Blackletter Ufla 5 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, album covers, tattoo flash, gothic, medieval, severe, ceremonial, dramatic, historical tone, dramatic impact, ceremonial branding, thematic display, angular, spiky, broken strokes, diamond dots, tight spacing.
A sharp, blackletter-inspired display face built from broken, angular strokes with pronounced vertical emphasis and compact proportions. Stems are heavy and dark, while joints and terminals cut into crisp facets, creating a chiseled, rhythmic texture. Counters are small and often triangular or slit-like, with frequent pointed entry/exit strokes and abrupt interior turns. Lowercase forms keep a steady x-height with tight apertures, and punctuation/diacritics echo the same diamond-like, hard-edged detailing.
Best suited to display settings where its dense texture and angular detailing can be appreciated—posters, headlines, branding marks, and packaging with a traditional or heavy aesthetic. It works especially well for short titles, event names, and thematic graphics where a historic or ceremonial voice is desired.
The overall tone is historic and solemn, evoking manuscript tradition, heraldry, and old-world ceremony. Its dense black texture and blade-like angles add intensity and authority, lending a dramatic, slightly ominous mood that reads as formal and emphatic rather than casual.
The design appears intended to deliver an authentic blackletter flavor with strong, cut-stone geometry and an assertive, high-impact silhouette, prioritizing atmosphere and presence in large sizes over neutral, everyday text readability.
The sample text shows a strong, continuous “black” color in lines, with distinctive spurs and notched joins that make word shapes highly stylized. Numerals follow the same fractured, vertical construction, keeping the set visually consistent for titling and short statements.