Blackletter Amda 10 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: titles, posters, book covers, logos, packaging, medieval, gothic, ceremonial, dramatic, heraldic, historical feel, display impact, ornate capitals, manuscript tone, angular, spurred, calligraphic, inked, compact.
A compact, blackletter-inspired design with dense silhouettes and sharpened joins. Strokes show clear calligraphic modulation, with wedge-like terminals, small spurs, and occasional hooked entry/exit strokes that create a lively rhythm. Uppercase forms are ornate and strongly sculpted, while the lowercase is simpler and more text-like, with a short body height and prominent ascenders/descenders. Counters are tight and irregular, and many letters lean on vertical stems with pointed, blade-like finishing details.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where texture and historic flavor are desired: titles, chapter heads, posters, labels, and branding marks. It can work for short passages when set with generous size and spacing, but its dense counters and ornate detailing favor attention-grabbing uses over small, extended reading.
The font conveys a medieval, gothic tone—formal, ceremonial, and slightly intimidating. Its sharp edges and dark texture evoke manuscripts, heraldry, and old-world signage, giving words a dramatic, storybook gravitas.
Likely intended to recreate a hand-inked blackletter atmosphere with bold, compact forms and expressive, chiseled terminals. The design emphasizes decorative capital impact and a manuscript-like rhythm in mixed-case settings.
At text sizes the face produces a dark, continuous color with strong internal rhythm; the elaborate capitals stand out as display elements. Numerals follow the same spurred, calligraphic logic, feeling decorative rather than strictly utilitarian.