Blackletter Fipi 13 is a very bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, album covers, packaging, gothic, medieval, authoritative, ceremonial, traditional, historic evocation, display impact, ornamental texture, brand voice, angular, fractured, diamond i-dots, spurred, compressed counters.
A dense, angular blackletter with sharply fractured strokes and tightly enclosed counters. The letterforms are built from vertical pillars with pointed joins and wedge-like terminals, producing a crisp, cut-paper silhouette. Contrast is emphasized through heavy stems paired with thin interior cuts and hairline notches, while round shapes are rendered as faceted, polygonal bowls. Ascenders and capitals carry subtle spurs and small ornamental nicks, and the lowercase uses diamond-shaped dots on i and j to reinforce the chiseled rhythm.
Best suited for short, prominent text such as posters, mastheads, album/cover art, labels, and branding where a historic or gothic voice is desired. It reads most confidently at larger sizes where the interior cuts, spurs, and faceted joins remain clear.
The overall tone is formal and historic, evoking manuscript, heraldic, and old-world signage traditions. Its dark color and rigid texture feel commanding and ceremonial rather than casual, with a dramatic presence suited to statements and titles.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter presence with a bold, high-impact texture and carefully controlled angular detailing. Its consistent pillar-based construction suggests a focus on creating a unified, authoritative word image for display typography.
Spacing and sidebearings create a compact, continuous texture typical of display blackletter, with strong vertical cadence across words. Numerals follow the same broken-stroke logic as the letters, keeping the set visually unified in headings and dates.