Blackletter Reso 10 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, album art, packaging, book covers, medieval, gothic, dramatic, ceremonial, archaic, historical evoke, dramatic impact, manuscript feel, display emphasis, angular, broken strokes, textura-like, calligraphic, dense.
This typeface presents a compact blackletter construction with tightly spaced, upright forms and a distinctly broken-stroke rhythm. Strokes show sharp, wedge-like terminals and faceted joins that mimic broad-nib pen behavior, producing crisp interior angles and pointed spurs. Counters are small and often partly closed by overlapping strokes, creating a dark, dense texture in words. Capitals are more ornate and irregular than the lowercase, with prominent entry strokes and jagged contour shaping; figures follow the same chiseled logic with uneven widths and sharp apertures.
It performs best in display settings where its dense texture and sharp detailing can read clearly—such as titles, posters, event branding, and packaging with a historical or gothic theme. Short phrases, mastheads, and pull quotes benefit from its strong voice, while extended body copy will be more legible at larger sizes with generous spacing.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, with a solemn, authoritative presence that reads as historical and dramatic. Its dense color and angular detailing evoke manuscript lettering and old-world print traditions, lending a gothic, ritual, or heraldic feel to headlines.
The design appears intended to recreate a hand-drawn, broad-nib blackletter look with emphatic angularity and a compact, authoritative word image. It prioritizes historical atmosphere and strong texture over neutrality, aiming for immediate thematic signaling in display typography.
In the sample text, the compact proportions and fragmented curves create a strong horizontal rhythm but also increase visual noise at smaller sizes. Distinctive letterforms (notably the spurred capitals and narrow lowercase with tight counters) give it high character, while the texture remains consistently dark across lines.