Blackletter Ehso 6 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, game titles, medieval, gothic, ominous, antique, dramatic, period evocation, dramatic impact, textured display, handmade feel, angular, thorny, spiky, ragged, high-ink.
A heavy blackletter display face with sharply faceted strokes, broken curves, and pointed terminals that create a thorny silhouette. Letterforms show irregular, hand-cut edges and slight wobble, with uneven stroke joins and occasional tapering that suggests a rough pen or brush influence. Capitals are broad and decorative with pronounced internal notches, while lowercase forms keep tight, vertical rhythms and narrow apertures typical of Gothic construction. Numerals and punctuation match the same chiseled texture, producing a dense, dark color on the page.
Best suited to display settings such as posters, titles, and branding moments where a medieval or dark-fantasy flavor is desired. It works well for album covers, game or film titling, themed packaging, and event materials where texture and atmosphere are more important than long-form readability.
The overall tone feels medieval and arcane, with an ominous, storybook darkness that evokes manuscripts, heraldry, and old-world signage. Its roughened contours add a gritty, hand-wrought character that reads as dramatic and slightly menacing rather than refined or ceremonial.
The design appears intended to deliver a Gothic manuscript aesthetic with deliberate roughness, combining traditional blackletter structure with a distressed, hand-rendered surface for heightened drama and period character.
Texture is a defining feature: many strokes have chipped-looking edges and ink-like bite marks that become more visible at larger sizes. Spacing and proportions vary modestly between glyphs, reinforcing the handmade impression and giving lines a lively, uneven rhythm.