Blackletter Koma 7 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, album covers, branding, packaging, gothic, medieval, dramatic, ritual, authoritative, historical tone, dramatic impact, space saving, ornamental display, angular, condensed, vertical, spurred, ornate.
A condensed blackletter design built around tall, vertical stems and sharply broken curves. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin modulation, with pointed terminals and small spurs that give edges a carved, blade-like finish. Counters are tight and apertures tend to be narrow, producing a dense, rhythmic texture in words. Capitals are narrow and stately with simplified interior detailing, while lowercase maintains a consistent vertical cadence and relatively tall proportions for improved presence at text sizes.
Best suited to display work where its dense texture and angular detailing can be appreciated—headlines, posters, labels, album/merch graphics, and branding that wants an old-world or gothic signal. It can work for short pull quotes or titles, but is less comfortable for extended body text due to its compressed counters and repeating vertical strokes.
The overall tone is gothic and ceremonial, evoking medieval manuscript lettering and old-world proclamation posters. Its sharp angles and dark texture feel intense and authoritative, with a theatrical edge that suits ominous or dramatic messaging.
The design appears intended to deliver a historically flavored, blackletter voice in a condensed, space-efficient form, balancing ornamental sharpness with enough regularity to set readable words at display sizes. Its consistent vertical rhythm suggests a focus on strong texture and impact rather than calligraphic softness.
In the sample text, the tight spacing and narrow interiors create strong word shapes but can reduce legibility in long passages, especially where similar vertical forms repeat (e.g., m/n/u). Numerals follow the same narrow, vertical logic, helping maintain a uniform color in mixed text settings.