Blackletter Reja 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, album covers, packaging, medieval, gothic, heraldic, dramatic, rugged, historical flavor, dramatic impact, hand-inked texture, decorative display, textured, angular, broken, heavy, inked.
A slanted, blackletter-style face with dense, ink-heavy strokes and compact internal counters. Letterforms are built from broken, angular segments with sharp terminals and occasional spur-like projections, giving the strokes a carved/inked texture rather than smooth outlines. The rhythm is irregular in a deliberate way: widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, and some characters lean and swell with a hand-cut feel. Numerals and lowercase share the same dark, sturdy color, with distinctive, simplified blackletter construction that stays legible at display sizes.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as posters, headlines, wordmarks, and titles where its dense texture and angular construction can be appreciated. It can also work for packaging, labels, and event materials that need an antique or gothic atmosphere, especially when set with generous spacing and at larger sizes.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, evoking manuscripts, heraldry, and old-world authority. Its roughened edges and emphatic weight add a gritty, dramatic energy that reads as gothic and slightly ominous rather than refined.
The design appears intended to capture a forceful, hand-inked blackletter look with a deliberately rough texture and a pronounced slant, balancing ornamental medieval flavor with enough clarity for impactful display typography.
Capitals are highly stylized and decorative, while the lowercase maintains a consistent blackletter skeleton with strong diagonals and compact joins. The texture and slant create a lively, hand-rendered impression, and the dark typographic color can dominate a layout if used in long passages.