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Cursive Generator

Cursive Tattoo Generator

Tattoo-safe script, placement mockups, and a print at real size to hold against the skin.

Type to preview
Forearm (horizontal): typical width about 4 in. Skin tone is a neutral placeholder.

Check every letter. Script renders l, t and capital I ambiguously; read the flat preview letter by letter before you take it to the studio.

Resolution

0 × 0 px = 0.00 × 0.00 in at 300 DPI (0.0 cm wide)

Tattoo-safe fonts

Not every pretty script survives on skin. Lines spread as a tattoo heals, so hairline swashes blur, tiny counters close up, and letters with a small x-height become unreadable at any size an artist would recommend. The font list here is filtered by measured metrics: swash extent below 0.6 of the em, x-height above 0.35 of the em, and regular weight or heavier. Fonts that fail those numbers are left out rather than marked.

Placement mockups

Seven placements rotate and curve the lettering the way it will sit: wrist horizontal or curved, forearm vertical or horizontal, ribcage vertical, collarbone curved, spine vertical. The silhouette is a neutral placeholder for judging orientation and proportion; it is not your body, and the width figures under each mockup are typical, not measured.

Real size before real ink

Set the intended width in inches and the ruler reports the width and height in inches and centimetres at 300 DPI. Export the PNG at 300 DPI, print it at 100% scale, cut it out and hold it against the placement. If the smallest letter looks marginal on paper, it will be worse on skin; go larger or choose a heavier face.

What to bring to the studio

Bring the SVG or the 300 DPI PNG, not a screenshot. Your artist will redraw the stencil from it and may adjust letter spacing or stroke weight for your skin; that is expected and the outcome is their professional responsibility. Read the flat preview letter by letter first: script renders l, t and capital I ambiguously, and a misread letter is permanent.

Choosing the words

Short words survive best. A single word at 3 inches wide on a forearm gives every letter room; a full sentence at the same width squeezes the x-height below what heals cleanly. If the phrase matters more than the size, choose a vertical placement, which allows a longer line, or split it across two lines in the text box and check the height figure again.