Blackletter Poba 11 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, titles, branding, medieval, gothic, dramatic, ritual, authoritative, historical mood, dramatic display, manuscript texture, gothic branding, angular, ornate, spurred, calligraphic, inked.
A dense blackletter with compact letterforms, angular construction, and pronounced wedge-like terminals. Strokes show calligraphic modulation with sharp joins and occasional notch-like counters, creating a chiseled, inked texture. Capitals are decorative and irregularly contoured, while lowercase maintains a tight, vertical rhythm with pointed ascenders and tucked-in bowls. Numerals follow the same carved, spurred logic, with slightly varied widths that reinforce a handmade, unevenly stamped feel.
Best suited to display settings such as headlines, posters, album or book covers, and title treatments where a historic or gothic atmosphere is desired. It can also support branding or packaging that benefits from a medieval, heraldic voice, especially at larger sizes where the spurs and internal shapes remain clear.
The overall tone is archaic and ceremonial, evoking manuscripts, proclamations, and gothic storytelling. Its heavy, spurred silhouettes read as stern and dramatic, lending a sense of mystique and authority.
The design appears intended to deliver a traditional blackletter voice with a hand-rendered edge—prioritizing dramatic texture, ornamental caps, and a manuscript-like rhythm over neutral readability.
In text, the tight spacing and dense interior shapes create a strong dark color on the line, with distinctive letter individuality and a slightly rough edge that emphasizes craft over precision. The sharp terminals and narrow apertures can make long passages feel visually busy, but they contribute strongly to the style.