Blackletter Lymi 3 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, album covers, medieval, gothic, ceremonial, severe, traditional, historic feel, dramatic display, formal tone, ornamental impact, angular, broken strokes, blackletter caps, beveled terminals, compact.
A compact blackletter with sharply broken strokes, angular joins, and faceted, beveled terminals that create a chiseled silhouette. Vertical stems dominate, with small internal counters and consistent, disciplined rhythm across the alphabet. The design relies on crisp diagonals and pointed apexes rather than rounded curves, giving letters a tight, dense texture in words. Uppercase forms are bold and formal, while lowercase retains the same fractured construction with narrow apertures and clear, straight-sided structure.
Best suited to short display text such as headlines, event posters, brand marks, and packaging where a historic or gothic atmosphere is desired. It can work for album or game titles and editorial pull-quotes, but the dense texture and tight counters make it less ideal for long-form reading at small sizes.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, with a stern, authoritative presence reminiscent of manuscript and inscriptional traditions. Its dense word shape and sharp finishing details read as historical, dramatic, and slightly austere rather than friendly or casual.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter voice with clean, consistent construction and high impact, emphasizing tradition, gravity, and ornamental sharpness over softness or neutrality.
In text settings the font produces a strong vertical color and pronounced zig-zag patterning along tops and bottoms of strokes. Numerals match the angular language and feel suited to titling or display use where the hard-edged character can be appreciated.