Blackletter Lyhy 2 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album covers, logotypes, packaging, gothic, medieval, dark, dramatic, heraldic, impact, heritage, intensity, ornament, angular, spiky, chiseled, broken strokes, blackletter rhythm.
A compact, angular blackletter with chiseled, broken-stroke construction and sharply faceted terminals. Vertical stems dominate, with clipped corners and occasional wedge-like joins that create a carved, hard-edged silhouette. Counters are tight and often irregular, and many letters use pointed notches and small interior cut-ins that heighten the black mass and texture. The lowercase maintains a consistent x-height with narrow bowls and brisk, segmented curves, while capitals are taller and more architectonic with strong vertical emphasis. Figures follow the same fractured, vertical logic, reading clearly while retaining the same edgy, cut-metal feel.
Best suited to display settings such as posters, titles, album artwork, brand marks, and packaging where a historic or dark dramatic voice is desired. It can also work for short passages like pull quotes or labels when the goal is atmosphere and texture rather than long-form readability.
The overall tone is Gothic and ceremonial, projecting a historic, martial atmosphere with a slightly menacing, heavy-metal edge. Its dense texture and spiked contours feel authoritative and dramatic, evoking manuscripts, crests, and old-world signage.
The design appears intended to deliver an immediately recognizable blackletter presence with a modern, cut-and-chiseled finish—maximizing impact through dense vertical rhythm, sharp terminals, and stylized forms that read strongly at display sizes.
In text, the face produces a pronounced, rhythmic “picket fence” texture from repeated verticals, with distinctive, stylized forms for letters like S, R, and G that add character. The design favors strong silhouettes over smooth curves, so spacing and word shapes rely on sharp internal notches and consistent vertical cadence.