English Tattoo Artists

Tattoo artist said my old english tattoo has to be a minimum of 1 inch per letter?

Im looking to get a tattoo on my chest. I want it over my left side only. Its a 9 letter phrase. They told me on the phone that it has to be 1 inch per letter at least? Its my first tat, and I want it done right

Tattoos spread over time, so anything with a lot of detail needs to be bigger or it’ll blur to a blob of color, basically look like crap. Usually the minimum for text is 1in, unless it’s extremely simple, old english is not.