Blackletter Ryhu 2 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: band logos, album covers, horror titles, game titles, posters, gothic, sinister, medieval, aggressive, occult, dark atmosphere, vintage gothic, shock impact, display drama, thematic branding, angular, spiky, roughened, broken edges, textura-like.
A sharply carved blackletter with compact proportions and strongly vertical rhythm. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin modulation and end in jagged, irregular terminals that feel chipped or flame-tipped rather than smoothly penned. Letterforms are built from narrow, angular stems and tight counters, with pointed joins and occasional hooked spurs that add texture along the silhouettes. Spacing appears relatively tight in text, creating a dense, dark typographic color with an intentionally distressed surface.
Best suited to display sizes where the distressed edges and pointed terminals can be appreciated—such as band branding, horror and fantasy titling, event posters, game and streaming graphics, or themed packaging. It can also work for short, impactful pull quotes or chapter heads, but the dense texture is less appropriate for long-form reading.
The overall tone is dark and dramatic, evoking gothic and medieval cues with an edgy, menacing bite. The broken, thorny details add a gritty, horror-leaning energy, while the disciplined vertical structure keeps it authoritative and ceremonial.
The design appears intended to modernize traditional blackletter structure with deliberately roughened contours, combining medieval authority with a harsher, horror-oriented texture. Its narrow, vertical build and aggressive detailing prioritize atmosphere and impact over neutrality.
Uppercase characters read as emblematic and commanding, while the lowercase maintains the same spiked detailing, producing a consistent texture across words. Numerals follow the same angular, cut-stone logic, with sharp corners and high contrast that help them match headings and poster settings.