Blackletter Tasa 7 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, tattoo, logos, headlines, gothic, medieval, aggressive, ceremonial, ominous, dramatic impact, historical evocation, edgy branding, ornamental texture, display emphasis, angular, spiky, ornate, fractured, calligraphic.
A tightly set, angular blackletter with sharp, faceted terminals and frequent thorn-like spurs that create a fractured silhouette. Vertical stems dominate, with compressed proportions and minimal roundness; bowls and diagonals are built from beveled strokes and pointed joins. Contrast is driven by thick main strokes against hairline-like incisions and interior notches, producing dense counters and a dark, textured rhythm across words. Numerals and capitals carry the same chiseled construction, with decorative cuts and hooked endings that read clearly at display sizes.
Best suited to display applications where its dense texture can read crisply—posters, album/merch graphics, event titles, gothic branding, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for short pull quotes or packaging accents when paired with a simpler companion face and given ample tracking.
The overall tone is severe and dramatic, evoking gothic signage, medieval manuscripts, and metal-era visual culture. Its spiky detailing and dense texture feel confrontational and ritualistic, lending a sense of menace and grandeur to headlines.
The design appears intended to deliver an immediately recognizable blackletter voice with extra edge: narrow, verticalized forms and aggressive spurs that amplify drama. Its construction favors impact and atmosphere over continuous-reading comfort, aiming for bold identity and period-inflected gravitas.
In text lines the compact width and heavy internal detailing create a strong horizontal texture, so legibility depends on generous size and spacing. The lowercase shows a distinctly short central band, making ascenders, descenders, and capital forms carry much of the visual identity.