Blackletter Pojo 16 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, certificates, invitations, gothic, medieval, heraldic, ceremonial, dramatic, period flavor, display impact, formal tone, ornamental caps, angular, broken, dense, dark, calligraphic.
A compact, broken-stroke blackletter with strongly faceted curves and sharp joins. The forms are built from chunky vertical stems and clipped, wedge-like terminals, with occasional spur details that echo broad-pen construction. Counters are relatively tight and the overall color is dense, while capitals carry more ornamental structure and heavier internal rhythm than the lowercase. Numerals follow the same angular, chiseled logic, maintaining a consistent weight and sturdy silhouette.
Well suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, mastheads, event posters, and brand marks that want a gothic or old-world voice. It also fits formal pieces like certificates, invitations, and title pages where a dense, traditional texture is desirable. For longer passages, larger sizes and more generous tracking will help maintain clarity.
The font projects a historic, gothic tone with a formal, authoritative presence. Its dense texture and sharp modulation feel ceremonial and traditional, evoking manuscript and heraldic contexts rather than everyday text.
The design appears intended to deliver an authentic broken-letter flavor with bold presence and strong silhouette, balancing historical cues with enough regularity to function in modern display typography. It emphasizes ornamental capitals and a compact rhythm to create immediate period atmosphere.
Letterspacing appears best when given a bit of air; in continuous lines the heavy texture can compact quickly, especially around uppercase clusters. The lowercase is comparatively restrained and legible for a blackletter, while the capitals are more decorative and attention-grabbing, making case-mixing a useful way to control intensity.