Automatic check
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- Direction, final letters, Arabic joining
- Hidden and copy-paste characters
- Stencil and mirror preview in real fonts
- Phrase library with notes
Before the needle
Paste the Hebrew or Arabic your artist, a website or a translator gave you. Inkproof checks direction, letter forms, joining and hidden characters, then shows you the stencil on skin.
Paste it exactly as you received it. Hidden characters matter.
Every phrase here was chosen because its spelling and meaning are standard. Cultural notes are in the phrase library.
Phrase library
A short list on purpose. Each phrase is standard, idiomatic and spelled the way native readers expect. Anything outside it goes to a person, not a guess.
Jewish law traditionally reads Leviticus 19:28 as forbidding tattoos, and many observant Jews avoid them. Bible verses and names of God on skin draw the strongest reactions. Plenty of Israelis and Jews have Hebrew tattoos; know your audience.
Many Muslim scholars consider permanent tattoos impermissible. The name of God and Quranic text on skin are especially sensitive, and some people will find them offensive. Everyday words like love or hope rarely raise the same concern.
Pricing
The automatic check catches the mechanical mistakes. Meaning, grammar and tone need a person who reads the language every day.
Common mistakes
None of these need a bad translation. They happen between the translator's screen and the transfer paper.
Software that doesn't handle right-to-left text lays Hebrew out from the wrong end. The giveaway is ם, a letter that only ends words, sitting at the start of one.
Arabic letters change shape and connect inside a word. Typed one at a time, or set in a program without Arabic shaping, they fall apart into a row of isolated letters.
Five Hebrew letters have a separate form for the end of a word. Use the wrong one and every Hebrew reader sees a spelling mistake.
Front cameras and mirrors flip text. People see their new tattoo backwards in a selfie and worry, or approve a design that only reads right in the mirror.
Many tattoo fonts include Latin letters only. Hebrew or Arabic typed into them shows as boxes or quietly switches to another font halfway through.