Blackletter Etvo 11 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, book covers, gothic, medieval, dramatic, formal, ceremonial, historical flavor, dramatic impact, ornate display, calligraphic feel, angular, calligraphic, broken strokes, sharp terminals, dense color.
A slanted, calligraphic blackletter with broken-stroke construction and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Letterforms are built from angular segments with sharp, wedge-like terminals and small spur details, creating a faceted rhythm across words. Capitals are ornate and dominant, while lowercase stays compact with narrow interior counters and pointed joins, producing a dark, textured typographic color. Numerals and punctuation follow the same chiseled logic, with diagonal stress and crisp edges that emphasize the script’s forward motion.
Best suited to display settings where its intricate, high-contrast texture can be appreciated: posters, headlines, album or book covers, labels and packaging, and brand marks seeking a historic or Gothic tone. It can work for short passages or pull quotes, but the dense blackletter rhythm favors larger sizes and restrained use for readability.
The font conveys a traditional, Gothic mood—solemn, historic, and theatrical. Its sharp angles and dense texture read as authoritative and ceremonial, lending a sense of gravitas and old-world craft.
The design appears intended to emulate pen-written Gothic/blackletter traditions while keeping a consistent, repeatable digital rhythm. Its goal is strong atmosphere and impact, with expressive capitals and a distinctive broken-stroke texture that signals heritage and formality at a glance.
Spacing and silhouette feel intentionally irregular in a calligrapherly way, with notable variation in glyph widths and a lively baseline rhythm. The italic slant and spiky finishing strokes add speed and tension, which becomes more pronounced at larger display sizes.