Blackletter Ilje 1 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album covers, gothic, medieval, dramatic, ornate, authoritative, historic tone, display impact, formal voice, textura rhythm, ornamented texture, angular, pointed, spiky, decorative, compact.
A compact, vertical blackletter with tall proportions and strong, even color on the page. Strokes terminate in sharp wedges and horn-like serifs, with crisp internal cut-ins that create narrow counters and a chiseled rhythm. Curves are minimized in favor of angular joins, and many forms show broken-pen construction with faceted shoulders and tight apertures. Numerals and capitals follow the same pointed, architectural logic, keeping a consistent, dense texture across lines of text.
Well-suited to display settings where a historic or gothic tone is desired, such as posters, title treatments, logos, labels, and themed packaging. It performs best at larger sizes where the sharp notches, narrow counters, and decorative terminals remain legible and contribute to the intended texture.
The style communicates a traditional, old-world gravitas with a ceremonial, commanding presence. Its spiky terminals and dense rhythm read as intense and formal, evoking historical printing, heraldry, and dramatic poster aesthetics.
Designed to deliver a bold, historically flavored blackletter voice with compact proportions and a highly structured, angular rhythm. The emphasis appears to be on visual authority and ornamented texture for impactful display typography.
Spacing appears intentionally tight and compact, reinforcing a strong blocky silhouette in words and lines. The lowercase maintains clear vertical stress and repeated stem patterns, producing an emphatic, patterned texture that favors impact over softness.