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About
This is one of the most common styles, and encapsulates several types of tattoos, as it refers to the writing content of any tattoo. Whether using Latin letters, Arabic alphabet, Cyrillic or Kanji, this style is characterized by the communication of written meaning. Therefore, you can see all kinds of numbers, words, and symbols made with virtually all types of fonts.
Origin
This is one of the oldest modern tattoo styles and has been once use in all sorts of ways. Sailors used Lettering to mark important dates. Soldiers, like the Wafen-SS, used them to mark their blood group…and also to catalog prisoners in prison camps. And today people use it to alert for diseases and conditions that may be important for a stranger to know, such as Type 1 Diabetes (which in case of an accident can be used to identify the condition and avoid administering the wrong kind of medication).
The most common use nowadays is to preserve memories of dates, mottos, excerpts from poems, romances and holy scriptures and create homages to loved ones.
Design
For professionals, the challenge centers around typography – originality of the font, consistency of the lettering and composition.
The content is almost always chosen by the client and follows a style (font, serif, size, etc.) agreed with the artist. And yes, there are Comic Sans tattoos out there. And no, I won’t link to them.
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