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The lettering styles behind most tattoos

Three styles cover most text tattoos. Script, the flowing joined letters often used for names and short words. Blackletter, the heavy Old English style that dominates chest and stomach pieces. And typewriter, the plain fixed width letters that suit dates and fine line quotes. You can compare all three above with your own words.

One opinion from looking at a lot of name tattoos: people regret thin script far more often than they regret blackletter. Thin lines blur; bold ones age.

A screen preview is a starting point. Thin strokes in script lettering spread under the skin over the years, so artists thicken them and add space between letters. Blackletter needs more room than you would expect to stay readable. Print your favorite at the real size, tape it where the tattoo will go, and look at it for a day before you commit.

For names, the name style page and the names in cursive pages are good next stops. For dates, the number fonts page has styled digits.

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