Blackletter Ehni 7 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, certificates, medieval, gothic, ceremonial, dramatic, antique, historic tone, display impact, decorative texture, traditional voice, angular, ornate, broken strokes, pointed terminals, textura-like.
A tightly set blackletter design with tall, condensed proportions and sharp, broken strokes. Vertical stems dominate, with deep interior notches and wedge-like serifs that create pronounced light–dark patterning. Curves are treated as faceted forms, and many letters show chiseled counters and small spur details, giving a consistent engraved rhythm across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display settings where its dense blackletter texture can be appreciated: headlines, title treatments, posters, branding marks, and themed packaging. It can also work for short emphatic passages such as pull quotes, invitations, or certificate-style layouts where a historic voice is desired.
The face conveys a distinctly medieval, ceremonial tone—formal, dramatic, and slightly austere. Its spiky silhouettes and dense texture suggest tradition and craft, evoking manuscripts, heraldic lettering, and historic print ephemera.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter presence with a tight, authoritative texture and decorative carving-like details. Its consistent angular construction prioritizes historic character and visual impact over neutral readability in extended text.
Capital forms are especially ornamental, with emphatic verticality and angular joins that read strongly at display sizes. Lowercase maintains a compact texture with short extenders and a dark overall color, while numerals echo the same broken-stroke construction for stylistic continuity.