Blackletter Abpe 10 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, titles, logotypes, album art, packaging, gothic, occult, medieval, sinister, antique, period mood, dramatic display, dark ambience, handmade texture, angular, spiky, textura-like, calligraphic, ragged edges.
A very condensed blackletter with tall, upright proportions and a tight rhythm. Strokes show a pen-drawn, slightly irregular edge with small notches and tapering terminals that create a scratched, worn texture. Counters are narrow and often pinched, and many letters lean on straight vertical stems with occasional sharp, wedge-like joins and broken-looking curves. Overall spacing feels compact, while widths vary by glyph, giving words a lively, hand-cut cadence rather than a strictly modular pattern.
Best suited for short display settings where atmosphere is the priority: posters, title cards, band/album artwork, game or film graphics, and themed packaging. It can work for pull quotes or headings, but longer text will benefit from generous size and tracking to avoid crowding in the narrow counters.
The face conveys a gothic, medieval mood with an ominous, occult-leaning tone. Its jagged detailing and compressed verticality read as archaic and dramatic, suggesting ritual text, dungeon signage, or grim story titles rather than everyday neutrality.
The design appears intended to evoke hand-rendered blackletter with a distressed, blade-cut finish—prioritizing texture, vertical drama, and historical flavor over smooth regularity. The condensed build helps it fit emphatic headlines while retaining an ornate, medieval character.
Uppercase forms are tall and decorative, with several letters featuring inner cuts and uneven contours that add visual grit. The lowercase maintains a restrained x-height with prominent ascenders and compact bowls; at small sizes the dense interiors can darken quickly. Numerals share the same sharp, calligraphic construction, with pointed turns and narrow apertures that keep the set visually consistent.