Blackletter Irku 13 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: titles, headlines, posters, branding, certificates, medieval, formal, dramatic, old-world, ceremonial, historical evocation, display impact, calligraphic feel, formal tone, angular, sharp, calligraphic, broken strokes, flared terminals.
A sharply cut blackletter with broken, calligraphic strokes and pronounced contrast between thick verticals and thin connecting hairlines. Letterforms lean on angular joins, pointed shoulders, and wedge-like entry/exit strokes that create a rhythmic, faceted texture across words. Counters are relatively compact, with crisp internal corners and occasional curved bowls that still resolve into edged terminals. Capitals are more ornate and swelling in their main strokes, while lowercase maintains a consistent, vertical cadence with narrow joins and distinctly notched forms.
Best suited to display uses such as titles, headlines, posters, album or event branding, and certificate-style layouts where a historic voice is desired. It can work for short passages or pull quotes when set with ample spacing, but its compact counters and angular texture favor larger sizes over long-form reading.
The font evokes a medieval and ceremonial tone, with a dramatic, authoritative presence that reads as historic and ritualistic. Its sharp forms and dense word texture suggest tradition, formality, and a slightly forbidding gravitas typical of manuscript-inspired lettering.
The design appears intended to translate broad-pen, manuscript-era construction into a consistent digital blackletter, prioritizing dramatic texture, sharp terminals, and a formal, period-evocative silhouette. It aims to deliver strong historical character while keeping the overall rhythm uniform and upright for impactful setting.
In text, the dense vertical rhythm can produce a strong color on the line, and the many broken strokes reward generous tracking and larger sizes. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic with pointed terminals and high contrast, helping them harmonize with the letterforms in display settings.