Blackletter Ofba 6 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, headlines, logos, packaging, gothic, medieval, dramatic, authoritative, ceremonial, historic evoke, strong impact, ornamental display, brand voice, angular, faceted, chiseled, black mass, spiky.
A dense, angular blackletter with sharply faceted joins and wedge-like terminals that read as cut or chiseled rather than brushed. Strokes are built from straight segments with crisp corners and minimal curvature, creating a compact rhythm and strong vertical emphasis. Counters are small and tightly framed, while the capitals show pronounced geometric construction and pointed crowns. Lowercase forms keep traditional broken-arc structure, with distinct, segmented bowls and a consistent, weighty texture across lines of text.
Best suited for display applications such as posters, album/merch artwork, mastheads, and branding where a historic or gothic mood is desired. It also works well for short phrases on packaging, labels, and title cards, particularly when set at larger sizes to preserve the internal shapes and sharp detailing.
The overall tone is gothic and ceremonial, evoking medieval manuscripts, heraldic inscriptions, and heavy-metal-era poster lettering. Its sharp edges and dark color give it an assertive, dramatic voice that feels formal, intense, and historically referential rather than casual or friendly.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-impact blackletter voice with a hard-edged, carved geometry—prioritizing texture, tradition, and dramatic presence in headlines and emblematic wordmarks.
In the sample text, the tight internal spacing and strong vertical strokes create a near-continuous black texture at paragraph sizes, while the angular detailing becomes most legible and expressive at larger settings. Numerals and capitals maintain the same faceted, carved character, supporting a cohesive display palette.