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Brush tattoo fonts

Wet, tapered strokes with real weight. Energetic on an upper arm, striking as a single word on the chest.

Tattoo lettering laid onto a forearm photo and bent around the arm.

All tattoo fonts 26 fonts

Type your own word once and see it in every font. Filter by style, search by name, download the PNG straight from the list or open the font in the generator for size, curve, colour, outline and the on-body preview.

stay true Cat Abstract Brush Cat · abstract brush
stay true Fox Abstract Brush Fox · abstract brush
stay true Anchor Abstract Brush Anchor · abstract brush
stay true Keyblade Abstract Brush Keyblade · abstract brush
stay true Blocky Zombie Abstract Brush Blocky Zombie · abstract brush
stay true Dry Brush Dry brush
stay true Bee Brush Bee · brush
stay true Deer Brush Deer · brush
stay true Tiger Brush Tiger · brush
stay true Lion Brush Lion · brush
stay true Phoenix Brush Phoenix · brush
stay true Octopus Brush Octopus · brush
stay true Whale Brush Script Whale · brush script
stay true Blossom Brush Script Blossom · brush script
stay true Dice Brush Script Dice · brush script
stay true Cards Brush Script Cards · brush script
stay true Hourglass Brush Script Hourglass · brush script
stay true Key Brush Script Key · brush script
stay true Alex Brush Brush script
stay true Kaushan Script Energetic brush
stay true Damion Sign-painter script
stay true Pacifico Bold surf script
stay true Rock Salt Raw felt-tip
stay true Marck Script Felt-brush cursive
stay true Yellowtail Retro sign script
stay true Mr Dafoe Fifties script

Brush tattoo fonts

Brush lettering brings the hand back into type: every stroke starts heavy and thins out as the brush lifts, with dry-bristle texture at the tips. Several of the faces here were grown from actual sumi-e brush art, so the letters keep the gesture rather than imitating it.

Because the strokes are thick, brush fonts age well and read from a distance. They are less suited to long sentences (the texture becomes noise) and best as one or two words at a generous size. Pair with a bold placement: outer bicep, calf, shoulder blade.

Free for your tattoo, personal or commercial

Every font on this page is free to use for the lettering you take to a studio, and the exported PNG and SVG are yours. The open-licensed classics need nothing from you. For the AI Tattoos originals, we ask one thing when the lettering is used commercially (a shop, merchandise, a client project): a credit that names ai-tattoos.com. Personal tattoos need no credit at all.

What we do not do is hand out font files. The page renders your text and exports images of it; the typefaces themselves stay here, which is what keeps the classics inside their licences and the originals unique.

How to choose a tattoo font

Start with the word, not the font. Type the actual text you want, at roughly the length it will be, and read it in the list at a size that matches the placement you have in mind. A font that looks great as "A" can fall apart as "Alexandra". The list fades long text at the edge on purpose: if your quote does not fit at preview size, it will not fit on a wrist either.

Then think in strokes. Heavy faces (traditional, blackletter, tribal, blackwork) survive decades and read across a room. Fine line and delicate script look best fresh and need size to stay legible. Scripts and cursive follow curved placements like the forearm and collarbone well; block capitals suit flat, wide areas like the upper arm, back and chest. When you have two or three candidates, open them in the generator and look at them on the on-body preview before you decide.

How this page works

  1. Type your text once

    The text field stays with you as you scroll. Every font in the list re-renders as you type, at the preview size you set with the slider.

  2. Filter and compare

    Category chips narrow the list to script, chicano, old english, traditional, fine line, tribal, glitch, pixel and more; search finds a font by name. Fonts load as you scroll, so the page stays light.

  3. Download or open in the generator

    PNG straight from the list, or open the font in the generator for size, letter spacing, curve, ink colour, outline, mirroring, SVG export and the preview on a real body photo.

Compared with font archives and other tattoo font generators

An honest comparison: a font archive has tens of thousands of fonts, we have a few hundred. The difference is what they were made for and what you are allowed to do with them.

AI TattoosFont archives (DaFont, FontSpace, 1001 Fonts)Typical tattoo font generators
Made for tattoos Yes, every font from tattoo art or tattoo letteringNo, general display fonts tagged "tattoo"Partly, usually the same archive fonts
Commercial use Yes, free (originals with a credit)Mostly "free for personal use" onlyUnclear or not stated
Unique Yes, 225 fonts exist only hereNoNo
Your text in every font Yes, live as you typeYes, on mostPartly
On-body preview Yes, depth-aware on a real body photoNoRarely, and flat
Export Transparent PNG + vector SVGFont file to installUsually a screenshot or PNG
Account needed NoNoOften, for the download

225 fonts in total: 225 in-house originals plus 0 openly licensed classics. As of 2026-09-09.

Frequently asked questions

Are these tattoo fonts really free for commercial use?

Yes. The open-licensed classics (SIL Open Font License and Apache 2.0) are free for any use. The AI Tattoos originals are free for personal and commercial use, with one condition for commercial use: credit ai-tattoos.com. A personal tattoo needs no credit.

Can I download the font file?

No, and that is deliberate. You download your lettering as a transparent PNG or a vector SVG, which is what an artist needs for a stencil. The font files themselves are not distributed.

What makes the in-house fonts unique?

Each one was generated from a single piece of tattoo art, drawn into a complete alphabet in that style, and traced into a typeface here. They do not exist in any font archive. New ones are added as the collection grows.

Do the fonts support umlauts and accents?

The classics do (ä, ö, ü, ß, é and the rest). The in-house originals currently cover A to Z, a to z, digits and basic punctuation; accented characters are next on the list.

Which tattoo font is best for a name?

For most names, a script or cursive with clear letterforms: type the name in the list and pick the one where every letter is still obvious at a glance. If the name is short, blackletter and traditional block capitals also work well. Avoid fine line for anything under about 5 mm letter height.

Found your font? See it on your own skin.

The AI Tattoos app puts your lettering on a photo of you and bends it around the limb, with colour, gradients, outline, glow and texture effects on top.