Blackletter Tupi 3 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, posters, packaging, headlines, signage, medieval, gothic, heraldic, ritual, dramatic, historic evocation, display impact, ornate initials, traditional tone, fraktur, ornate, angular, spiky, calligraphic.
A compact blackletter design with dense, upright letterforms built from angular strokes and pointed terminals. The texture is dark and rhythmically segmented, with sharp joins, broken curves, and wedge-like serifs that create a crisp, faceted silhouette. Capitals are highly embellished with flourished spurs and internal ornament, while lowercase maintains a more disciplined, vertical structure with narrow counters and tightly spaced stems. Overall proportions are compact and columnar, producing a strong typographic color on the page.
Best suited for branding, titles, and prominent display settings where a historic or gothic voice is desired. It can work for posters, album artwork, labels, and themed packaging, and is most effective when given enough size and spacing for the decorative features—especially the ornate capitals—to remain legible.
The font projects a medieval, ceremonial tone with a distinctly gothic gravitas. Its ornate capitals and spiky detailing suggest tradition, authority, and drama, lending a formal, heraldic atmosphere even in short phrases.
The design appears intended to evoke a traditional blackletter voice with a strong, compact texture, pairing disciplined lowercase structure with highly decorated capitals for impactful initials and headline styling. Its forms prioritize period character and visual presence, aiming for a classic, ceremonial look rather than neutral readability.
Uppercase letters show the greatest display character, with pronounced decorative strokes that can dominate at larger sizes. Numerals echo the same sharp, chiseled logic, reading as stylized and period-leaning rather than purely utilitarian. The overall patterning produces a consistent blackletter cadence, especially in continuous text where the vertical rhythm becomes a key feature.