Blackletter Pota 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, titles, book covers, branding, medieval, gothic, dramatic, antique, ceremonial, historical evocation, display impact, ornate capitals, hand-inked texture, broken strokes, inked, beveled terminals, spiky joins, decorative capitals.
A dark, heavy blackletter with compact, broken strokes and sharply notched joins that create a chiseled, inked texture. Stems are thick and vertical, with wedge-like terminals and small interior cut-ins that produce a carved, irregular silhouette rather than a smooth, mechanical outline. The uppercase set is highly ornamented and more complex than the lowercase, while the lowercase keeps a tighter rhythm with narrow counters and frequent angular turns. Figures echo the same Gothic construction, with curled hooks and abrupt endings that maintain the overall dense color on the page.
Best suited for headlines, titles, posters, and branding that want an old-world or Gothic signal. It can work for short passages such as pull quotes or display text when set large enough to preserve the internal counters and the broken-stroke details.
The face conveys a medieval, ceremonial tone—authoritative and dramatic, with an antique, manuscript-like presence. Its rugged edge and dark texture suggest tradition and gravitas rather than neutrality, lending an intense, old-world character to headlines and short statements.
The design appears intended to evoke traditional blackletter writing with a more rugged, hand-rendered surface, balancing strong vertical structure with decorative, notched details. It prioritizes historical flavor and visual impact in display settings over minimal, modern regularity.
Text setting shows strong overall color and a lively, slightly uneven stroke edge that reads as hand-inked. The ornate capitals are attention-grabbing but visually busy, so mixed-case lines benefit from generous spacing and moderate sizes to keep word shapes distinct.