Tattoo Lettering

Having good lettering for your tattoo can make or break your design.  We will take you through some of the most popular fonts and styles that the tattoo nation have been using for hundreds of years and in the more recent years.

Depending on your design will decide which kind of lettering style that you will wish to use for your tattoo.  Another large factor is where the lettering will go in your design and so determine how big the letters will be and whether you need a plainer font or not.  For example if you are using a banner in your tattoo, be careful not to have a very complicated font as the small space for the wording will make it hard to read the text.

Scripted Tattoo Lettering

Of all the lettering styles, scripted is one, if not the most popular form of lettering, it is a firm classic. This lettering has been used throughout the ages for some of the first sailors tattoos (for more nautical tattoo designs see vintage tattoo designs and military tattoo designs).  This font is popular for banners and names as it is a softer font that will never go out of style.

Medieval English Tattoo Lettering  

This heavily serif font is especially favoured for larger scripts tattoo designs and names.  What you must be careful of when using this font, is that it sometimes is hard to read the words especially if the design is small. 

Sans Serif or Plain Tattoo Lettering

Some tattoo designs are purely script, and in that instance you might want to have a plainer font as the most important feature of the design is the words ins elf and you want them to be easy to read.

Graffiti Tattoo Lettering 

In more recent years the graffiti style has become popular.  There are tattoo artists that are now specialising in graffiti style tattoos.  The lettering is more colourful and bit more fun than other lettering styles and is the favourites of surfers and younger tattoo veterans.