Blackletter Nupo 7 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, album covers, packaging, gothic, medieval, dramatic, stern, ceremonial, heritage, authority, impact, tradition, ornamentation, angular, fractured, sharp, spiky, condensed.
A condensed blackletter with crisp, angular construction and broken-stroke forms. Vertical stems are dominant and tightly spaced, with wedge-like terminals and small, pointed joins that create a faceted silhouette. Counters are narrow and often partially enclosed, producing a dense texture and strong vertical rhythm. Diagonals and curves are minimized or sharply kinked, while capitals carry more elaborate notches and spur details that read as ornamental without becoming overly flourished.
Best suited to display applications where a dense, historic texture is desirable—headlines, posters, brand marks, album or event graphics, and packaging that aims for a Gothic or old-world feel. It performs especially well in short phrases, mastheads, and title treatments where its angular detailing can read clearly.
The overall tone is traditional and authoritative, evoking historical print, proclamations, and ecclesiastical or heraldic material. Its sharp geometry and compact color give it a severe, dramatic presence suited to moody or ceremonial messaging.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic, print-inspired blackletter voice with strong verticality and compact proportions, emphasizing impact and tradition over neutrality. It balances ornamental cues in the capitals with a more repetitive, rhythmic lowercase to maintain a consistent, forceful text color.
In text, the tight letterspacing and repeated verticals create a pronounced “picket fence” rhythm typical of the style; this delivers impact at display sizes but can reduce quick word recognition in longer passages. Numerals follow the same fractured, vertical logic, maintaining consistent color and texture alongside the letters.