Blackletter Ilzu 2 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, album art, mastheads, branding, medieval, gothic, assertive, dramatic, ceremonial, historical tone, high impact, ornamental display, dramatic texture, angular, faceted, blackweight, condensed, spiky.
A condensed blackletter with heavy, dark strokes and sharply faceted terminals. Forms are built from straight vertical stems and angular joins, with frequent notches and chiseled cuts that create a rhythmic, broken texture across words. Counters are narrow and often slit-like, producing a dense overall color, while capitals carry strong vertical emphasis and pointed lower vertices. Numerals follow the same carved, geometric logic, keeping the set visually consistent in texture and weight.
Well-suited for headlines, posters, and title treatments where a dark, historic character is desired. It also fits logos, mastheads, and branding for themes like medieval settings, gothic storytelling, or heavy music visuals, especially when set with generous spacing and ample size.
The font projects a medieval, gothic mood with a forceful, ceremonial presence. Its hard angles and dense texture feel authoritative and dramatic, leaning toward historical and metal-adjacent aesthetics rather than casual or friendly tones.
The design appears intended to reinterpret traditional blackletter with an extra-bold, tightly set silhouette and crisp, chiseled geometry. Its goal is impact and atmosphere: delivering a strongly stylized texture that reads as historic and commanding in short-to-medium display text.
The tight interior spaces and frequent sharp corners make the design most legible at display sizes, where the distinctive cut-ins and pointed terminals remain clear. Word shapes read as a continuous pattern of verticals and facets, giving headlines a strong, uniform cadence.