Blackletter Guna 1 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, book covers, medieval, gothic, dramatic, ceremonial, authoritative, historical tone, dramatic impact, ornamental texture, title emphasis, angular, faceted, calligraphic, spurred, sharp terminals.
A compact, blackletter-inspired display face with dense texture and strongly faceted outlines. Strokes look calligraphic but are rendered as solid, bold forms with modest contrast and frequent sharp corners, wedges, and spur-like terminals. Bowls and counters are relatively tight, and many joins are angular rather than round, creating a rhythmic, chiseled silhouette. Capitals are prominent and stately, while lowercase forms keep a consistent vertical stance with occasional ascenders/descenders that end in pointed or hooked finishes; figures are sturdy and stylized to match the same broken-stroke vocabulary.
Best suited to display settings such as headlines, posters, album or book covers, branding marks, and themed packaging where a historic or gothic mood is desired. It can work for short passages or pull quotes when set with generous size and spacing, but is most effective for titles and prominent typographic moments.
The font conveys a medieval, ceremonial tone—formal, historic, and slightly ominous. Its dark color and angular detailing suggest tradition, authority, and drama, evoking manuscript lettering and old-world signage.
The design appears intended to deliver an old-world blackletter look with sturdy, simplified calligraphic construction—prioritizing a dramatic, traditional voice and a cohesive, ornamental texture across letters and numerals.
In text, the face produces a strong black mass and a pronounced vertical rhythm, with distinctive, spiky terminals that add character at larger sizes. The design favors impact and atmosphere over effortless small-size readability, especially in dense paragraphs.