Blackletter Guto 3 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, game titles, album art, medieval, gothic, dramatic, ritual, old-world, historic evoke, atmospheric display, hand-drawn texture, gothic branding, decorative impact, angular, calligraphic, spiky, tapered, broken strokes.
A compact, blackletter-influenced display face with sharply broken strokes, pointed terminals, and a distinctly calligraphic, brush-cut texture. Forms are built from wedge-like verticals and angled joins, creating a rhythmic pattern of dark columns with small interior counters. Curves are minimized and often faceted into angular arcs, while many characters show hooked or flag-like caps and tapered feet. Spacing is tight and the overall silhouette is irregular in a controlled way, giving the alphabet a hand-drawn consistency rather than strict geometric uniformity.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as posters, title treatments, branding marks, packaging labels, and chapter or section headings. It can work for short bursts of text at larger sizes, where the angular detailing and broken strokes remain clear and intentional.
The tone evokes medieval manuscripts and gothic signage, with a theatrical, ominous edge. Its sharpness and dense color feel ceremonial and historic, suggesting folklore, fantasy, or old-world craftsmanship rather than modern neutrality.
The design appears intended to deliver a hand-rendered blackletter look with strong, spiked calligraphic energy—prioritizing character and atmosphere over long-form readability. It aims to recreate the historic texture of gothic lettering while remaining punchy and graphic for contemporary display use.
Uppercase letters read as emblematic shapes with prominent diagonals and notched detailing, while lowercase maintains a compact rhythm with narrow apertures that increase visual density in text. Numerals follow the same angular logic, with pointed turns and teardrop-like wedge terminals that keep them cohesive with the letterforms.