Blackletter Opho 12 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logos, posters, album art, headlines, tattoos, gothic, medieval, authoritative, dramatic, ritualistic, historical evocation, dramatic display, ornamental texture, brand gravity, angular, faceted, calligraphic, blackletter, spiky.
A compact, angular blackletter with faceted strokes and sharply cut terminals that create a chiseled silhouette. Stems are heavy and straight with tight internal counters, while diagonals and joins form pointed wedges and crisp notches. The rhythm is strongly vertical and segmented, with consistent, hard-edged construction across caps and lowercase; many forms show broken strokes and small spur-like projections typical of pen-based lettering. Numerals match the letterforms with similarly sharp corners and dense, dark shapes.
Best suited for short to medium display settings where its sharp detailing and dense texture can be appreciated: logos, mastheads, posters, album covers, game titles, packaging accents, and thematic event branding. It can also work for ornamental pull quotes or section headers when ample size and spacing are available.
The font conveys a historic, ceremonial tone—stern, formal, and slightly ominous. Its dense texture and pointed details evoke manuscripts, heraldry, and gothic signage, giving text a commanding presence even at moderate sizes.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic gothic manuscript feel with modern crispness—prioritizing dramatic texture, strong vertical structure, and recognizable blackletter wordshapes for impactful display typography.
Caps read especially monumental due to their straight-sided geometry and minimal rounding, while the lowercase maintains an even, compact color with distinctive blackletter silhouettes. The sample text shows strong wordshape contrast and a consistent dark “page color,” with detail that becomes more striking as size increases.