Typophile

Help with flowing fonts for a circulat tattoo please

Woe

Greetings all. For several months I have been searching for a proper font to ink onto my skin. My intent is to tattoo text int he form of a triskelion (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wheeled-Triskelion-basic.svg) (or something very close to it. I can not seem to find a font that flows well when in a circle or a curve. I am looking for guidance as tot he types of fonts I should inquire about as well as specific font suggestions if you have them. The text will be written in Albanian, which uses a modified Latin alphabet. Thank you in advance for your help.

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Jason Pagura

For lettering of that nature, you’re unlikely to find a font that fully suits your needs as-is. You might start with the letter shapes from a font, but they will have to be customized to fit the curves.

If it isn’t too much trouble, could you share a rough sketch of your tattoo, lettering only for positioning and not style? Also, please translate what the words mean. This should give us more to go on in thinking up suggestions.

Lex Kominek

If I were getting a tattoo, I’d make sure it was designed by a professional designer. Get a lettering artist to draw it for you.

- Lex

jselig

Just a passive observation, unless you’re going to get it covering your back, or a large area, the letters will spread together if they’re done small. It’ll make it hard to read if the lettering is too small or doesn’t allow for generous white space.

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