Blackletter Koni 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, posters, album covers, headlines, packaging, gothic, medieval, dramatic, severe, ornate, historical tone, display impact, dramatic texture, heritage styling, angular, spiky, calligraphic, vertical, pointed serifs.
A condensed blackletter design built from tall vertical stems and sharply faceted joins. Strokes show pronounced contrast, with thin connecting hairlines and heavier main strokes that end in pointed, blade-like terminals rather than soft curves. Counters are tight and often slit-like, and many forms are constructed with broken, angular curves typical of fraktur-inspired lettering. The overall rhythm is strongly vertical and tightly spaced in feel, producing a compact, architectural texture in lines of text.
Best suited for display typography where strong historical or gothic signaling is desired, such as band/album artwork, event posters, branding marks, and themed packaging. It also works well for short headlines, chapter titles, and pull quotes where the dense vertical pattern can be a feature rather than a limitation.
The font projects a gothic, old-world tone—formal, intense, and slightly menacing—evoking historical manuscripts and metal-era aesthetics. Its sharp terminals and compressed proportions add urgency and drama, while the structured repetition of vertical strokes gives it an authoritative, ceremonial presence.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter voice with modern crispness: tightly condensed proportions, sharp engraving-like terminals, and consistent vertical rhythm to create bold, instantly recognizable texture in display settings.
Uppercase characters are particularly tall and emblematic, reading well as initials or titling, while the lowercase maintains the same narrow, spurred construction for consistent texture in longer phrases. Numerals adopt the same angular, chiseled logic, blending seamlessly with the letterforms. At smaller sizes the dense interior details and tight apertures may visually fill in, so it benefits from generous sizing and careful spacing.