Blackletter Pojo 13 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logos, posters, album covers, headlines, packaging, medieval, gothic, ceremonial, authoritative, dramatic, historic evoke, display impact, ornamental texture, gothic tone, angular, ornate, spiky, fractured, calligraphic.
This face is a blackletter-style design with dense, ink-heavy strokes, sharp angles, and frequent broken joins that mimic broad-nib calligraphy. Forms are built from tapered verticals and faceted diagonals, with wedge-like terminals and occasional thorny spur details that give edges a jagged, carved feel. Uppercase letters are compact and embellished with internal notches and decorative strokes, while the lowercase set is narrower and more rhythmically vertical, producing a dark, textured line in words. Counters are generally small and irregular, and the numerals follow the same chiseled, calligraphic logic with pointed ends and slightly uneven silhouettes.
It works best for short, prominent settings such as logos, mastheads, posters, album/merch graphics, and thematic packaging where a historic or gothic voice is desired. The design’s dense texture and intricate letterforms are more effective in display sizes than in extended body text.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, with a strong gothic presence that feels formal, traditional, and a bit ominous. Its high density and angular ornamentation communicate authority and gravitas, evoking manuscripts, heraldry, and old-world craft.
The design appears intended to emulate hand-rendered blackletter with a rougher, more aggressive edge—preserving the traditional vertical rhythm while adding ornamental cuts and spurs for dramatic impact in display typography.
At text sizes the heavy color and fractured interior shapes create a lively, uneven texture that reads best with generous tracking and ample leading. Several capitals have distinctive flourishes and asymmetries that increase personality but can reduce quick recognition in long passages.