Blackletter Aswe 7 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logotypes, posters, book covers, certificates, medieval, gothic, heraldic, traditional, dramatic, period evocation, ornamental display, heritage tone, dramatic voice, ornate, angular, calligraphic, tapered, spurred.
A decorative blackletter with compact, heavily inked forms and a calligraphic, pen-drawn construction. Strokes show chiseled terminals, sharp notches, and intermittent swelling that creates a carved, faceted rhythm rather than smooth curves. Capitals are large and highly embellished with curled entries, enclosed bowls, and ornamental interior shapes, while lowercase letters are narrower and more vertical, with pointed joins, spurs, and clubbed or hooked terminals. Counters are generally small and irregular, and the figures follow the same blackletter logic with angular turns and wedge-like ends.
Best suited to display settings where the dense blackletter texture can be appreciated—headlines, mastheads, posters, packaging accents, and logotype-style wordmarks. It can also work for short passages such as epigraphs or pull quotes when set generously, but its ornamentation and compact counters make it less ideal for long-form reading at small sizes.
The font conveys a medieval, Gothic tone with a ceremonial and authoritative presence. Its ornamentation and dense texture suggest tradition, craft, and a slightly dramatic, storybook atmosphere rather than a modern or minimal voice.
The design appears intended to evoke classic blackletter signage and manuscript traditions with expressive, hand-cut detailing. It prioritizes character and period flavor through embellished capitals, angular stroke logic, and a strong, dark typographic color.
Texture is intentionally busy: tight spacing, dark color, and frequent interior details make it read as a continuous woven band at text sizes. The capital-to-lowercase contrast is pronounced, so headlines can feel especially decorative and emblematic.