Blackletter Sila 12 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, mastheads, posters, book titles, certificates, medieval, authoritative, ceremonial, traditional, solemn, manuscript, proclamation, heritage, tradition, impact, angular, faceted, pointed, ornamental, chiseled.
The letterforms are built from angular, broken strokes with pointed terminals and wedge-like serifs that create a crisp, rhythmic blackletter texture. Stems are predominantly vertical, with tight inner counters and frequent faceting that produces a chiseled silhouette. Capitals are more ornamental and broader in presence than the lowercase, while the lowercase maintains a consistent, compact rhythm suitable for setting dense lines of text.
It suits display settings where a historical or formal mood is desired, such as mastheads, posters, album or book titling, certificates, and branding that leans traditional or gothic. It can also work for short editorial pull-quotes or section headers when ample size and spacing are available to preserve clarity.
This font conveys a medieval, authoritative tone with a ceremonious, old-world gravity. Its sharp, formal texture feels traditional and insistent, evoking manuscripts, proclamations, and heraldic display rather than casual communication.
The design appears intended to reproduce a classic blackletter voice: compact, structured, and visually emphatic, with enough ornament in the capitals to signal hierarchy. Its sharp modulation and tight counters aim to create a strong typographic color and a distinctly historic presence in headlines and short passages.
Numerals follow the same angular construction and feel consistent with the alphabet, supporting cohesive titling and date setting. The sample text shows a strong line texture and pronounced word shapes, with capitals providing a distinctly decorative entry point.