Blackletter Enba 5 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album art, medieval, gothic, dramatic, ritual, heraldic, historic tone, dramatic impact, manuscript feel, heraldic styling, angular, faceted, calligraphic, pointed, chiseled.
A compact, pointed display face built from blackletter forms with crisp, faceted joins and wedge-like terminals. Strokes feel calligraphic yet sharply cut, with moderate contrast and frequent diagonal shearing that creates a chiseled silhouette. Counters are relatively tight and vertical rhythm is strong, with tall stems and narrowly proportioned bowls that keep words dense and textured. Capitals carry pronounced broken-curve construction and decorative notches, while lowercase forms maintain consistent gothic structure with occasional spur and hook details.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as posters, mastheads, event branding, and logo-style wordmarks where its angular detail can be appreciated. It also fits packaging or labels seeking a traditional or gothic mood, and works well for album art or game titles that benefit from a strong historical or dramatic texture.
The font conveys an old-world, ceremonial tone—evoking manuscripts, heraldry, and dramatic historical signage. Its dense texture and sharp edges give it a forceful, authoritative voice that can read as ominous or theatrical depending on context.
The design appears intended to reinterpret traditional blackletter with clean, assertive cuts and consistent rhythm, prioritizing impact and period atmosphere over neutral everyday readability. Its compact proportions and dense color suggest an aim toward dramatic display typography for titling and branding.
At text sizes the face produces a dark, continuous pattern typical of blackletter, with many letters distinguished by small internal breaks and angled terminals. Numerals match the same pointed, calligraphic logic and sit comfortably alongside the letters for cohesive titling.