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Tattoo lettering

8 messages · last activity 8/14/2006

I want to get a phrase tattooed down the back of my right arm, and i am having a hard time choosing a font. I am leaning towards some Gothic style fonts. if anyone has any suggestions or ideas (links) they could share with me, that would be great. Thank you.
old english dude!
I am interested in getting two 'D's intertwined (representing the first initials of my sons)...I was interested in some kind of Celtic letter design being Irish, and was wondering if anyone had any links they could point me to so I can check out some lettering. Also, I've got 3 tats already, on my shoulder, ankle and hip - someone suggested getting the one that I want over my heart, but it sounds like a painful spot...any opinions? Thanks.
Here's a link that I found, it has only words that people have gotten, but it can at least give you a start or idea: http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/let009.html
when choicing lettering on the back of the arms which is a real cool to work lettering vertically also consider if you have room on both arms. break phases if so, like left and right, sink swim, love hate, first name last name, hells bells, and what not alittle like sailor cemitery of the body works lettering on the back of one arm may appear off keep in mind also size does matter in tattoos if lettering is done too small because of craming to many letters in a given space the letters can crowd and blurr and look like poop. as a former partner of my would say, he said it was more polite then the word shit!! this also goes to show what can be in a word shit and poop are the samething. however shit has letters that are tall and poop has the letters "P" that if done in script would hang down. this also should be taken into consideration what are the letters and how do they affect the given space. another possiblity after care consideration is to modify one's pharsing per area = area detail + balacne + etc = i love lucy or just plain lucy the name. how much room doews the skin really have. so this closes tatmandu tattoo's free tip of the day!!! 24 years of tattooing doesn't make us right it's just advice but after all think about it it was free. feel free to call or email us at karlketchum @yahoo.com or call us at 1 573 334 7101
Gothic is a good choice, but maybe doing your homework on this one may pay off in the long run. There are many font and lettering sites that I've discovered. Won't hurt to take another look before taking that big step. Chris K. in Cleveland
I have been doing some research, just looking at different styles of text for my tattoo i want to get and there are some nice ones on www.dafont.com. This site is also good b/c you can type whatever words you want and it will show it to you in the style you select. Hope this helps. I would also try talking to the individual artists and see what they have to offer. Im sure they have books full of different texts.
I have drawn up a few tatts here lately for some friends with their initials (or kids intitials) intertwined or hidden in the tatt. I would be willing to help you out if you wanted something like no one else had. Not saying you would like what I draw up but we could give it a shot. I could also email some that I have drawn just to give you and idea.