Blackletter Etmo 1 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, logotypes, album covers, mastheads, packaging, gothic, severe, heraldic, vintage, ceremonial, historic flavor, dramatic impact, compact setting, authority, angular, condensed, spiky, chiseled, vertical.
This typeface is built from tall, tightly set vertical strokes with sharply faceted terminals and minimal curves. Stems read as chiseled wedges, with abrupt, diagonal cuts that create a crisp zig‑zag rhythm through counters and joins. The texture is strongly vertical and compact, with narrow interior spaces, small apertures, and a disciplined, linear cadence that stays consistent across capitals, lowercase, and numerals. Numerals follow the same narrow, angular construction, emphasizing straight segments and pointed corners rather than round forms.
Best suited to display applications where its narrow, sharply angular forms can read as a stylistic statement—such as posters, mastheads, titles, and identity marks. It also works well for short bursts of text on packaging or labels that benefit from a historic or ceremonial voice, rather than extended body copy.
The overall tone is formal and austere, projecting a historic, gothic atmosphere with a stern, authoritative presence. Its sharp geometry and compressed rhythm evoke signage, heraldry, and manuscript-inspired lettering, giving text a dramatic, ritualistic edge.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact blackletter-inspired look with a modern, blade-cut finish, maximizing vertical impact and graphic sharpness. Its letterforms prioritize dramatic texture and period flavor while keeping construction consistent enough for contemporary display typography.
Capitals are notably tall and monolithic, while the lowercase maintains a similarly rigid spine and restrained variation, producing a dense, uniform color in words. Diagonal cuts and pointed joins create a distinctive sparkle at display sizes, but the tight counters can make long passages feel intense and visually busy.