Blackletter Nasu 10 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: mastheads, posters, headlines, packaging, album covers, gothic, medieval, stern, ceremonial, traditional, historical tone, authoritative display, dense texture, formal branding, angular, fractured, spiky, formal, dense.
A compact blackletter with tall, condensed proportions and tightly constructed vertical rhythm. Strokes are built from sharp, faceted joins and broken curves, producing crisp diagonals, pointed terminals, and strong stem emphasis. Counters are small and angular, and many forms show characteristic fractures and notches that reinforce a disciplined, architectural texture. Capitals are narrow and commanding, while lowercase maintains a consistent, upright ductus with restrained ornamentation and clear stroke modulation.
Best suited for display settings where its compact blackletter texture can be appreciated—mastheads, poster headlines, titling, packaging accents, and music or event branding. It works particularly well when you want a traditional, formal voice and a strong vertical presence, and less well for long passages of small body text due to its dense counters and high texture.
The overall tone is formal and authoritative, with a historic, ecclesiastical flavor. Its narrow, rigid cadence reads as serious and ceremonial, evoking tradition and gravitas rather than friendliness or informality.
Designed to deliver a narrow, highly structured blackletter voice with sharp geometry and consistent vertical cadence, aiming for strong historical resonance and bold typographic presence in titles and branding.
The dense internal structure and tight apertures create a dark, continuous color in text, especially at smaller sizes. Numerals follow the same sharp, vertical logic, matching the alphabet’s disciplined rhythm and contributing to a cohesive, old-world display character.