Blackletter Miba 1 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, album covers, gothic, medieval, dramatic, authoritative, ceremonial, heritage, gravitas, ornament, display impact, manuscript feel, angular, fractured, chiseled, spiky, high-ink.
This typeface presents a fractured, angular blackletter construction with straight-sided stems, sharp terminals, and frequent diamond-like joins. Strokes are compact and vertical, with tight interior counters and brisk, wedge-shaped serifs that create a crisp, engraved silhouette. Curves are largely replaced by faceted diagonals, giving round letters a polygonal feel and producing a strong rhythm of repeating verticals. Numerals and capitals follow the same broken-stroke logic, maintaining a consistent, sculpted texture across lines of text.
Best suited for display applications such as headlines, posters, logotypes, and branding moments where a historic or ceremonial blackletter texture is desired. It can work well on packaging or editorial titling when used with generous size and spacing to preserve clarity.
The overall tone is historic and ceremonial, evoking manuscript and heraldic traditions with a stern, declarative voice. Its dense vertical cadence and pointed details feel dramatic and authoritative, suited to titles that want to project tradition, gravitas, or an austere edge.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter look with a firm vertical structure and sharply cut detailing, prioritizing a strong textual texture and period flavor. Its consistent faceting and compact proportions aim to create impactful, tradition-forward typography for prominent settings.
In longer settings the tight counters and repetitive vertical strokes create a dark, continuous color that emphasizes texture over individual letterforms. The design’s crisp angles and narrow internal spaces suggest it will read most comfortably at larger sizes where the faceting and terminals can be appreciated.