Blackletter Revi 7 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album covers, gothic, medieval, ornate, dramatic, historic, historic flavor, dramatic impact, ornamental texture, display branding, fractured, angular, spiky, textured, black ink.
A dense, ink-heavy blackletter with sharp, broken strokes and compact internal counters. Vertical stems dominate, with chiseled terminals, notched joins, and occasional wedge-like serifs that create a faceted, carved rhythm. Curves are treated as segmented forms rather than smooth bowls, producing a consistent ‘fractured’ texture across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals. Spacing reads slightly irregular in a hand-cut way, while overall alignment remains steady for line setting.
Best suited to display applications such as posters, headlines, branding marks, and packaging where the textured blackletter pattern can read clearly. It also fits editorial or event graphics that aim for a historic, gothic, or ceremonial atmosphere, and can work for short pull quotes or titles when set large with slightly increased letterspacing.
The font conveys a gothic, medieval tone with a dramatic, ceremonial presence. Its dark color and jagged detailing suggest tradition, authority, and a slightly ominous or arcane mood, suitable for historically flavored or theatrical messaging.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter voice with an intentionally rugged, hand-cut texture, prioritizing impact and historical flavor over neutral readability. Its consistent fractured construction and heavy color suggest a focus on strong identity in titles and branded wordmarks.
Uppercase letters are highly decorative and compact, with distinctive interior cut-ins that increase texture at display sizes. Lowercase maintains the same angular logic with narrow apertures, making long passages feel dense and patterned; it benefits from generous tracking and larger sizes for readability. Numerals match the letterforms with similarly broken silhouettes and strong vertical emphasis.