Tattoo Lettering - the reasons for its popularity, location, features and funky designs

The meaning of the term

The word "lettering" ("lettering", "drawing of letters" from English) refers to any typographic decorative solutions. This word came to the tattoo art from the printing industry and typographic environment. Publishers, designers, typographers, programmers, artists - all of them work with lettering, in one way or another.

Many people today want to score tattoos in the style of lettering, because it is very aesthetically pleasing and has a meaning that is important to the owner of the image. What can be hammered in the texts:

• quotes from great people, philosophers, leaders and their personal authorities;
• Excerpts from poems, books;
• magical spells, amulets;
• prayers, mantras, sacred words;
• code words signifying status, a cipher in a particular group;
• simply a decorative pattern imitating letters, sigils;
• names and initials of children, parents, loved ones;
• personal slogans, mottos, life creeds.

The sigils are practically analog of a magical sign, they symbolize the intention at the moment of the magical act. You can encrypt in the sigillas your deepest desire or your dream, the main thing is that this combination of letters looks unobvious to others' eyes.

People who tattoo inscriptions of different meanings are not different from others. But they often want to reflect their personal credo in this form. And the aesthetics of the lettering adds embellishment to the body part and just pleases the eye with its calligraphic execution.

Places for Lettering Tattoo

Where will look good with such a tattoo? In general, there are no restrictions - as in the case with any other type of tattoo, texts can be placed on any part of the body, it would be a desire and a good idea. The main criterion is aesthetics. It is also important how accessible the text is to the eye of the wearer or a bystander.

Determine the place of application will help the master, who distinguishes the specifics of different types of drawings. Most often lettering is applied:

• on the back (especially large texts);
• On the forearm, wrist;
• The entire length of the hand;
• on the ankle;
• on the shoulder;
• on the neck, collarbones;
• One of the trends in recent years - texts on the face, but this option is questionable because of the specifics of the place.

The inscription is most often done in black or gray, less often - multicolored. The text can also be supplemented with decorative elements, plant ornaments, various details.

Peculiarities of the excise

It is important to discuss with the master all the details and style of the future sketch. The tattoo should look aesthetically pleasing and convey the originally conceived meaning.

Text can be in any language: mother tongue, Russian, English, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit and Hindi, Arabic, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, French, Latin and so on.

Depending on the language, the font parameters are chosen. Hieroglyphs are used for Oriental languages, and ideogram drawings for symbolic languages (as in the case of Egyptian). Accordingly, they take Slavic script, Gothic script for Latin or European languages.

An interesting advantage of such a drawing is the uniqueness of the image, which can take into account the play of muscles, the peculiarities of anatomy. To supplement lettering is definitely worth the original graphic details, artistically shading the main text.

Creation of the sketch should take into account all the wishes of the customer:

• it is important to remember about the required font size and slant;
• The inscription is applied to the full width of the back or placed compactly, in a rosette;
• the words are printed separately, as in books, but a linked picture of the phrase can be created;
• it is worth paying attention to the thickness of the line, it gives the inscription either brutality or lightness, airiness - you can achieve any effect;
• Color scheme - the standard solution would be black text, but you can shade the tattoo with colored shadows and a drawing.

Tip: Do not be limited to ready-made templates or a simple inscription in the line. An experienced artist will be able to come up with a more interesting version together with the customer, taking into account the play of light and shadow on the skin and muscles, will prompt an original solution. He will take into account the character of the wearer and his preferences. And the final choice of font and text is up to you!

Electronic sketch design

For the most accurate depiction of the desired composition, you can use technical means. There is no need to pore over the drawing by hand, if the computer has a set of fonts. You can open Word and experiment with the size of the typeface, font options. The font collection is in the Fonts directory.

Once you've decided on your preferences, you can show your sketch to the master by printing it out. Another way to "try on" a tattoo beforehand: print the image on a transparent film and cut it out, then glue it on the body and think how such a workpiece looks. In any case this method will help to insure against mistakes.

Entrust your desires to the master - he will help you to navigate in the world of a variety of fonts and will create for you the best variant of lettering on the body.

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