Tribe.net. Local Connections Exploriment http://Ilikelettering.tribe.net/thread/ae92d608-596a-4f97-b356-8f25e2a2774f#15ba1de5-0e08-49a1-86e7-b276d1651169 2004-08-12T04:35:58Z 2004-08-12T04:35:58Z

We had a guy come into the shop a few days ago who wanted a band of barbed wire around his arm (yeah real original) and wanted the barbs to be piercing his flesh with blood dripping down to form letters, spelling the names of his kids. Nobody wanted to do it, so we told him to go somewhere else. He couldn't believe we wanted nothing to do with it.

Exploriment 2004-08-12T04:35:58Z Bobby http://Ilikelettering.tribe.net/thread/ae92d608-596a-4f97-b356-8f25e2a2774f#8133d10d-d4c6-40a1-a35e-fc42fa85d84b 2004-08-12T02:54:18Z 2004-08-12T02:54:18Z

Old English set in all caps seems to be the stylistic norm for tattoos which evoke a biker or gangsta appeal. Still, I dislike the habit of setting the type in all caps. Blackletter fonts, Germanic Frakturs and Celtic Unicals are all close cousins to traditional calligraphic scripts. Any typophile knows one should never set a script in all caps. Or for a more modern example to follow, Motorhead's logo isn't set in all caps. There's lots of great blackletter fonts to use. Old English is the most known. Other types like American Text, Linotext, San Marco or Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch may lend a bit more variety to blackletter inspired tattoo lettering.

Bobby 2004-08-12T02:54:18Z $item.owner.firstName http://Ilikelettering.tribe.net/thread/ae92d608-596a-4f97-b356-8f25e2a2774f#df639c89-f049-4c65-a9bf-b3e202db8606 2004-08-09T16:01:44Z 2004-08-09T16:01:44Z

are you looking for examples of tattoos or actual typefaces?

$item.owner.firstName 2004-08-09T16:01:44Z Pete http://Ilikelettering.tribe.net/thread/ae92d608-596a-4f97-b356-8f25e2a2774f#2ac27572-5b82-48d0-a6a8-2dcf953a9dbb 2004-02-01T22:13:05Z

I saw the picture of the blackletter tattoo in the album and was wondering if anyone had any examples of especially good lettering tatoos.

Pete 2004-02-01T22:13:05Z