Blackletter Nuvu 2 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, mastheads, book covers, branding, medieval, gothic, solemn, ornate, authoritative, historical tone, display impact, ornamental texture, traditional craft, angular, faceted, broken strokes, sharp terminals, diamond dots.
A sharply angular blackletter with faceted strokes and broken-pen construction. The letterforms are built from straight segments with crisp chamfered corners and wedge-like terminals, creating a carved, geometric rhythm. Stems are dense and vertical, counters are compact, and joins are tight, producing a dark, even texture in text. Lowercase shows traditional blackletter traits such as diamond i/j dots and pointed arches, while numerals adopt similarly edged, calligraphic forms with strong silhouettes.
Best suited to display use where its angular detailing can be appreciated: headlines, posters, mastheads, album or book covers, and brand marks that call for a historic or gothic voice. It can work for short passages or decorative pull quotes, but the dense texture suggests keeping longer text sizes generous for clarity.
The overall tone is historical and ceremonial, evoking manuscripts, heraldic signage, and old-world gravitas. Its sharp angles and heavy texture feel stern and formal, with an ornamental edge that reads as traditional and authoritative rather than casual.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter presence with crisp, geometric sharpness and consistent faceting, prioritizing a strong historical signal and high-impact word shapes for display typography.
In continuous settings the font forms a strongly patterned color with pronounced verticality; spacing and compact counters emphasize the blackletter weave. The most distinctive character comes from consistent corner bevels and the recurring diamond motifs in dots and terminals.