Blackletter Koma 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, posters, album covers, titles, packaging, gothic, dramatic, antique, ceremonial, mysterious, historical tone, atmospheric display, ornamental impact, dense texture, angular, spiky, ornate, calligraphic, condensed.
This typeface is a condensed blackletter with tall, tightly spaced proportions and a strongly vertical rhythm. Strokes are built from sharp, chiseled forms with pointed terminals and blade-like joins, creating a crisp broken-stem texture across words. Moderate contrast appears through tapered entries and thin connecting hairlines against darker main strokes, while counters remain narrow and often partially enclosed. Capitals feature prominent vertical shafts and occasional hooked or flag-like details, and the lowercase maintains consistent narrowness with distinctive, stylized bowls and descenders.
Best suited for short display settings where the dense blackletter texture can read as a stylistic feature—logotypes, event titles, posters, album art, and themed packaging. It can also work for mastheads or chapter heads where a strong historical or gothic signal is desired, but will be more demanding at small sizes due to its narrow counters and compact spacing.
The overall tone is gothic and ceremonial, with a dramatic, old-world presence that feels formal and slightly ominous. Its spiky silhouette and dense texture evoke historical manuscripts and heraldic display, lending an authoritative and theatrical voice to headlines.
The design appears intended to deliver a striking medieval-inspired blackletter voice in a condensed footprint, prioritizing dramatic texture and calligraphic sharpness for display typography. Its consistent vertical cadence and ornamental terminals suggest a focus on creating an impactful, atmospheric word shape rather than extended readability.
In running text the condensed construction produces a dark, continuous color, and the many verticals can create a strong patterning effect. Letterforms show intentional idiosyncrasies typical of drawn blackletter, with distinctive hooks and notches that emphasize craft over neutrality.