Blackletter Etmo 2 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, album covers, packaging, gothic, dramatic, ceremonial, severe, historic, historic flavor, dramatic impact, compact setting, authoritative tone, angular, condensed, spiky, monolinear, vertical.
A tall, tightly condensed blackletter with strongly vertical construction and sharp, faceted terminals. Strokes read as steeply chiseled with minimal curvature, producing narrow counters and a rigid, architectural rhythm across words. Capitals are monolithic and columnar, while the lowercase maintains a consistent, upright texture with pointed joins and wedge-like feet; bowls and diagonals are expressed through angular breaks rather than smooth arcs. Numerals follow the same compressed, vertical logic, with straight-sided forms and clipped corners that keep the overall color dense and uniform.
Best suited for display typography such as headlines, posters, wordmarks, and short statements where the condensed blackletter texture can be a focal point. It also fits theming for album covers, event materials, and packaging that benefits from a historic or ceremonial mood.
The font projects a gothic, ceremonial tone—stern, traditional, and slightly ominous. Its crisp, blade-like detailing and compact word shapes feel authoritative and formal, evoking medieval and old-world cultural references while remaining visually assertive at display sizes.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-impact blackletter voice with strict verticality and chiseled detailing. Its narrow proportions and disciplined rhythm prioritize dramatic presence and stylistic texture over small-size legibility, making it a purposeful choice for branding and statement typography.
Because the forms are extremely narrow with tight internal spaces, readability drops quickly as size decreases; the design is most effective when given room to breathe with generous tracking or ample line spacing. The consistent vertical emphasis produces a strong texture in paragraph-like settings, but it functions best as a deliberate stylistic voice rather than a neutral text face.