Blackletter Ufma 2 is a bold, narrow, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, album art, packaging, gothic, medieval, ceremonial, authoritative, dramatic, historical flavor, display impact, traditional tone, decorative texture, angular, faceted, spiky, ornate, condensed.
This face is built from tall, condensed blackletter forms with sharply faceted strokes and pronounced, calligraphic modulation. Vertical stems dominate, with crisp corners, wedge-like terminals, and occasional hooked entry/exit strokes that create a chiseled rhythm across words. Counters are tight and often slit-like, while joins and inner notches add texture without becoming overly decorative. The figures follow the same angular, high-contrast logic, reading as sturdy and emphatic rather than neutral.
Best suited to display typography such as posters, mastheads, branding marks, and short statements where its gothic texture is a feature rather than a distraction. It can also work well on packaging or labels aiming for a historic, craft, or ceremonial character, and for album or event artwork that benefits from a dramatic, traditional voice.
The overall tone feels gothic and ceremonial, evoking manuscript lettering and traditional signpainting. Its strong verticality and sharp detailing project authority and solemnity, with a dramatic, old-world presence that can quickly set a historic or ritual mood.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter look with strong contrast and a compact footprint, balancing ornamental cues with a controlled, repeatable structure for consistent word shapes. Its emphasis on vertical rhythm and faceted terminals suggests a goal of maximum impact and period flavor in display sizes.
In text settings, the dense stroke pattern and narrow apertures create a dark typographic color, with letter separation driven more by rhythm and notches than open counters. Capital forms appear especially architectural, lending themselves to emphatic initials and headline use where the faceting can be appreciated.