Tattoo fonts - how to choose a sketch of the inscription, style, place of application, beautiful photo ideas

Artistic tattoos in the form of inscriptions are now popular. Within this article, we will look at this type of body art and its features.

The beginning of the choice of a sketch

First, you need to decide on the phrase or word.
Secondly, choose a place to apply the tattoo.

Departing from the two factors, you can already understand the approximate size, and how best to place the phrase, in case it consists of several words. After that you can consider the list of fonts, and choose the one you like.

Basic types of fonts

Nowadays, the different styles of fonts is a crazy amount. It is not easy of this variety to choose a single, suitable. On the Internet, a lot of sites where you can pick up and download the font online.

This is an incredibly convenient function. And, of course, recommend contacting your tattoo artist, especially if you have an idea for a font, but to find a similar do not work.

A good tattoo artist will definitely help you with the sketch, and your tattoo will definitely be individual. Speaking of which, prejudices like, this font is more male and this female, fortunately, are long in the past, so rely on your taste and decide. Consider a few of the most popular styles:

print;
minimalism;
lettering;
calligraphy;
gothic;
graffiti.

Printed style and minimalism

Print font is especially popular with young people lately. The easiest way to pick it up is right in Microsoft Word. Open a new document, write the text you want, and choose a font. Times New Roman style, for example, is more common.

Look at the style, which imitates the font of the old typewriters, the letters are most rounded, small defects are possible. Look inscriptions in this style is very beautiful, regardless of the choice of location of the tattoo.

Minimalism is not much different from print. Letters should be as simple as possible, without squiggles, hats, underlining and other things. Everything should be a minimum. This style of tattoo will also look great anywhere. Most often under such fonts choose places: the forearm, wrist, between the collarbones, neck, ribs, above the kneecaps and ankles.

Lettering

The literal translation of this unusual word is drawing letters. Tattoos in this style always look individual. If you have found a master who designs such sketches himself, then you are in luck. He will take into account all your preferences, and the sketch will be unique.

If you picked up the font online, the tattooist can add artistic and graphic details to the font as you want. You can also pick up the slope of the inscription, the thickness of the lines, the color scheme. The style is suitable for both men and girls. Look good such inscriptions on the body will be in any place because the sketch can be placed as you like, your master tattooist tells you how, it will be better.

Calligraphy

The art of calligraphy appeared quite a long time ago. Tattoos, competently performed in this style, look incredible. The inscriptions are made in absolutely different languages. Most often the choice is made in English, Arabic or Latin.

Calligraphy always looks different because it is the so-called artistic distortion of the text and it is done to make the inscription look aesthetic. It is a handwritten style in the first place, and the handwriting is different, so the inscriptions look different from each other. Place of application: forearm, ribs, thigh.

Gothic

The style is distinguished by the fact that it looks gloomy in general. This style uses rough transitions, breaks, thick jagged lines, sharp ends, and tight lettering.

Gothic used to be beaten mainly by men, but over time this style has become in demand among the fair sex as well. For the application often choose such places as: the forearm, neck, chest, stomach, back.

Graffiti .

Combination of a text and picture. The style of graffiti typeface is not often chosen. More often it is people associated with this street art, or just connoisseurs. Competently from the drawn plus a well-painted sketch always looks good.

Decided to score a tattoo in the style of graffiti, check with the master if he can create a suitable sketch. If you have seen a beautiful graffiti drawing during a walk and you have a desire to capture it on your body, it is enough to take a picture of it and come to the session.

The master can offer some minor corrections or the replacement of the color with a more suitable one, but in general it will not be a problem to transfer such a picture from the photo to the body. The place of application depends on the sketch, often choose the outer part of the forearm, thighs or calves.

Of course, it is simply impossible to tell about all existing fonts, there are too many of them. We have told about the main ones. Each of the styles we've told you about above have offshoots. And all of them at least a little bit, different from each other. You are sure to find the right style. Use the online lookup, consult with the tattoo artist.

Important! If the phrase is not in Russian, make sure you know exactly the correct translation and spelling literacy. And yet, the tattoo can carry a hidden meaning, can motivate you, can remind you of an important event or person, and can carry a humorous nature, in general, anything at all, the main thing that she liked you.