Blackletter Abva 15 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, album covers, packaging, gothic, medieval, ceremonial, dramatic, authoritative, historical tone, display impact, traditional craft, formal voice, angular, pointed, spiky, ornate, fractured.
A sharply faceted blackletter with tall, compact proportions and a tight, rhythmic texture. Strokes alternate between heavy vertical stems and thinner connecting strokes, creating crisp contrast and strong vertical emphasis. Terminals end in pointed wedges and small hooked flourishes, with broken, calligraphic joins that produce a distinctly angular silhouette. Lowercase forms are narrow and upright with a restrained x-height feel, while capitals are more decorative and complex, featuring split stems, interior cut-ins, and pronounced top serifs. Numerals echo the same chiseled construction, keeping the overall color dense and even in text.
Best suited to display settings where its intricate construction can be appreciated—headlines, titles, posters, and branding marks. It also works well for album artwork, event materials, labels, and packaging that aim for a historic, gothic, or ceremonial atmosphere, especially when set at larger sizes.
The tone is traditional and solemn, evoking manuscript-era formality and heraldic seriousness. Its sharp geometry and dark texture read as intense and dramatic, with an authoritative, old-world voice that feels ceremonial rather than casual.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter presence with a dense, vertical rhythm and crisp, pointed finishing, prioritizing historical flavor and visual impact in display typography.
In longer lines the letterspacing appears tight and the counters can become quite small, which strengthens the black mass on the page but increases the need for generous size and leading. The design maintains consistent stroke logic across uppercase, lowercase, and figures, with distinctive, easily recognizable capitals suited to emblematic use.