After you have taken the time and energy to choose the perfect tattoo image it's time to select the perfect tattoo font to go along with it. Or, perhaps you are opting to have a text only tattoo, such as a word or quote, popular phrase, or favorite song lyrics. Either way, making the right choice in a tattoo font can really add a special touch to the finished tattoo.
When selecting a tattoo font, consider such important things as size and color as well. Determine what type of lettering would look best with your image or for your text design. Some types of lettering to consider are handwriting or calligraphy scripts. Many tattoos use the popular Old English fonts which hold some medieval appeal. Other fonts such as Celtic fonts and graffiti fonts are currently popular choices. Keep in mind that you will have this on your body forever, so choose wisely.
There are many styles of fonts to choose from. A tattoo font can be chosen based upon styles, themes, or even languages. Popular font styles include cursive lettering, stencil, pixel, graffiti, brush, and typewriter. Popular themes include movies, band, braille, symbols, wedding, and tattoo. Popular languages to use in a tattoo font include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Sanskrit, Khmer,and Greek. If none of these fonts appeal to you, you may be able to get your tattoo artist to do a freestyle font, which will be his or her own personal style of lettering. It pays off to ask the artist to see samples of their freestyle lettering, to make certain you are happy with it before it goes on your skin.
Many tattoo websites allow you to generate a font design on their website, choosing from a wide range of fonts, colors, and sizes. One such website is www.fontmeme.com. You can play around with your chosen word or phrase and experiment with all of the options to see what you like the best. Try several different fonts, and play around with size and color options before making your final tattoo font selection.
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