Blackletter Kote 2 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, logotypes, headlines, packaging, gothic, medieval, dramatic, severe, ornate, display impact, historic tone, texture emphasis, brand voice, angular, spiky, condensed, vertical, chiseled.
This face is built from tall, tightly condensed forms with strong vertical emphasis and sharply faceted contours. Strokes alternate between thick, weighty stems and hairline-like cuts, with pointed terminals and wedge-like joins that create a chiseled, carved appearance. Counters are narrow and often pinched, producing a compact rhythm and dense color, while small notches and internal cuts add texture without becoming overly florid. Capitals are especially towering and rigid, and the lowercase maintains the same stiff, upright structure with minimal roundness.
Best suited to display typography where texture and historical flavor are desired—posters, band/album graphics, headline treatments, and branding marks that benefit from a gothic edge. It can also work for packaging or labels seeking a traditional, craft or ceremonial feel, especially when set with generous tracking and ample size.
The overall tone is dark and ceremonial, evoking manuscript tradition and gothic signage through its severe posture and blade-like detailing. It feels forceful and dramatic, with a historic gravitas that reads as formal, mysterious, and slightly menacing in display settings.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-impact blackletter voice with an emphasis on verticality, sharp cutting, and dense typographic color. Its consistent angular grammar suggests a focus on bold, attention-grabbing display use rather than neutral body text.
The narrow set width and tightly packed internal spaces make small sizes prone to darkening, while larger settings reveal the crisp cuts and decorative nicks more clearly. Numerals follow the same vertical, angular logic, with distinctive pointed feet and sharp turns that keep them visually consistent with the letters.