Tattoo fonts are the lettering styles tattoo artists use for names, dates and short quotes on skin. The best known is Old English blackletter, but this page also includes flowing Chicano scripts, traditional sailor-style lettering, tribal designs and ornate scripts with long swashes. Beyond tattoos, the same fonts are popular for streetwear, barbershop and tattoo studio branding, band merch and album covers. Look at Sailor's Fat Tattoo Script, Brother Tattoo, Tribal Two, Gothic Flames and Blackletter Shadow. Before you get inked, type the exact words in the preview box, print them at real size and check letters that are easy to confuse, such as u and n in blackletter. A tattoo artist will usually redraw the lettering to fit the placement.
