Blackletter Dovo 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, album art, medieval, gothic, dramatic, ceremonial, traditional, historical tone, high impact, hand-cut feel, decorative display, dramatic texture, angular, faceted, chiseled, calligraphic, sharp.
This typeface features a strongly angular, faceted construction with chiseled terminals and abrupt stroke breaks that create a cut-paper or carved look. Stems lean consistently, giving the text a forward-tilting rhythm, while bowls and counters are compact and often polygonal rather than round. Letterforms show deliberate irregularities in width and internal spacing that read as hand-drawn, yet maintain a coherent blackletter structure with sturdy verticals, pointed joins, and tightly controlled apertures. Numerals follow the same broken-stroke geometry and slanted stance, matching the texture of the alphabet.
Best suited to display settings such as posters, titles, branding marks, and packaging where an old-world, gothic flavor is desirable. It can work for short bursts of copy (taglines or pull quotes), but its dense texture and angular counters are most effective at larger sizes where the carved details remain clear.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, with a dark, dramatic presence that evokes manuscripts, guild marks, and old-world signage. Its sharp edges and tilted rhythm add urgency and attitude, making it feel assertive and stylized rather than neutral or contemporary.
The design appears intended to deliver a blackletter impression with a hand-cut, irregular energy—combining traditional gothic structure with a more rugged, slanted execution for high-impact display typography.
In continuous text, the dense vertical texture and narrow openings create a strong pattern on the page, while distinctive caps and emphatic diagonals help headings stand out. The lowercase includes several simplified, compact forms that reinforce the rugged, hand-rendered character.