How it works
This vertical font generator for tattoos sets a word top to bottom: every letter stays upright and sits under the one before. It opens on WANDER in a fine-line face, in black on white, with eight faces to compare.
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What the stack does with your text
Each line you type becomes one column, so HOLD and FAST on two lines stand side by side. A space is not drawn: two words on one line run together, so give each its own line. The longer the word, the smaller its letters. Capitals stack most evenly, because small letters differ in height.
Eight faces that stand apart
Josefin Sans and Teko are fine-line and narrow capitals. Forum and IM Fell English SC are classical. New Rocker and MedievalSharp borrow from blackletter. Cutive Mono and Anonymous Pro are typewriter faces. Joined scripts are not offered: stacked, their strokes no longer join.
- Shape set to Straight shows the same word on one line, to compare.
- Under More options, Background set to Transparent saves the letters alone, cut to the column.
Questions and answers
Does it turn the letters on their side?
No. Every letter stays upright, as in normal text, and the letters are placed one under the other. The tool has no setting that rotates the whole word a quarter turn.
Is this a stacked letters tattoo generator?
Yes, if stacked means one letter under the next. The shape is called Top to bottom in the tool. It does not stretch letters tall, and it does not pile several words into a block.
How long a word fits?
Any length up to 120 characters is drawn, but the column always fits the square board, so letters shrink as the word grows. A nine-letter word draws its letters about two thirds the size of a six-letter one.
What file do I get?
Download picture (PNG) saves the board at 2000 by 2000 pixels. After that first download, Download SVG saves the same lettering as outlines that stay sharp at any size, and Print prints it.