Blackletter Gupo 12 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, book covers, brand marks, medieval, gothic, heraldic, ceremonial, dramatic, historical tone, dramatic display, heraldic identity, manuscript nod, angular, blackletter, spiky, calligraphic, chiseled.
A dense, angular blackletter with sharply cut terminals, wedge-like serifs, and pronounced broken strokes that create a faceted, chiseled silhouette. Stems are sturdy and mostly straight, while bowls and diagonals resolve into pointed joins rather than smooth curves. The rhythm is compact and vertical, with tight counters and frequent internal notches that add texture across words. Uppercase forms read as display-oriented with strong, emblematic shapes, while lowercase keeps a consistent, narrow texture and a modest x-height that emphasizes ascenders and descenders.
Best suited for display work such as posters, headlines, and logotypes where its intricate texture and strong vertical emphasis can be appreciated at larger sizes. It also fits historical, fantasy, and metal-adjacent aesthetics in album art, packaging, and book cover titling, especially when paired with simpler supporting text.
The overall tone evokes medieval manuscripts and heraldic lettering, projecting authority and tradition with a slightly ominous, storybook edge. Its crisp, knife-cut details feel ceremonial and theatrical, suited to titles that want gravity and historical flavor.
The design appears intended to capture a traditional blackletter voice with assertive weight and crisp, cut-in detailing, prioritizing atmosphere and visual authority over neutral readability in long passages.
In text, the dark color and broken-stroke construction create a strong pattern on the line, with distinctive silhouettes for letters like the pointed O/Q forms and the multi-stemmed M/W. Numerals follow the same carved, angular logic, reinforcing the cohesive, old-world display character.