Blackletter Kojo 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, posters, book covers, album art, packaging, medieval, gothic, heraldic, ceremonial, old-world, historic tone, dramatic display, heraldic branding, manuscript feel, angular, chiseled, calligraphic, spurred, compact.
A compact blackletter with narrow proportions and a strongly vertical, upright stance. Strokes are built from crisp, broken segments with sharp corners, subtle internal notches, and small wedge-like terminals that suggest pen or chisel work. Counters are tight and often partially enclosed, creating dense word shapes, while joins and shoulders form pointed arches and rhythmic “picket” patterns in m/n/u/w. Capitals are tall and assertive with simplified ornamental spur details rather than heavy flourishes, keeping the texture consistent across the set.
Best suited to display settings where a historic or gothic voice is desirable—logotypes, mastheads, posters, packaging, and titles on book or album covers. It holds up well at larger sizes where the sharp joins and tight counters can be appreciated, and it can add a period flavor to short phrases, labels, and emblems.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, evoking manuscripts, heraldry, and old craft traditions. Its dense texture and angular construction feel authoritative and dramatic, lending a historic, slightly austere character to headlines and marks.
The design appears intended to deliver a traditional blackletter presence with compact, highly vertical word shapes and controlled ornamentation. It prioritizes a consistent dark texture and authoritative historic tone over open spacing or long-form readability.
The lowercase maintains a steady vertical rhythm with frequent straight stems and restrained curvature, producing a dark, continuous typographic color. Numerals follow the same broken-stroke logic and read as historically styled figures suited to display use.