Where the Ink Meets the Skin: A Gallery of Typographic Tattoos

When you set about getting your skin stained with some permanent art, you better believe you gotta pick the right typeface. “From ampersands to poetry verses, Body Type 2: More Typographic Tattoos presents a spectrum of word and letterform tattoos collected by art director, design critic, and photographer Ina Saltz. Many of the personal stories behind these permanent inscriptions are poignant, surprising, or both; in Body Type 2, Saltz pairs tattoo images with tattoo stories to good effect.”

This dude gets extra points for his geeky graphic design reference.

If you’re not down with the permanence of tattoos, but wanna play a bit with the imagery, check out this cool tattoo-like font set spied by MacWorld

Where the Ink Meets the Skin [Mother Jones]