Blackletter Guha 3 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, certificates, medieval, ceremonial, dramatic, authoritative, mysterious, historic flavor, display impact, gothic styling, calligraphic texture, angular, broken, spurred, calligraphic, ornate.
This typeface uses broken, angular letterforms with sharp joins, wedge-like terminals, and frequent spurs that create a distinctly faceted rhythm. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin modulation, with heavy vertical emphasis and crisp tapering in curves and entry strokes. Capitals are more elaborate and display-like, with occasional flourished strokes and asymmetrical details, while the lowercase keeps a compact, dense texture with narrow counters and a dark overall color. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, mixing strong stems with pointed terminals and slightly idiosyncratic curvature.
Best suited to display applications such as posters, headlines, titling, and logo wordmarks where its angular texture and ornate capitals can read clearly. It also fits thematic packaging, invitations, and certificate-style layouts that benefit from a historic or gothic tone; for longer passages it works most effectively at larger sizes with generous spacing.
The overall tone is historic and ceremonial, evoking manuscript and heraldic traditions with a dark, dramatic presence. It feels formal and declarative, with an old-world severity tempered by ornamental calligraphy.
The design appears intended to reinterpret traditional blackletter and calligraphic forms in a clean, high-contrast digital cut, prioritizing strong texture and period flavor. Its mix of compact lowercase and expressive capitals suggests a focus on impactful titling and emblematic typography rather than neutral everyday reading.
In text settings the dense blackletter texture becomes prominent, with tight interior spaces and strong vertical rhythm; the more decorative capitals stand out best in short bursts. The design’s sharp terminals and high modulation make it visually striking but naturally more demanding at small sizes compared to simpler text faces.