Blackletter Tuhy 1 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, album art, medieval, dramatic, ceremonial, gothic, authoritative, historical flavor, display impact, ornamental texture, dramatic tone, angular, ornate, calligraphic, sharp, flourished.
This typeface presents a sharply angled, calligraphic construction with pronounced thick–thin modulation and compact internal counters. Strokes end in pointed, blade-like terminals and small wedges, with occasional hooked entries and exits that create an oblique, forward-leaning rhythm. Uppercase forms are highly articulated with broken-pen style joins and ornamental spur details, while lowercase maintains a tighter, more repetitive texture typical of dense text blackletter. Numerals echo the same high-contrast, faceted structure, with prominent diagonals and tight bowls that keep the overall color dark and emphatic.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as headlines, mastheads, display posters, and logo wordmarks where its angular detail can be appreciated. It can also work well for themed packaging, book or game titling, and album artwork that benefits from a historic or ceremonial tone; extended small-size text may feel visually dense.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, projecting authority and gravity with a distinctly dramatic edge. Its dense texture and sharp detailing evoke tradition, ritual, and heraldic or manuscript-like styling rather than casual readability.
The design appears intended to translate broad-pen blackletter conventions into a bold display voice, emphasizing sharp geometry, high contrast, and ornamental articulation. Its forward-leaning rhythm and dark texture suggest a focus on impact and period-flavored atmosphere over neutral, everyday text rendering.
Spacing appears visually tight in running text, producing a strong vertical cadence and an even, dark typographic color. The most distinctive impression comes from the consistent oblique stress paired with crisp, angular terminals and occasional flourish-like hooks that add ornament without turning into full script.