Hebrew for tattoos
Tattoo lettering is permanent, so the brief is correct spelling, final letters, and a shape that still reads as Hebrew on skin.
Stam / Ktav Ashuri
traditional · No nikud · unknown
Frank-Rühl
serif · Partial nikud · commercial
David
serif · Partial nikud · commercial
Koren
traditional · Full nikud · commercial
Rashi script
traditional · Partial nikud · unknown
Gveret Levin
handwriting · No nikud · OFL
Aharoni
display · No nikud · commercial
Noto Serif Hebrew
serif · Full nikud · OFL
What to know
Have a Hebrew reader check spelling, final-letter forms, and whether you want square print or a cursive hand. Machine-translated names are a common failure.
Stam / Ktav Ashuri is the Torah-scroll look. Some soferim and communities object to that sacred hand on skin; treat it as a cultural choice, not only an aesthetic one.
Frank-Rühl and David stay readable at modest size and look like ordinary printed Hebrew rather than a novelty “Hebrew-style” Latin font.
Script and handwriting (Gveret Levin, Rashi) change a lot with needle weight. Ask for a stencil at the real size, not a screen screenshot.
Avoid Latin fonts that merely look “Hebrew-ish.” They scramble letterforms and are the usual source of misspelled tattoos.
Nikud in ink is easy to get wrong. Most people letter consonants only unless a reader sets the vowels.
Other guides
Hebrew fonts for websites
Screen-first families that keep Hebrew readable at UI sizes and in mixed Hebrew–English layouts.
Handwriting and informal Hebrew
Faces that mimic pen, marker, or school cursive, for notes, kids’ material, invitations, and practice sheets.
Hebrew for religious texts
Square, Rashi, and biblical faces for Tanakh, commentary, and liturgical pages, not for app chrome.
Hebrew on Google Fonts
Families in the Google Fonts catalogue that declare a Hebrew subset, so you can link them without a foundry contract.