Ghoulie Tattoo Script
Out of Step Font Company · 2020
A free tattoo script digitised from hand-drawn sketches originally inspired by a single photograph of knuckle tattoo lettering, released in 2020 after years in a sketchbook.
About
The designer sketched a full alphabet from just three letters spotted in a photo of knuckle tattoo work, adding greater intensity to the forms before extrapolating the remaining characters. The font sat undigitised for years out of respect for the original tattooer's livelihood, and was eventually scanned and released only after the original sample could not be traced. It is distributed entirely free of charge.
Classification
A hand-lettered tattoo-style script inspired directly by knuckle tattoo lettering, with the rough, expressive quality typical of traditional tattooing rather than calligraphic or brush script traditions.