Blackletter Domo 9 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, logos, tattoos, game titles, feral, menacing, occult, medieval, rebellious, shock impact, dark branding, texture emphasis, modern blackletter, aggressive display, jagged, spiky, angular, chiseled, torn-edge.
A sharp, aggressively stylized blackletter with a pronounced rightward slant and irregular, hand-carved contours. Strokes are thick and wedge-like with frequent points, barbs, and notched terminals, creating a torn, serrated edge along stems and crossbars. Counters are compact and angular, while joins often form abrupt corners rather than smooth curves, giving the letters a chiseled, weapon-like silhouette. The rhythm is lively and uneven in a deliberate way, with noticeable variability in stroke endings and inner cut-ins that reinforces a hand-made, distressed texture across the set.
This face performs best at display sizes where the serrated terminals and internal cut-ins can be appreciated, such as posters, album/merch graphics, brand marks, and title treatments for games or dark-themed events. It can also work for short phrases and packaging accents, but extended reading at small sizes will likely suffer due to its dense counters and distressed edge detail.
The overall tone is dark and confrontational, evoking medieval brutality, underground music culture, and occult or horror aesthetics. Its spiky detailing and slashed forms feel energetic and volatile, suggesting danger and intensity rather than refinement.
The design appears intended to modernize blackletter into a harsher, more chaotic display voice by combining traditional angular construction with distressed, blade-like terminals and a dynamic slanted stance. The goal is high-impact texture and attitude over smooth regularity, emphasizing dramatic silhouettes and an aggressive editorial color.
Uppercase forms read as emblematic, with heavy vertical presence and sharp cross-strokes, while lowercase remains highly stylized and compact, sometimes approaching small-cap proportions in color and weight. Numerals follow the same serrated logic and stay visually consistent with the letterforms, making the set cohesive for headline use.