Blackletter Sihy 9 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, album covers, certificates, medieval, ceremonial, dramatic, traditional, authoritative, historic tone, display impact, formal texture, ornate capitals, angular, fractured, calligraphic, ornate, spurred.
A dark, angular blackletter with sharply broken curves, pointed terminals, and a strong vertical rhythm. Strokes show pronounced contrast, with heavy main stems and finer connecting hairlines that create crisp interior counters and small notches. Capitals are more elaborate and sculpted, mixing rounded bowls with cut-in facets and occasional interior striping, while the lowercase maintains tighter, more repetitive texture with spurs and diamond-like joins. Numerals echo the same fractured construction, pairing sturdy verticals with sharp diagonals and abrupt endings for a cohesive, weighty color on the page.
This style is well suited to display typography such as headlines, posters, and title treatments where its ornamental cuts and dense color can be appreciated. It also fits branding applications that benefit from a traditional or ceremonial voice—labels, packaging, certificates, and editorial section openers—especially when set with generous size and spacing.
The font projects a medieval, ceremonial tone with an unmistakably traditional gravitas. Its dense texture and sharp detailing feel formal and authoritative, lending a dramatic, historic voice that reads as emphatic and deliberate rather than casual.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter presence with strong vertical emphasis and crisp, carved detailing, balancing ornate capitals with a more regular, rhythmic lowercase for usable text blocks at display sizes. It prioritizes a forceful, historic tone and a consistent patterned texture across letters and numerals.
In paragraph settings the narrow internal spaces and frequent joins produce a compact, patterned “woven” texture typical of blackletter, with capitals functioning best as strong entry points or display accents. The crisp corners and heavy black areas make the design most comfortable at larger sizes where the fine cuts and interior shapes remain clear.