Blackletter Agne 9 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, tattoos, mastheads, packaging, medieval, gothic, dramatic, occult, heraldic, period evocation, dramatic titles, heraldic branding, decorative texture, angular, spiky, calligraphic, chiseled, textura-like.
This typeface uses a sharp, blackletter-inspired construction with narrow proportions and a strongly vertical rhythm. Strokes are predominantly straight and broken, with pointed terminals and small wedge-like spur details that create a chiseled, toothy silhouette. Counters are tight and angular, and many joins form crisp notches rather than smooth curves. Capitals are tall and assertive with compact interior space, while lowercase maintains a consistent, upright texture with occasional decorative hooks and fractured bowls.
This font is best suited to short headlines and display settings such as posters, album/track artwork, mastheads, event branding, or packaging where a gothic or historical tone is desired. It can also work for logos and title treatments where the dense texture and spiky terminals are meant to be a stylistic feature rather than optimized for long-form readability.
The overall tone feels medieval and ceremonial, evoking manuscripts, crests, and gothic ornament. Its spiked terminals and dense texture add drama and a slightly ominous, arcane flavor, making it read as traditional, authoritative, and theatrical rather than casual.
The design intention appears to be a contemporary, streamlined blackletter that preserves traditional broken-stroke construction while staying relatively consistent in weight and spacing. It aims to deliver a strong period voice with crisp, emblematic letterforms that hold up well in bold titles and decorative wordmarks.
At text sizes the face builds a dark, even “woven” color typical of blackletter, with letter differentiation driven by small internal cuts and spur shapes. The numerals and punctuation follow the same angular vocabulary, supporting a cohesive display system.