Blackletter Ehpa 10 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: mastheads, posters, album art, packaging, titles, gothic, historic, authoritative, ceremonial, dramatic, heritage tone, headline impact, formal display, historic texture, angular, ornate, calligraphic, fraktur-like, sharp serifs.
A dense, angular blackletter with crisp broken strokes and pronounced vertical emphasis. Stems are heavy and dark, while internal joins and counters open into sharp wedges, creating a strongly faceted texture across words. Terminals often end in pointed hooks and small diamond-like notches, and capitals are more elaborate with additional spurs and internal cuts. The lowercase maintains a consistent rhythmic pattern of straight uprights and tight arches, producing a compact, newspaper-style color with clear stroke modulation and crisp edge detail.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as mastheads, headline typography, posters, certificates, and brand marks that benefit from a traditional blackletter voice. It can also work well for packaging and album or event graphics where a strong historic or gothic atmosphere is desired.
The overall tone is formal and old-world, evoking tradition, ceremony, and institutional gravitas. Its sharp rhythm and decorative cuts add a dramatic, slightly severe presence that reads as historic and authoritative rather than casual.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter presence with a dark, authoritative word texture and decorative, cut-in details that stay consistent across the set. It prioritizes impact and stylistic authenticity in display and headline contexts while retaining enough regularity for short text passages.
In text settings the font forms a tight, patterned “weave,” with strong vertical striping and relatively small interior spaces, which increases impact but can reduce quick readability at smaller sizes. Numerals follow the same blackletter logic with weighty forms and pointed terminals, visually matching the alphabet rather than switching to a modern lining style.