Blackletter Lehe 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, titles, gothic, dramatic, vintage, mysterious, ceremonial, historical tone, display impact, ornamental texture, vertical emphasis, condensed, angular, spiky, tapered, calligraphic.
A tall, tightly set display face built from slender vertical stems and sharply tapered terminals. Strokes show clear pen-like modulation, with pointed joins, split-looking feet, and narrow interior counters that create a strong vertical rhythm. Many letters feature broken or notched transitions and small wedge forms that evoke cut or chiseled edges, while curves are restrained and often resolve into尖 points rather than round endings. Numerals follow the same condensed, high-structure construction, keeping a consistent, columnar texture across lines.
Best suited to display settings where its condensed blackletter-inspired character can be appreciated: headlines, posters, album or book titles, brand marks, and packaging. It will be most effective at moderate-to-large sizes and with enough tracking and line spacing to prevent the narrow counters and pointed details from visually crowding.
The overall tone feels gothic and theatrical, with a historic, ceremonial flavor. Its narrow, blade-like forms read as ominous and formal at once, lending a sense of mystery and drama to short phrases and titles.
The font appears designed to deliver a historic blackletter atmosphere in a highly condensed, poster-ready silhouette. Its consistent vertical emphasis, pointed terminals, and controlled modulation aim to create a bold, ornamental texture that feels both traditional and stylized for contemporary display use.
The design’s compressed proportions and dark vertical cadence make spacing and word shapes feel dense and architectural. The lowercase maintains the same disciplined, upright posture as the capitals, and the punctuation and figures visually match the sharp, tapered detailing of the letters.