Blackletter Jene 10 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, mastheads, branding, packaging, medieval, gothic, ceremonial, dramatic, old-world, historical evoke, ornamental display, dramatic mood, manuscript feel, angular, calligraphic, pointed serifs, broken strokes, ink-trap notches.
A pointed, blackletter-style design built from broken curves and angular joins, with tapered terminals and sharp, wedge-like serifs. Strokes show modest contrast and a calligraphic logic, with occasional spur-like notches and tight interior counters that create a dark, textured rhythm. Uppercase forms are more ornate and irregular in silhouette, while lowercase letters keep a compact, vertical structure with narrow bowls and pointed arches. Numerals follow the same pen-drawn feel, mixing rounded forms with crisp hooks and diagonal cuts.
Best suited for display settings such as posters, album or book covers, mastheads, and branding where a historic or gothic mood is desired. It can work well for short phrases, titles, and packaging accents that benefit from a textured, ornamental blackletter look.
The overall tone feels medieval and ceremonial, with a strong gothic presence that reads as historic, dramatic, and slightly ominous. Its dense texture and sharp detailing evoke manuscripts, heraldry, and period signage rather than modern neutrality.
The design appears intended to recreate a traditional, pen-influenced blackletter voice with expressive capitals and a dense text color. It prioritizes atmosphere and period character, providing a dramatic typographic signature for themed display typography.
The face maintains a consistent broken-stroke vocabulary across caps, lowercase, and figures, producing a lively, hand-cut appearance. In longer lines it creates a pronounced dark color and rhythmic patterning, where spacing and counters become key to legibility.