Blackletter Byhe 2 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: fantasy titles, game ui, book covers, posters, album art, medieval, arcane, hand-drawn, folkloric, eerie, historical evocation, mysterious tone, display impact, handmade texture, angular, faceted, spiky, kinked strokes, sharp terminals.
A slender, hand-drawn blackletter with a strongly angular, faceted construction and crisp, pointed terminals. Strokes are mostly straight with occasional kinks and slight waviness, giving the outlines an organic, pen-drawn irregularity rather than rigid geometric precision. Counters tend to be small and polygonal, and many letters show simplified gothic forms with broken, segmented curves (notably in rounded letters and numerals). Spacing reads somewhat open for a blackletter, which helps maintain legibility despite the narrow, tall proportions and compact lowercase.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where a gothic, fantasy, or historical atmosphere is needed—such as title treatments, chapter heads, posters, game branding/UI accents, and cover typography. It can work for brief passages when set with generous size and spacing, but its dense blackletter rhythm and angular details make it strongest as an accent or headline face.
The overall tone feels medieval and esoteric, evoking manuscript lettering, fantasy maps, and occult or alchemical motifs. Its sharp, spire-like forms and restrained ornamentation create a tense, mysterious mood—more ominous and arcane than decorative or festive.
The design appears intended to deliver a readable, hand-rendered gothic impression using simplified blackletter structures and sharp, faceted shapes. By balancing manuscript-like irregularities with consistent vertical rhythm, it aims to evoke medieval character without relying on heavy ornament or extreme density.
Capital forms have a display-like presence with distinctive silhouettes (e.g., faceted bowls and angled joins), while lowercase keeps a consistent rhythmic texture reminiscent of simplified textura. Numerals follow the same chiseled, polygonal logic, and the dot on i/j is rendered as a small, sharp point, reinforcing the overall spiky texture.