Blackletter Komy 14 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, album covers, packaging, gothic, medieval, severe, ceremonial, dramatic, historic evocation, high impact, ornamental display, authoritative tone, compact setting, angular, condensed, pointed, calligraphic, sharp terminals.
A condensed blackletter with tall, narrow proportions and a tightly packed rhythm. Strokes are built from straight verticals and crisp diagonals with pointed, chiseled terminals, creating a faceted silhouette and strong vertical emphasis. Counters are small and apertures are often pinched, while capitals add extra structure and ornament through sharper joins and more pronounced angular breaks. The figures follow the same cut, calligraphic construction, keeping the texture consistent across text and numerals.
Best suited to display settings such as posters, headlines, wordmarks, and titles where its vertical, angular texture can carry the composition. It also fits themed applications—editorial mastheads, event materials, and packaging—where a historic or ceremonial tone is desired. For longer passages, larger sizes and careful spacing help preserve legibility.
The overall tone feels historical and formal, with an austere, authoritative presence typical of Gothic lettering. Its sharp geometry and dense texture suggest ceremony and tradition, and can also read as intense or foreboding depending on context.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-impact Gothic texture with consistent, sharp stroke modulation and a uniform vertical cadence. It prioritizes dramatic presence and period flavor over neutral readability, aiming to evoke traditional blackletter craft in modern typesetting contexts.
In continuous text the letterforms form a dark, spiky texture with limited white space, making it most effective when given generous size and spacing. The narrow set and strong verticals create high impact in short phrases and headings, while punctuation and numerals maintain the same angular, blackletter voice.