Blackletter Ebri 9 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, book covers, medieval, gothic, ceremonial, dramatic, stern, historical tone, display impact, thematic branding, formal voice, angular, condensed, vertical, beveled, sharp.
A tall, tightly proportioned blackletter with strongly vertical construction and compact sidebearings. Strokes are dark and confident with noticeable modulation and crisp, angled terminals that read as beveled cuts rather than smooth curves. Bowls and joins are simplified into narrow counters and pointed transitions, creating a rhythmic pattern of upright stems. Capitals are monolinear in structure but articulated with sharp interior notches and tapered ends; lowercase forms maintain a consistent narrow texture with distinctive hooked and forked details on letters like a, g, y, and w. Numerals follow the same condensed, vertical logic with blunt, faceted turns.
Best suited to display settings where its dense texture and vertical rhythm can be appreciated—headlines, posters, titling, and branding marks. It can also work for thematic packaging or book covers that need an old-world, formal atmosphere, especially at larger sizes and with generous tracking.
The overall tone feels medieval and ceremonial, with a stern, authoritative voice that suggests tradition and gravitas. Its narrow, high-impact texture creates drama and a sense of historical formality, leaning more toward austere signage and proclamations than casual display.
The design appears intended to evoke a historically inspired blackletter voice while staying clean and repeatable across a full basic character set. Its condensed proportions and faceted terminals prioritize strong silhouette and dramatic texture for impactful display typography.
In text, the dense vertical rhythm can become a continuous dark band, so spacing and size will strongly influence readability. The letterforms favor straight strokes and pointed joins, giving words a uniform, architectural silhouette that is especially striking in headlines.