Phrase lettering "Carpe diem" in heavy black blackletter with spurred capitals and diamond-dotted i, on white. The sharp Textura-style letters sit on one line with tight word spacing and no shadow or texture. Swap in your own phrase, change the ink colour or place it on a skin or paper carrier.

A tattoo lettering reference showing the words "Carpe diem" exactly as typed, in one single horizontal line, in Old English blackletter. Pure black ink on a flat pure white background, with nothing else on the canvas. The lettering is centred and spans about 80% of the canvas width, with a wide safe margin on all sides. Capital C and lowercase letters with a capital-sized C only; the d in diem is lowercase. The skeleton is Textura-style: broad-nib strokes at 45 degrees, strong thick-thin contrast, diamond-shaped feet and tops, and sharp angular terminals. Keep the construction open. Stems are bold and evenly weighted. Hairlines are thick enough to survive on skin and never wispy. Counters are generous, and the gaps between letters are clearly open and even, with a distinct word space between "Carpe" and "diem", so no letters touch, clog or blur together. The capital C is a little larger, with a restrained swelling curve and one small diamond accent, no heavy flourishes. The finish is clean, crisp vector-like solid black fills with razor-sharp edges, like a hand-drawn stencil: no shading, no gradient, no texture, no drop shadow, no glow, no colour. Flat, front-on, evenly lit. No other symbols, dots, numbers, borders or decoration of any kind.