Blackletter Pogo 9 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, signage, logotypes, medieval, gothic, heraldic, dramatic, traditional, historic flavor, decorative impact, authority, texture focus, angular, chiselled, pointed, textura-like, calligraphic.
A dense, blackletter-style design with compact, vertical construction and sharply broken strokes. Letterforms are built from thick main stems with pointed terminals and wedge-like feet, creating a cut, faceted silhouette rather than smooth curves. The counters are small and tight, and many joins form crisp angles that produce a strong, dark texture in text. Capitals are broad and ornate in outline, while lowercase maintains a steady rhythm of verticals with occasional spurs and hooks; figures echo the same angular, chiselled treatment.
Best suited to display settings where its dense texture and angular detailing can be appreciated—such as headlines, posters, album or book covers, packaging, and emblematic logotypes. It can also work for short passages or pull quotes at larger sizes, but will read more clearly with generous size and spacing.
The overall tone is historic and ceremonial, evoking manuscripts, guild marks, and old-world signage. Its heavy color and pointed detailing feel authoritative and dramatic, with a distinctly traditional, medieval atmosphere.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter voice with strong texture and an authoritative presence, balancing decorative capitals with a consistent, vertical lowercase rhythm for impactful display typography.
Spacing appears relatively tight, which increases the page-gray and reinforces the continuous blackletter texture. Diagonal and curved elements are rendered as segmented, broken forms, emphasizing a constructed, pen-or-chisel feel across both letters and numerals.