Blackletter Wihu 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, book titles, medieval, gothic, ornate, storybook, craft, period evoke, display impact, decorative tone, craft feel, rounded terminals, soft angles, inked, compact, decorative.
This typeface presents a blackletter-inspired structure with heavy, inked strokes and softly rounded corners that temper the usual sharpness of the style. Letters are built from chunky verticals and curved “bite” shapes, with pronounced teardrop-like terminals and occasional inward notches that create a carved, blotted rhythm. Spacing is moderately tight and forms are compact, producing dark texture in text while keeping counters open enough to remain legible at display sizes. The lowercase shows simplified, sturdy forms (notably in m/n/u) while capitals are more embellished with larger bowls, curls, and asymmetric details.
Best suited for display typography where its dense texture and ornamental capitals can be appreciated—posters, event and festival graphics, labels and packaging, logos/wordmarks, and book or chapter titles with historical or fantasy themes. It can also work for pull quotes or short blocks of text when set with generous size and comfortable line spacing.
The overall tone feels medieval and gothic but with a friendlier, hand-rendered warmth—more tavern sign and storybook chapter head than severe manuscript. Its rounded joins and thickened curves give it an artisanal, ink-stamped personality that reads as dramatic, old-world, and decorative.
The design appears intended to evoke traditional blackletter heritage while improving approachability through rounded corners, sturdy proportions, and consistent, hand-inked stroke endings. It aims for strong impact and recognizable period flavor without relying on razor-sharp angles.
Numerals share the same weight and rounded blackletter flavor, with curved tops and bulbous terminals that match the alphabet’s texture. In longer lines the face creates a consistent, dark color with lively internal shapes, making it especially suited to short-to-medium display settings rather than small UI text.