Blackletter Kohe 11 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, posters, headlines, album art, packaging, medieval, gothic, ceremonial, severe, old-world, historic flavor, dramatic display, traditional voice, dense texture, angular, spiky, calligraphic, condensed, vertical.
A tightly condensed blackletter with strong vertical emphasis and sharply broken strokes. Forms are built from narrow stems and pointed terminals, with small wedge-like serifs and frequent angled joins that create a crisp, faceted texture. Counters are compact and often partially enclosed, producing a dense rhythm and prominent dark-and-light patterning across words. Capitals are tall and structured with pronounced verticals, while lowercase retains narrow proportions and short, controlled extenders that keep lines visually tight.
Best suited to display typography where its intricate texture can be appreciated—logotypes, mastheads, posters, editorial headlines, and packaging that aims for a traditional or dramatic voice. It can also work for short pulls, titles, and date lines, especially when spaced slightly to improve clarity.
The overall tone feels historic and authoritative, evoking manuscript tradition, heraldic lettering, and solemn announcements. Its sharp geometry and compressed spacing add intensity and seriousness, giving text a formal, ritual quality.
The design appears intended to deliver an unmistakably traditional blackletter voice in a compact, vertical format, prioritizing strong texture and period character over continuous-text legibility. The consistent broken-stroke construction and pointed detailing suggest a focus on ceremonial display and historical styling.
In longer settings the heavy vertical cadence and compact counters can make word shapes intricate, so it reads most clearly with generous tracking and ample line spacing. Numerals follow the same blackletter construction, blending seamlessly into the texture for dates and short numeric callouts.