Blackletter Agnu 2 is a very bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, album covers, tattoo style, gothic, medieval, occult, dramatic, heraldic, thematic display, period flavor, high impact, textural color, angular, spiky, decorative, condensed, blackweight.
A condensed blackletter with dense, uniform strokes and sharply faceted terminals. Letterforms are built from vertical pillars with narrow counters, pointed apexes, and crisp, wedge-like feet and caps that create a serrated rhythm along the baseline and x-height. Curves are minimized in favor of angular joins and broken strokes, while internal shapes stay tight and rectangular, giving the design a compact, high-impact texture in lines of text.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging accents, and music or event artwork where the blackletter texture is a feature. It can also work for themed pull quotes or section titles, but will be most legible when given generous size and breathing room.
The overall tone is dark and ceremonial, evoking gothic signage, medieval manuscript flavor, and a slightly ominous, dramatic mood. Its spiked silhouettes and compressed rhythm feel authoritative and theatrical, leaning toward occult and metal-adjacent aesthetics without becoming chaotic.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic, compact blackletter voice with aggressive, sharpened details and a consistent dark color on the page. It prioritizes atmosphere and typographic texture over neutral readability, aiming to instantly signal tradition, ceremony, and intensity.
In running text the strong vertical repetition creates a wall-of-type effect; spacing feels tight and the ornate notches and spurs become a defining texture. Numerals match the same rigid, cut-in silhouette and hold their weight well at display sizes where the interior counters stay open enough to read.