Blackletter Ehba 3 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, packaging, signage, medieval, gothic, storybook, heraldic, ceremonial, historical tone, thematic display, handcrafted texture, decorative authority, calligraphic, pointed, flared, inked, textural.
A compact, calligraphic blackletter with pointed terminals and softly broken curves that suggest a broad-pen origin. Strokes show clear modulation with wedge-like entries and exits, plus frequent spur and hook details that create a crisp, carved silhouette. Counters are small and rounded for the style, while verticals stay steady and rhythmic, giving lines a dense, textured color. Uppercase forms lean decorative with bold bowls and notched joins; lowercase maintains a consistent hand-drawn logic with tapered feet and occasional asymmetry that keeps the texture lively.
Best suited to display use such as headlines, titles, posters, and book covers where its textured rhythm and pointed detailing can be appreciated. It also works well for themed packaging, labels, signage, and event materials that aim for an old-world, craft, or ceremonial atmosphere.
The overall tone feels medieval and ceremonial, with a classic gothic presence that reads as historical and slightly dramatic rather than austere. Its inked, hand-crafted irregularities add warmth and a storybook flavor, making it feel suited to mythic, artisanal, or old-world themes.
The design appears intended to deliver a historically flavored, hand-rendered blackletter voice that remains readable at display sizes while preserving decorative hooks, spurs, and pen-driven modulation. It prioritizes character and period texture over neutrality, aiming to create immediate thematic context in a line or title.
The alphabet shows careful consistency in stroke behavior and terminal treatment, with distinctive hooked shapes in letters like J, f, and y and a strong, emblem-like presence in capitals such as Q and R. Numerals match the letterforms with similarly flared terminals and compact proportions, supporting mixed alphanumeric settings without breaking the texture.