Blackletter Sida 2 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: branding, posters, album art, headlines, packaging, medieval, ceremonial, authoritative, dramatic, historic, historic revival, display impact, formal tone, ornamentation, fraktur-like, angular, ornate, textura, calligraphic.
This is a dense blackletter with sharply broken strokes, narrow internal counters, and pronounced thick–thin modeling that mimics broad-nib calligraphy. Letterforms rely on angular joins, pointed terminals, and occasional diamond-like notches, giving the rhythm a tight, vertical cadence while still showing varied glyph widths. Capitals are highly constructed and decorative, with split strokes and compact bowls, while lowercase forms are sturdier and more repetitive in structure, emphasizing straight stems and abrupt curves. Numerals follow the same contrast and pen logic, mixing simple vertical forms with a few more calligraphic, curled figures.
Best suited to display contexts where a historic, authoritative voice is desired—such as mastheads, posters, packaging, album art, and identity marks. It can work for short bursts of text (titles, pull quotes, certificates) where the dense texture and decorative capitals can be showcased without sacrificing readability over long passages.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, suggesting tradition, authority, and gravitas. Its ornate construction and dark color on the page add drama, making it feel formal and emphatic rather than casual or conversational.
The design appears intended to evoke traditional blackletter printing and calligraphic construction while maintaining a consistent, modern digital regularity across the set. It prioritizes strong texture, sharp detailing, and a ceremonial presence for high-impact typography.
Spacing appears compact and the texture becomes very dark in paragraph settings, producing a strong wall-of-text effect. The most distinctive character comes from the consistently broken curves and the crisp, chiseled terminals, which read clearly at display sizes and become more pattern-driven at smaller sizes.