A friend wants to get "ROMANCE" tattooed across the palm
of his hand. We started digging through specimen books
wondering what sort of serif would best hold up over time.
Old tattoos do this strange sort of shift. It's not exactly like
ink bleed nor loosing focus, but somewhere in the middle.
So how do we compensate? Designers have dealt with
cheap newspaper printing and type for the screen, are any
of those techniques applicable for aging skin? Ink traps
were discussed to prevent too much bleeding. Sharp latin
serifs could eventually erode into something like a soft
transitional bracket? Has anyone had any experience with
this? Or know people whose tattoos remain legible?
