Name lettering "Valentina" in heavy black blackletter with a spurred capital V and diamond-dotted i, in glossy ink on cream. Sharp Old English letters carry a faint grey shadow and a subtle sheen, centred on one line over a plain off-white ground. Swap in your own name, or recolour the ink and add a skin or paper carrier.

A tattoo lettering reference showing one word only: "Valentina", in lighter Old English blackletter, set on a clean flat warm-white paper ground with a very faint grey drop-shadow under the letters. The word is centred on a single horizontal baseline and fills about 85% of the canvas width. It is wide and low, like a forearm placement, with generous clear margin on all sides. Letterforms: a refined Old English face with moderate stroke weight, lighter than classic heavy gothic. The capital V is larger and elegant, with diamond and spear-point terminals and one or two fine hairline spurs. The lowercase a, l, e, n, t, i is compact and upright, with angular broken strokes, pointed diamond feet and softly rounded arches. The gaps inside the letters (a, e, n) are kept wide and open. The spaces between letters are clear, so no two letters touch or merge. The i has a clean diamond dot. The hairline strokes are thick enough to survive as tattoo linework. Finish: glossy solid jet-black ink with crisp clean edges and sign-painter precision, with no texture, no grey shading inside the letters, no ornaments, no border and no extra symbols. Light is soft and even, with only a hint of sheen on the black. Palette: jet black on warm off-white. The result is highly legible and easy for a tattoo artist to trace and stencil.