Blackletter Agfa 10 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, book covers, packaging, medieval, ceremonial, authoritative, dramatic, traditional, historic, emphatic, decorative, formality, gravitas, angular, calligraphic, ornate, faceted, spurred.
This is an angular, calligraphic blackletter with dense texture and pronounced broken strokes. Vertical stems dominate, with pointed terminals, spur-like notches, and crisp joins that create a faceted rhythm across words. Capitals are ornate and sculptural, with strong internal counters and decorative hooks, while lowercase forms are more compact and modular, maintaining a consistent dark color on the line.
Best suited for headlines and short display settings where a historic or institutional mood is desired—such as book covers, event posters, band or label identities, certificates, packaging, and themed signage. It can also work for mastheads, chapter openers, and branding marks where a dense, authoritative texture is an asset. For extended small text, the heavy patterning and intricate shapes may call for generous size and spacing.
The font projects a formal, historic tone with a ceremonial and authoritative feel. Its sharp, calligraphic energy reads traditional and somewhat dramatic, evoking manuscripts, heraldry, and old-world signage. Overall it feels serious and emphatic rather than casual.
The design appears intended to reproduce a traditional blackletter voice with clear, repeatable structure suitable for display typography. Its sharp stroke breaks and pointed terminals aim to deliver strong presence and period character, while keeping letterforms coherent in longer words and phrases.
The numerals follow the same sharp, chiseled vocabulary as the letters, with a particularly strong, emblem-like presence in figures such as 0 and 8. Spacing appears relatively tight in running samples, reinforcing the continuous blackletter texture and making word shapes feel unified and compact.