Blackletter Pola 2 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, branding, logotypes, headlines, medieval, arcane, rustic, antique, theatrical, evocative display, historic flavor, handmade texture, dramatic tone, rough-edged, irregular, inked, worn, spiky.
A hand-drawn blackletter-inspired display face with compact proportions and visibly irregular, inked contours. Strokes are mostly monoline, but terminate in blunt wedges, small barbs, and flared feet that create a chiseled, slightly distressed silhouette. The texture is bumpy and uneven, with subtle wobble in stems and bowls and occasional asymmetry that reinforces a handmade rhythm. Counters are relatively open for the style, while joins and corners stay crisp enough to keep the letterforms angular and broken in a gothic-leaning way.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where texture and atmosphere matter: posters, game titles, book covers, pub or festival branding, and logotypes that want an antique gothic flavor. It can work in subheads or pull quotes at larger sizes, but the irregular edges and busy terminals are likely to overwhelm long passages of small body text.
The overall tone feels medieval and storybook, with an occult or alchemical edge—more tavern sign and spellbook than formal manuscript. Its rough, stamped-ink character adds grit and theatrics, suggesting age, folklore, and handmade craft.
The design appears intended to deliver a blackletter mood in a more approachable, hand-rendered form—maintaining angular gothic cues while prioritizing bold, characterful silhouettes and a worn, printed texture for impactful display use.
Uppercase forms carry the strongest blackletter cues through squared shoulders, notched corners, and flared terminals, while lowercase remains simple and sturdy with consistent, slightly condensed spacing. Numerals match the same rough, wedge-footed treatment, giving a cohesive, poster-ready texture across mixed content.