Blackletter Fibu 3 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, certificates, medieval, gothic, heraldic, dramatic, traditional, heritage tone, display impact, manuscript feel, authoritative texture, angular, calligraphic, broken strokes, sharp terminals, dense texture.
A sharply cut blackletter with broken, angular strokes and pronounced thick–thin contrast that suggests a broad-nib calligraphic origin. Forms are built from rigid verticals and faceted curves, with pointed terminals and occasional hooked entries that create crisp, chiseled silhouettes. Counters are relatively tight and the overall color on the page is dark and compact, while capitals carry extra ornament and asymmetry compared with the more modular lowercase. Numerals follow the same fractured, high-contrast logic, keeping a consistent texture alongside letters.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, mastheads, band or event branding, beer/spirits labels, and ornamental titling. It can also work for formal or ceremonial pieces like invitations and certificates where a historic tone is desired, but it is most effective at larger sizes where the internal breaks and sharp joins remain clear.
The font evokes medieval manuscripts, heraldic signage, and old-world formality, projecting authority and tradition. Its sharp rhythm and dense texture add drama and ceremony, with an unmistakably historic, gothic tone.
The design appears intended to deliver an authentic blackletter presence with strong contrast and crisp, broken construction, prioritizing traditional atmosphere and visual weight over neutral readability. It aims to create a dense, authoritative word shape that reads as historic and craft-driven in display typography.
The uppercase set appears more embellished and display-oriented, while the lowercase reads as a more systematic textura-like pattern, helping lines lock into a continuous, patterned stripe. Several glyphs show deliberate irregularities and varied sidebearings, giving words a slightly hand-drawn liveliness rather than a purely mechanical repeat.