Blackletter Asfy 10 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, certificates, medieval, ceremonial, dramatic, gothic, ominous, historical, decorative, headline, traditional, angular, calligraphic, crisp, dense, ornate.
A sharp, calligraphic blackletter with pronounced thick–thin modulation and crisp, angular joins. Strokes terminate in pointed wedges and blade-like serifs, with occasional curved swashes that add motion without softening the overall rigidity. Capitals are ornate and highly individualized, while lowercase forms keep a tighter, rhythmic texture that reads as a dense, patterned word shape. Counters are compact and spacing is visually dynamic, creating strong color on the page.
Best suited to display settings where historical or gothic character is the goal, such as titles, posters, album art, branding marks, and event or festival materials. It can work well for short quotations, certificates, and packaging that benefits from a traditional, ceremonial feel. For longer text, larger sizes and generous spacing help maintain legibility.
The font conveys a ceremonial, old-world tone with a distinctly dramatic edge. It feels authoritative and formal, evoking tradition, ritual, and a slightly ominous medieval atmosphere.
The design appears intended to recreate a formal manuscript or early-printing blackletter voice with strong contrast and sharp pen logic. It prioritizes atmosphere and period character over neutral readability, using ornate capitals and dense texture to deliver a distinctive, authoritative presence.
Uppercase letters show more flourish and variation than the lowercase, which maintains a more consistent vertical rhythm. Numerals are similarly stylized with sharp terminals and high contrast, matching the text color and maintaining the period tone.