and so on…

Wave Nautical Tattoo Font

Wave Nautical Font

Love sea shanties? Mermaids? How about retro fonts, or tattoo fonts with a sailor flare? Then you might enjoy this nautical font with a touch of vintage font flare. It’s all caps with two variations: upper case letters are filled and lower case letters have a cut out variation.

5 Tips for Choosing a Tattoo Font

Tattoo fonts are not just fonts made for designing tattoos. They are commonly used in various designs to craft logos, poster titles, labels, and more. These tips will help you find the right font that matches your project.

1. Look for the Curves

Rumble Tattoos - Tattoos Typeface

If there’s one thing common with all tattoo fonts that’s the stylistic curves. Tattoo fonts almost always come in serif style as it allows the designer to go wild with the curves. Mixing those curves with inconsistent character shapes gives birth to a tattoo font.

2. Blackletter Fonts Also Works

Black Cameo font

Tattoo fonts and blackletter fonts have a close relationship in terms of their style of character design. If you want to try a unique approach with your design, you should consider mixing tattoo and blackletter fonts in your design to make it look original and creative. Your client won’t be able to tell the difference.

3. Pick the Right Style

SOUTHSIDE font

While tattoo fonts always stick to serif font type, they come in various styles and themes. For example, there are script style tattoo fonts as well as fonts made inspired by vintage theme design. Depending on the type of design and brand you’re working on, you should think about picking a font with the right style.

4. Script vs Display Tattoo Fonts

Black Angela - Tattoo Font

Since tattoo fonts are rarely used to design body and paragraph text, the most common types of tattoo fonts are script and display. Script style tattoo fonts feature much wider and longer curves while display tattoo fonts have more stylistic serifs. Both styles can be used to design titles and sub-headings in various types of designs.

Vanderink font

Chances are, if you’re looking for a tattoo font, you’re working on a project related to a casual brand or an entertainment-related project. So don’t hold back on creativity. When choosing a font, choose one with a bold design that stands out. In fact, that’s the whole point of using tattoo fonts.

Check out our monogram fonts and hand lettering fonts collections for more tattoo-style font inspiration.

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