Blackletter Nasu 7 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, album art, packaging, gothic, medieval, dramatic, ceremonial, severe, historical tone, display impact, gothic branding, ornamental texture, formal voice, angular, spiky, condensed, vertical, calligraphic.
A sharply constructed blackletter with tall, compressed proportions and a strong vertical rhythm. Strokes are built from narrow, blade-like stems and angular joins, with pointed terminals and broken-pen facets that create crisp internal corners. Counters are tight and the overall texture is dark and tightly woven, while subtle stroke modulation and small wedge accents add definition without softening the rigid structure. Capitals are especially tall and architectural, and the lowercase maintains a consistent, columnar cadence.
Best suited to display applications where a gothic or historic voice is desired—posters, headlines, mastheads, logotypes, album covers, labels, and themed packaging. It can also work for short quotations or title treatments where the dense blackletter texture is an asset, but it is less appropriate for small-size, long-form readability.
The font projects a stern, historic tone with a ceremonial, old-world presence. Its narrow, spiked forms feel authoritative and dramatic, evoking manuscripts, proclamations, and gothic signage rather than casual reading. The overall impression is intense and formal, with a crafted, hand-drawn edge.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter look with a strongly vertical, condensed footprint, optimized for bold display presence. Its consistent angular construction suggests a goal of maintaining an authentic medieval flavor while keeping forms disciplined and repeatable across the character set.
The set shows deliberate blackletter conventions such as fractured strokes, pointed feet, and minimal curvature, producing a dense text color. Numerals follow the same angular logic, appearing narrow and upright to match the alphabet’s verticality. In longer lines the tight spacing and dark texture amplify its impact, making it visually commanding at display sizes.