Blackletter Wimy 6 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, logotypes, headlines, packaging, signage, gothic, heraldic, old-world, bold, dramatic, historic voice, display impact, hand-inked feel, decorative caps, textura-like, rounded terminals, inked, compact, ornamental.
A heavy blackletter with dense, ink-rich strokes and compact internal counters. The letterforms show softly rounded corners and bulbous, brush-like terminals rather than razor-sharp angles, giving the texture a hand-inked feel. Capitals are highly stylized and ornate, while the lowercase maintains a more regular rhythm with consistent stem weight and short, sturdy extenders. Numerals are stout and dark, matching the overall mass and maintaining clear silhouettes despite the dense color.
Best suited to short-form display settings such as posters, branding marks, album/film titles, labels, and storefront-style signage. It performs well when the goal is to create an immediate historic or gothic impression; for longer passages, larger sizes and generous line spacing help preserve clarity.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, with a strong sense of tradition and authority. Its bold, dark texture reads as dramatic and emphatic, evoking signage, heraldry, and historic print. The softer, inked contours add a slightly approachable, handmade warmth compared to stricter, more rigid blackletters.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold blackletter voice with a hand-inked character—maintaining traditional gothic structure while softening it with rounded, brush-like terminals for a more contemporary, approachable texture.
Spacing and rhythm create a continuous dark band in text, with distinctive capitals that can dominate a line when used frequently. Many joins and terminals are chunky and calligraphic, producing a lively texture that favors larger sizes where details and counters remain open.