Hello, all – I am new to posting here but have done much searching before starting this thread.
Can anyone recommend to me some ideas for a name tattoo and for fonts that aren’t lame? I am planning a tattoo of my wife’s name on my upper back.
I’ve never been huge into tattoos (I currently have none) and so I confess I am quite ignorant about them. I know I am a bit bored by the Olde English type fonts and also I find the scripts not masculine looking enough (though in context of other tattoos I don’t mind them).
Artistically, I do like some fonts which might fall under the category of art deco or retro or possibly moderne or art neauvou. I’m not certain whether many of them would really make for good tattoos though…it might look more like a movie theatre sign!
I am also an architect and I quite like art deco architecture and detailing so conceivably I could go with a basic font and embellish it with detailing featuring some sort of deco motifs.
Thanks in advance for any guidance. I’m a bit lost.
Hi there from one Art Nouveau/Art Deco fan to another.
First of all here’s a good overview of some Art Deco fonts with their respective names (I think most of those are free):
If you’re an Architect you are familiar with the respective elemets you could use, it all depends on how big you want the tattoo to be and where.
Whose name are you planning to get tattooed? I think an Art Nouveau/Art Deco style family tree would be cool but you may not want to go that large just yet.
Personally, unless it’s your child’s or parent/grandparent’s name I would advise against getting a name tattoo. You may regret it later and have to either cover it up or laser it off.
Hi
Whilst you have likely done your research here is quite a few examples of writing on skin tattoos that might give you an idea of how it looks.
http://www.religioustattoos.net/Other_Tattoos/Scripture/index.php
I agree think a dozen times before committing a name to skin – if my wife divorces me (prob murder me first but hey) I have her portrait staring at me for the rest of my life but if I got a new partner I don’t have to say yep that is my ex-wife.
With a name you do 😉
Anyhow good luck with the tattoo
Matthew
First of all here’s a good overview of some Art Deco fonts with their respective names (I think most of those are free):
If you’re an Architect you are familiar with the respective elemets you could use, it all depends on how big you want the tattoo to be and where.
Whose name are you planning to get tattooed? I think an Art Nouveau/Art Deco style family tree would be cool but you may not want to go that large just yet.
Personally, unless it’s your child’s or parent/grandparent’s name I would advise against getting a name tattoo. You may regret it later and have to either cover it up or laser it off.
Thanks to everyone who replied. I do appreciate the caution about putting a name permanently on one’s body, given the ephemeral and transitory nature of many relationships, but…we’re different! Hehe. If I post again in 7 years about tattoo removal, you all can say I told you so.
Asenath83, thanks for the font samples. Some of these I do associate with the archetypal deco type fonts, some perhaps less so – but even many of the latter are of interest. While I can recognize many fonts I like, I guess I am concerned about their suitability for a tattoo, and for a tattoo of my wife’s name specifically. So I am still indecisive. I can’t find any examples online of these types of fonts being used in tattoo lettering.
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