Blackletter Kohe 9 is a bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, album covers, packaging, gothic, medieval, formal, dramatic, authoritative, historic voice, display impact, ornamental texture, compact titling, angular, spiky, faceted, condensed, sharp serifs.
A condensed blackletter with tall, rigid verticals and tightly packed proportions. Strokes are heavy and mostly uniform, with pointed, wedge-like terminals and frequent broken curves that resolve into sharp angles. Counters are narrow and slit-like, and many joins form crisp notches that create a rhythmic, architectural texture across words. Capitals are especially towering and ornamented with small spur details, while lowercase forms maintain consistent vertical emphasis and a compact, marching cadence.
Well suited to display settings where a strong historic or gothic signal is desired—headlines, posters, mastheads, and logo-style wordmarks. It can also support packaging and entertainment uses (e.g., album or event titling) when ample size and spacing are available to preserve clarity.
The overall tone is traditional and ceremonial, evoking manuscript and engraved-letter aesthetics. Its sharp, disciplined structure reads as stern and dramatic, projecting authority and a sense of historical gravitas rather than friendliness or casualness.
The design appears intended to deliver an unmistakable blackletter voice with a compact footprint and strong vertical emphasis, prioritizing impact and stylistic authenticity in display typography. Its consistent angular construction and heavy texture suggest a focus on bold presence and a cohesive, ornamental rhythm across both capitals and lowercase.
At text sizes the dense internal shapes and tight spacing create a dark, continuous color; it performs best when given generous tracking and used in shorter lines. Numerals follow the same narrow, vertical logic and maintain the same pointed terminal language for a cohesive set.