Tattoo Lettering Designs

Tattoo lettering design is the practice of inking the body with a word or phrase whose power and meaning can stand independently or can be incorporated with a picture to capture a deeper, more complex meaning. Using a tattoo lettering design for your next tattoo is a definitive way to identify and communicate your convictions, loves, hopes, values, faults, loved ones, fears, triumphs, curiosities, and religious beliefs.

When thinking of your lettering tattoo design, there are a couple of key steps to remember.

1) Choose something that has meaning to you! Inspirational and popular words and phrases in English can be found in many different ways. There may be a specific quote or song lyric that rings true to you or perhaps you are tied to idea of having a loved one’s name written on your body. Either way, once you know what you want to say there are a couple of things you can do with the words themselves. To figure out what style is more you. It is recommended to look at some design ideas first. Remember a tattoo is forever. Make sure your tattoo is exactly what, where, and how you want it to look. 

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2) Take into account the style of tattoo lettering or language you want the tattoo presented in. For those who know the tattoo lettering will be in English, this means choosing a font that enhances theword or phrase. There are thousands of tattoo lettering ideas to choose from that range from more traditional Old English styles to more modern graffiti techniques. The process for finding a font is fairly painless. Some of our favorite lettering design compilations of ancient and modern writing scripts can be found at countless websites. A good site will ask you to simply choose a font that appeals to you, type in the word or phrase, decide on a size, and then print out your tattoo lettering. The benefits to this picking and choosing process are great, and even more importantly is the fact that you can print out your tattoo lettering design and bring it to your tattoo artist.

For others who desire their lettering to reveal more complexity, culture or mystery, there are other options. Our Latin-based English alphabet is limited to only twenty-six letters which may feel stifling and too self explicit to some. In which case, turn to sites that contain the reliable language converter or translator and redeem your word or phrase in the language of your choice.

Your choice of language or character representation should also be meaningful or represent a cultural connection that is important to you. TattooMeNow offers a huge of languages, characters and language symbols in their free language converter. Languages that do not use the Latin based alphabet and are popular ideas for tattoo lettering are: Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Tibetan and ancient Sanskrit. Gaining more popularity recently is the art of binary and barcode tattooing. This entails using a numerical system to represent your word or phrase and keeps the meaning of your words more secretive and disguised.

3) Another aspect to consider in tattoo lettering is the size of your wording. Depending on the font or language you choose will directly relate to the size of your letters. Many single words and names have been found in large fonts on the upper backs of both men and women in font sizes of 100 or larger. Once again, the font itself, along with body placement and body type, will dictate the size of your tattoo lettering.

 4) Deciding on body placement of the tattoo may be the easiest part of the process or the most difficult. Many times it comes down to the size of the tattoo lettering and the level of visibility you prefer that help in deciding the tattoo body location. For women, sex appeal is a large consideration for tattoo placement which is why the lower back region and wrist area are common recommendations. Staying away from skin that will sag with age is good advice, as the lettering becomes illegible after time, and rather unsightly. Lettering can also be commonly found on ankles and the shoulder blades of our female companions. Popular spots for men are the stomach, the chest and the upper back.

 Your tattoo lettering is an expression of who you are and what you believe in. Whether you are a newcomer in the realm of tattoo decision making or a veteran with symbols and words of days gone by, you want the importance of what you say and how you say it to resonate with every letter, every symbol and every character.