Blackletter Koki 3 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: mastheads, posters, album covers, logotypes, certificates, gothic, medieval, heraldic, severe, ceremonial, historic flavor, dramatic display, authority, ornamental texture, angular, spiky, blackletter, fractured, vertical.
A compact blackletter with tall vertical stems and broken, angular construction. Strokes are heavy and relatively even in weight, with crisp pointed terminals and small wedge-like serifs that create a jagged outer silhouette. Counters are tight and rectangular, and joins form sharp internal corners rather than smooth curves, giving the text a dense, rhythmic texture. Uppercase forms feel monolithic and architectural, while lowercase retains the same fractured structure with distinctive pointed shoulders and narrow apertures; numerals follow the same chiseled, vertical logic for a consistent set.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as mastheads, editorial titles, posters, album/merch graphics, and brand marks that want a historic or gothic voice. It also fits ceremonial pieces like invitations or certificates where tradition and gravitas are the goal, and where sizes are large enough to preserve the intricate forms.
The overall tone is traditional and authoritative, evoking illuminated manuscripts, heraldry, and old-world ceremony. Its sharp edges and dense color lend a stern, dramatic mood that reads as formal and historic rather than casual.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter voice with compact proportions and a strongly chiseled silhouette, emphasizing verticality, sharp terminals, and dense texture for maximum presence in display use.
In running text the face produces a strong vertical cadence and a dark, continuous typographic color, with small notches and spurs adding sparkle along the baseline and cap line. The letterforms prioritize stylized presence over open readability, especially in smaller sizes or long passages.