fonts

[rwx]

if you were getting a tattoo, what font would you use?

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[safetybitch.livejournal.com]

One of the fonts Todd Klein designed for Sandman, because he is my cousin and makes pretty letters. :P

[daruba.livejournal.com]

courier

[domichan.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily.

[dafydd.livejournal.com]

Your question assumes that the tattoo would include readable text.

[dafydd.livejournal.com]

I heard a story, from the ex-g/f, about a fellow who had "Your Name" tattooed on his ass. Apparently, he found it a source of endless amusement. Needless to say, the ex-g/f was not as pleased.

[rwx.livejournal.com]

really? that's an idea. My first inclination was bookman or new century schoolbook.

[rwx.livejournal.com]

yes

[wire-mother.livejournal.com]

i would not get a tattoo with text, so the font question is moot.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Wingdings

[ikkyu2.livejournal.com]

Caslon or Trajan, or another of Carol Twombly's designs. In fact I've always been fond of the idea of a big S.P.Q.R. in Trajan, maybe over my left deltoid.

[zahgurim.livejournal.com]

Definitely depends on what it said and what I was trying to convey with it.

That said, Galliard is my favorite.

[kodi]

Bookman, Highway Gothic, Courier, or possibly a low-resolution video game font, depending on the content of the tattoo.

[31504.livejournal.com]

Comic Sans. Or maybe that font they use on everything in Leavenworth.

[jtglover.livejournal.com]

Palatino, Georgia, maybe Bookman. I would probably also consider Cthulhu Runes.

[stryper666.livejournal.com]

That would be Stevo from Jackass.

[stryper666.livejournal.com]

You should get the "Stereoypical Child Writing" font - the one where "R"s are reversed and such...

[safetybitch.livejournal.com]

Well, you asked what I would do :)

[rwx.livejournal.com]

...and normally i know better than to do that. :)

[batboymaxx.livejournal.com]

Whoa. In light of the post that I made that you responded to, this was amusing to stumble across.

[sculptruth.livejournal.com]

Depending on what it was, most likely I would go for an old fashioned broken-up typewriter font. I like how the paper showed through the ink; I also just like the serif.

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

Funny you should ask. I'm planning to get a tattoo written in Shavian, and none of the existing Shavian fonts are anywhere near appropriate, so I have to design my own.

[rwx.livejournal.com]

yes, it would.

[xythen.livejournal.com]

Verdana. Duh.


:P

[amaniellen.livejournal.com]

something sans serif, depending on the size with serif it might be illegible from the start, and certainly would/could bleed over time into illegibility.
Depends on what language you're getting. Latin, I'd go something slanty and calligraphic, if it's English I'd use something round and friendly, arial or verdana.

tmi?

[ikkyu2.livejournal.com]

If Cthulhu Runes are permitted, I want to put a vote in for Tengwar.

[ikkyu2.livejournal.com]

For extra humor, have the tattoo done somewhere where hair normally grows.

[madcap-allie.livejournal.com]

words? you'd have a tattoo with words??

This sounds like one of those "get to know you" sorts of questions, if you're a geek with a graphic design bent. I'll try it out sometime.

[rwx.livejournal.com]

word. yes.

i've had a word for 19 years, and some days it's the only thing that keeps me going.

[madcap-allie.livejournal.com]

That's the only type of tattoo to have.

If it means that much, then close your eyes & envision the word, and there's your font. Surely the meaning of word itself will demand something soft and gentle or sharp and stoic or blocky or dark, or... remember that 80's computer "hacker" font?

Will you do it in your preferred shortcut writing, making use of the extended charset?

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

Have you considered seeing a neurologist about your brain problem?

[harpy-queen.livejournal.com]

I found a Celtic script online eons ago for one I have designed with words, but I couldn't tell you the actual name of it now.

I also plan to have one done in Ogham, but the only Ogham fonts out there are horrid. It'll have to be freehand.