Blackletter Fize 1 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, band logos, headlines, album covers, brand marks, gothic, medieval, aggressive, dramatic, rebellious, display impact, gothic revival, edgy branding, historic flavor, dramatic tone, angular, chiseled, calligraphic, broken strokes, sharp terminals.
A sharply angled, slanted blackletter with a chiseled, faceted construction and pronounced thick–thin rhythm. Strokes break into hard joints and wedge-like terminals, producing a jagged silhouette and a lively, uneven texture across words. Capitals are narrow and vertical in structure but lean forward, while lowercase forms keep tight counters and frequent fractures typical of broken-script drawing. Numerals and punctuation follow the same cut, pointed logic, with diagonals and notched joins that read like carved lettering.
Best suited for display applications where atmosphere and impact matter more than long-form readability—such as posters, headlines, packaging accents, event graphics, and logo-style wordmarks. It works particularly well for music, gaming, fantasy or horror themes, and any branding that benefits from a gothic, hard-edged voice.
The overall tone is forceful and theatrical, evoking medieval manuscript energy filtered through a gritty, modern edge. Its forward slant and aggressive angles create urgency and motion, while the blackletter vocabulary signals tradition, ritual, and authority. The result feels intense, edgy, and intentionally uncompromising.
The design appears intended to reinterpret traditional blackletter through a steep italic stance and sharply cut, geometric strokes, prioritizing dramatic texture and a carved, blade-like finish. It aims to deliver a distinctive gothic signal with modern punch for attention-grabbing display typography.
In running text the strong diagonals and frequent sharp corners create a busy, high-impact rhythm, making it most effective when given generous size and spacing. The design’s broken joins and narrow internal spaces emphasize pattern and texture over small-size clarity, especially in dense paragraphs.